CLINK DOES IT DIFFERENTLY

hostel life, but not as you know it

Expect events worth showing up for, venues worth hanging out in, and a social energy that turns strangers into friends — from all corners of the globe. We’ve been doing it across Europe’s best cities long enough to know that the room is never really the point, the people are.

Young women reading together in a hostel dorm with bunk beds and lockers

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Two sisters from Dublin. Years of travelling. A simple idea about doing it better. Anne and Shelley spent years moving between countries, staying in hostels and working out what made the good ones good. In 1997 they opened their first place in London — a stone’s throw from King’s Cross. Then came the courthouse. A Victorian building with prison cells, a courtroom and a bar named after The Clash, who once stood trial there for an incident involving some pigeons. They called it Clink — old English slang for prison — and it felt exactly right.

Amsterdam followed in 2015. A former Art Deco laboratory on the banks of the IJ River became Clink NOORD. Then home — Dublin, Abbey Street, right in the middle of everything, became Clink i Lár. Three cities. Six properties. The same idea that started it all, still running through every one of them.

EVENTS WITH A PULSE

Book a bed, get a whole lot more. Morning raves, taco Thursdays, vintage takeovers, ink and drink workshops, acoustic sets in old courthouse cells. Oh, and late checkout merch drops, because why not.

We bring in local artists, give them a stage and connect them with a crowd from every corner of the world. Our guests get a real taste of the city. The artists get a real audience. Everyone gets a story worth telling.

WHAT WE’RE MADE OF

Guests first

Everything starts here. Beyond a bed, we're helping shape your travel story. We listen, we observe, we genuinely engage. Because every person who walks through our door has something worth paying attention to.

In tune

With our guests, our cities, our partners and the world around us. We pay attention. We adapt. We show up knowing what's actually going on — not just what's on the schedule.

Dedicated

To making your stay worth it. Not just for you, but for the communities we're part of and the people who work here. We care about doing this properly.

Deliberately different

In what we create, how we operate and how we make people feel. Being different is the whole point. It's what gets us out of bed in the morning and what keeps our guests coming back.

Amsterdam

Clink NOORD

Art Deco bones, IJ River views, and a 24hr ferry that drops you at our door. Centraal Station is minutes away — but honestly, you might not want to leave.

Stay at Clink NOORD

Amsterdam

Clink COCO

It used to be a brothel. Now it's a central hostel with themed rooms, a garden terrace and the whole city on your doorstep. First time backpacking? You couldn't have picked better.

Stay at Clink COCO

Amsterdam

Clink MAMA

MAMA's got you. Quirky design, a hostel café to call your own, and the canals, museums and city centre all within walking distance.

Stay at Clink MAMA

Dublin

Clink i Lár

i Lár means "in the middle" — and this city centre hostel is just that. Temple Bar, Trinity College and Dublin Castle just steps away, plus top floor views that make the whole city feel like yours.

Stay at Clink i Lár

London

Clink 261

Real London vibes, loud music and an eclectic bar with bites to bond over. Just around the corner from Clink 78, right in the thick of King's Cross.

Stay at Clink 261

London

Clink 78

The Clash stood trial here. Now you can sleep in the prison cells, hang in the original courtrooms and stumble to King's Cross in ten minutes. Judge for yourself.

Stay at Clink 78