Hyve Basel is a social hostel and hotel in the Gundeli neighbourhood, five minutes from Basel SBB station, with dorms, capsules, private rooms and apartments. It has a bar, cafe, community kitchen, patio, coworking desks and a meeting room. The operator also runs locations in Lucerne, Zurich Airport and Copenhagen.
Hyve Basel: a social hostel five minutes from the station
Hyve Basel sits in Gundeli, the neighbourhood behind Basel SBB, and covers an unusually wide range of accommodation: social dorms, sleeping capsules, private rooms and full apartments, all in one building with a bar, cafe and coworking desks.
What Hyve Basel Does
- Every format in one building. Dorm beds, capsules, private rooms and apartments with balconies.
- Coworking desks and a meeting room. Alongside the community kitchen, patio and hang-out areas.
- A bar and cafe on site. Which is what makes it social rather than just a place to sleep.
- Five minutes from Basel SBB. One of Europe's better-connected rail stations, with France and Germany minutes away.
- A small Swiss and Danish network. Sister properties in Lucerne, Zurich Airport and Copenhagen.
Why It Makes Sense for Nomads
Basel is the best-positioned city in Europe for anyone travelling by train. It sits where Switzerland, France and Germany meet, with direct trains to Paris, Frankfurt, Milan and beyond, and it has an art scene, Art Basel, and a compact walkable old town.
Switzerland is expensive, and a capsule or dorm bed here is the realistic way to spend meaningful time in the country. Being able to move between a dorm and a private room in the same building as your budget or need for quiet changes is genuinely useful.
Set expectations correctly. This is a hostel with coworking rather than a coliving with a community programme, so the crowd rotates fast and the atmosphere is travel rather than long-stay. The 857 reviews at 4.4 reflect a busy, well-run operation.
Pricing
Not published as monthly rates. Beds, rooms and apartments are booked by date through the site.
The cheapest way to base yourself in Switzerland, on the best rail junction in Europe.