An Updated Design Hostel for the Belgian Socialists of Yesteryear
Backstay Hostel
backstayhostels.com
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 128
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Phone: 0032 9 395 96 60
Email: ghent@backstayhostels.com
Dormitory beds from €20.50 a night; double rooms from €68
Backstay Hostel is located in the former office of Dagblad Vooruit (socialist newspaper) inside an Art Deco-style building in Ghent, Belgium, dating from 1930. The striking frosted glass facade is courtesy of an architect named Brunfaut; the renovation of the landmarked building was undertaken by designers Nele Van Damme and Yannick Baeyens.
In the ground-floor bar area adjacent to the lobby, furniture was upholstered with hundreds of wooden typesetting letters from the collection of printing house Strobbe (Izegem). During the renovation, the entire ceiling had to be replaced due to dry rot fungus so a minimalist interior was added, so as not to interfere with the building's historic spaces.
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