Emma Hostel A Varsavia, Polonia

We are eco-friendly cooperative hostel. We are doing our best to make sure sanitary products and detergents are biodegradable, not animal tested and not produces by large corporations, and stationery we use comes from recycling.

Our hostel is a peaceful, family-like place for people who want to work, read or simply spend their time in a narrow circle. In particular we invite activists from informal groups or collectives, workers and volunteers of non-governmental organizations. The elderly and people who organize festivals will find special offers tailor-made for them.

Emma Hostel is a new inititive in Warsaw. It is located in a four-storey tenement house of historical value, in 25 Wilcza street, within a walking distance from 'Centrum' tube station (10-minute walk) and Central Railway Station (15-minute walk). Close to all major transportation routes, with easy acces to any part of Warsaw.


Our offer includes:

- Free bike rental (in spring, summer, autumn - at this moment we have two bikes!)
- 24h reception. Arrive at any time!
- Individual lockers in the room
- Free luggage storage after checkout
- Free tea and coffe
- Great entertainment program. All the best from polish museums, galleries, cinemas, theaters, clubs
- Tourist info. A lot of hints for active tours!
- Wi-fi internet
- Common room
- Small collection of books, guides (buy, borrow, exchange or sell)
- Well equipped kitchen
- Microvawe
- Small lamp next every bed
- Free computer
- Fresh bed linen
- Power socket next to every bed (charge yout laptop, mobile etc..)
- New, clean bathrooms
- Free towels
- Hot water for 24 hours
- Ecological loundry
- Baby changing table

By creating this place we wanted to show it is easy to put one's ideals into practice. The name of the hostel comes from the name of Emma Goldman, a socio-political, anarcha-feminist activist who lived in the turn of 19 and 20 centuries.

We are eco-friendly and segregate rubbish. Many recipes for energy efficiency (eg. energy saving light bulbs, light sensors) and water conservation (eg. water consumption meters) have been already installed at Emma. What is more, 20% of the energy used at the hostel comes from renewable sources of energy. All the furnishings are wooden, made partly from secondhand wood. They have been created by Reinold Goerigk from our friendly farm in Węgajty. He built beds using boards and cuttings, as well as ulitized old floorboards to make new doors. The wood is impregnated with natural protective agents such as cottonseed oil or linseed oil. We are doing our best to make sure sanitary products and detergents are biodegradable, not animal tested and not produces by large corporations, and stationery we use comes from recycling. We would like to use as many secondhand items as possible, thus things one does not need will find their new purposes and come handy at our place.