Bunk Hotel Amsterdam: Rooms and Pods in a Church

Bunk Hotel Amsterdam is a combined hotel and hostel inside the former St. Ritakerk, a brick church from the early 1920s in Amsterdam-Noord, with just over 100 private rooms and 52 sleeping pods. White room cubes and two-level wooden pods stand under the original arches and roof trusses. It suits budget travellers, friends and families who want something unusual and do not mind being a metro stop from the centre.

Bunk Hotel Amsterdam at a glance

Checked in November 2026 against the hotel’s own website and booking sites. Walking times from OpenStreetMap routing.

Why stay at Bunk

The building was designed by Alexander Kropholler as the Roman Catholic church of St. Rita over ‘t Y and consecrated in 1922. It was damaged by bombs in 1943 and restored by C.M. van Moorsel, who added the west entrance tower in 1947. The brick basilica, with its lancet windows, timber roof truss and stained glass, has been a national monument since 1996.

In 2020 architect Rob Salemans of Raumkultur placed white modular room cubes inside the nave, so guests sleep under the church’s brick arches and timber trusses. The pods are stacked over two levels beneath the same arches.

Bunk is also a cultural venue. It holds regular free live music and exhibitions, runs a recording studio for artists and has an artist-in-residence programme. Its only other location is in Utrecht.

The rooms: what you should know before booking

Read the room description carefully before you book; these are the points that matter most here.

• Rooms or pods. Private rooms all have their own bathroom with a rain shower. Pods are beds in shared, mixed-gender dorm areas with shared gender-neutral bathrooms, and they are for adults only. Choose carefully.
• Room types. Rooms range from the Compact Room for two to rooms for three, four (a family version with a double and a bunk, and a friends version with two bunks) and five. Room sizes are not published.
• Epic rooms. Epic, Epic+ and Most Epic rooms for two have historic features such as rafters or stained glass, and some a round bath, garden or roof terrace. Some have stairs up to the bed.
• Light. Compact rooms have few windows, and some rooms look onto the inner atrium.
• Pods. Single pods are 90 x 210 cm and double pods 160 x 210 cm, each with a locker, power and USB.
• Families and access. Families are welcome in the private rooms, but under-18s may not stay in pods, and there are no cots. A review found no fully accessible rooms, so ask the hotel if you need one.

Restaurants, bars and facilities

Bunk Restaurant

The all-day restaurant in the church, open daily from 07:30 until late, with local seasonal food that is smoked, cured, pickled or stewed, served at long communal tables. There are vegetarian and vegan dishes and, in summer, a terrace.

Lobby bar

Cocktails, including the house Holy Spirits, local beers and alcohol-free drinks.

Breakfast

À la carte, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. It is not included in the room rate and can be booked separately.

Bikes and parking

Bunk says there is ample parking; booking sites describe it as paid and on request. Bikes can be rented at the front desk.

Getting there and getting around

From Schiphol Airport

Take the train to Amsterdam Centraal (under 20 minutes), then metro 52 one stop to Noorderpark. From there Bunk says it is 4 minutes on foot; our route measured about 10.

From Amsterdam Centraal

Metro 52 to Noorderpark, the first stop, is the quickest. Alternatively take a free ferry from behind the station: F2 to IJplein (14 minutes’ walk, about 06:30 to midnight) or F3 to Buiksloterweg (16 minutes’ walk, day and night). Bus 38 stops at Hagedoornplein, about a minute away, according to Bunk.

Getting around

There are no trams in Amsterdam-Noord, so metro 52 and the ferries are the practical way into town. Metro 52 continues beyond Centraal to Rokin and De Pijp; see our guide to metro line 52. The Noorderpark is 7 minutes on foot, the Tolhuistuin 12 and the EYE Filmmuseum and A’DAM Lookout about 15.

Nearest stops

Walking times measured with OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026. Lines as in the GVB timetable.

What is around Bunk

Staying here in winter

Inside a brick church with a restaurant and live music, Bunk is a warm place to come back to on a winter evening. The Amsterdam Light Festival runs from 26 November 2026 to 17 January 2027, and many festival cruises leave from the piers around Centraal Station, one metro stop away.

Frequently asked questions

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