Youth Hostels with Communal Showers

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This thread is full of good reading and information. So I'll share my two cents:

- The first one happened in Los Angeles it was during my late teens, I stayed in a (run down) hostel in front of the Chinese theater. It was nice for partying and meet other people but definitely no very comfortable. I shared a room (4 beds) with an Australian guy in his late 40s, he was trying to fix a work visa or something like that. The second night while we were talking about our day and plans, I start undressing to hit the showers, I didn't think it was a big deal so I got naked and he just say "whoa i saw your penis!", I found it funny but say sorry, after that he just laughed it off and say he lived with his two sons so it wasn't a big deal, after that every night before and after we used the shower it was nudity all over the room. He left before me but he was a good dorm mate.

-The second one was a couple of months after in New York City (I love that city) I stayed in the YMCA hostel, once again a little bit run down but a great and cheap location! beside the guests could use the gym, pool and whatnot. The locker room area of the gym got open showers and sauna so a lot of new yorker and foreign nudity there (im kind of a exhibitionist), each floor had its bath with two showers and stalls and curtains, so no question I'd be using the locker room area. I met a Spanish guy in the lobby he was a guest too, so we became our travel buddies. I told him that every morning I liked to go to the gym and shower there, so we exercise together and then sauna and shower together. It was nice to have a new friend and almost exactly after see each other naked. Around the fourth day while drying ourselves up, he just start to stare my groin and said "I should trim my bush and wax my balls" and I answered him "yes, so you can find it once in a while", the guy had a full bush down there, we laughed and keep with the day. A good trip and a great friend I found that time.
 
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Yeah it is still a very good hostel, but it's lost a good feature now. Ironically I guess more guys may now wank in the showers or indeed have fun in there because they won't be seen.
 
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Yeah it is still a very good hostel, but it's lost a good feature now. Ironically I guess more guys may now wank in the showers or indeed have fun in there because they won't be seen.
if still there can you get a photo of what they look like now?
 

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Hi, I'll be traveling to Paris in June 2019, does anyone know of a good hostel to stay in? I would love to have such an experience. Or perhaps a good gay airbnb place where you could do some exhib? :)
 
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if still there can you get a photo of what they look like now?

I'm not there anymore but just imagine the old showers only now there is a divider between each one from the ceiling downwards and all you can see is the other person's ankles.



There is a curtain too, which totally covers the shower you're in. You can of course leave the curtain open if you wish or leave a gap. Only one guy left a gap when I was staying and I saw his heavy cock. Every other time I used the showers the other users had the curtains pulled right over, meaning I couldn't see in at all.
 
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Hey so I'm in one80 in Berlin now and the 3rs floor has also been converted to individual showers.

So one80 no longer meets the requirements of this thread.
Just Arrived to one80, my room is in 3rd floor and saw the showers!! Too bad. Will take a picture later. No more open showers in One80 :(
 
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You can check out the other hostel with open showers, all in hostel in Berlin Friedrichshain.
I stayed there one year ago and it wasn’t good. Maybe there were not too many people, but showers were always empty. And I didn’t like the hotel itself. Mayb it was just bad luck.
If you want real action, then Gay Hostel is the best choice (but I just reached the age limit)
 
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Where do people change? There still should be some common nudity when chaning... ;-)

There is a tiny changing area at the end of the showers but it's such a strange design. Nowhere to hang clothes or any dry area. And you have to walk past all the showers to get to it .no one really uses it as a drying area. Almost all the guys walk to/from their rooms in towels. Some now change behind the curtains.

As for all In hostel, I stayed in 2017. It was not great. Kind of run down. Cold rooms. Showers were very old and most did not work right .the space is open but very cramped and not well maintained. It was a pretty shotth hostel. One80 is an excellent hostel even without the open showers.

I'm afraid the gay hostel may be out of my league. I'm not at the age limit yet but I'm also not gay. Not that I'm uncomfortable around gay men, I couldn't care less, but a totally gay hostel probably isn't my scene. The main thing I liked about the open showers in one80 and other hostels is that you could strike up a conversation in the shower. Everyone was equal there, open, nothing to hide, very relaxed. Shame it's gone.
 

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I'm in Gay Hostel Berlin this weekend from today 19/01 until Monday morning 21/01 if anyone else is going to be there

I was just there! I actually like the hostel a lot when I get a bottom bunk -- top bunk is so noisy. I usually stay in the 6 male room. Nice thing about their shower setup is you kind know how guys are going to be whether they go to the communal shower or the private shower. Unfortunately the last time I was there the one American guy I would have been down to jerk with always went in the private shower...figures... :p
 

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This visit has been really quiet while I've been here. Had multiple long showers and nobody has even been and had a look to see who is in there.

Sadly this will likely be my last visit here I think.

I mornanor stay in the 4 bed dorm and think all 4 or 5 times I've been here I've had a bottom bunk.

I was just there! I actually like the hostel a lot when I get a bottom bunk -- top bunk is so noisy. I usually stay in the 6 male room. Nice thing about their shower setup is you kind know how guys are going to be whether they go to the communal shower or the private shower. Unfortunately the last time I was there the one American guy I would have been down to jerk with always went in the private shower...figures... :p