I stayed in a hostel in Amsterdam over the summer. I was in a large dorm style room with 6 bunk beds of mixed gender. The room had one bathroom/shower attached to it. Some of the people (men and women) in the room toweled off and changed there clothes in front of the other guests. The guy in the bunk right next to me came out of the shower dropped his towel and had a *****. My girlfriend had the bottom bunk and was at eye level with his stiffy.
Being foreigners we had no idea of what the etiquette is in Europe in mixed gender hostels.
Anyone had an simular experience or have a responce to the situation?
2007-01-25 16:21:40 · 3 answers · asked by orangecross666 1 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
I've stayed in a few hostels, and at least three times in a dorm room like that and I've never heard about anything like that. Amsterdam is an open place, but that's pretty ridiculous. I mean my freedom ends where yours begins and I think people should be free from having to see other people's erections.
If I were you, I would post this experience on a site such as Hostels.com so other people don't end up there.
2007-01-26 23:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have travelled around most of Europe and stayed in dozens of hostels and I have never had an experience like that. It sounds like you were just unlucky. In Europe (and especially the Netherlands) people are more relaxed about nudity than in the U.S. but it is NOT considered normal to be naked with a stiffy in front of strangers. Where I have stayed people have never gotten butt naked in the room in front of other guests. Most change clothes somewhere more private or at least when there is nobody of the opposite sex in the room. Some would change some of their clothes with other people in the room, but they always kept their underwear on at least and tried to be discreet. In one hostel in Budapest not everyone respected the gender-segregated bathrooms though. I bumped into guys in the female shower rooms a couple of times. One of them had clearly not been expecting any women to walk in there and freaked out, the other one didn't seem to care that he was in the wrong room.
2016-03-29 03:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing to do with the hostell. Etiquette depends on who do you live, talk with.
2007-01-29 09:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by ndrsfarkas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋