Łódź doesn’t strike you as a backpackers haven, but part of that reason is the dearth of hostels – at least hostels you’d like to stay in. So along come the Flamingo team, offering pine framed bunks (and decent privates with TVs), inside high-ceilinged bedrooms in a tenement building. Brand new and spotlessly perfect features here number a fully equipped kitchen, paltry prices, ground zilch location and a common room festooned with artsy murals of factory age Łódź.