Youth Hostel Regensburg

Youth Hostel Regensburg (©Patricia Schwägerl)

Certified in the period

May 2022 - April 2025

Accessibility certified Blind people People with cognitive impairments

Barrier-free information

Short Report as PDF

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • There is a parking lot people with disabilities. This is not marked.
  • There is a stop (name: ÖPNV stop: Wöhrdstrasse) of local transport in 80 m. All rooms and facilities that can be used and raised for the guest are accessible without steps. Door thresholds are max. 10 cm high. 
  • Doors are at least 55 cm wide. 
  • Floors are accessible only by steps (rooms).
  • Passages in rooms (dining room, bedroom, cash desk, exhibition room, etc.) are at least 90 cm wide. 
  • The entrance/access to the building is step-free. 
  • The counter/cash register is 103 cm high at the lowest point. There is another, equivalent communication option available while seated.
  • There are sufficient tables that can be driven under. 
  • The play area is also accessible by wheelchair (flooring asphalt, rubber, single-joint slabs, etc.).

Room 123 with floor shower for people with disabilities, 1st floor:

  • The room is a 'oom type: shared room.
  • The movement areas are: in front of essential furnishings (e.g. cupboards) 300 cm x 220 cm; to the left of the bed 200 cm x 150 cm; to the right of the bed 0 cm x 0 cm. 
  • The bed is 47 cm high.
  • Bathroom
  • The movement areas in the bathroom are:   in front of the sink 165 cm x 230 cm; in front of the WC 1 71 cm x 240 cm;to the left of the WC 65 cm x 53 cm; to the right of the WC 73 cm x 53 cm.

WC / washbasin

  • There are folding grab rails to the left and right of the WC.
  • The washbasin is accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of at least 30 cm.
  • The mirror can be viewed while sitting or standing.

Shower

  • The shower is accessible without steps.
  • The shower / shower area is 165 cm x 200 cm.
  • There are grab bars in the shower.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end of the text.

  • There is no optically perceivable alarm in the building.
  • There is no audio induction loop.
  • In the dining room there are bright and glare-free tables with no lamps standing or hanging that restrict the visual field. There are seating areas with low background noises.
  • In the evaluated rooms, at least one electrical outlet is available near the bed.
  • W-Lan available.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with visual impairments".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report at the end of the text.

  • Assistance dogs may be brought along.
  • The entrance area is visually contrasting to the surroundings and is recognizable by a tactilely perceptible change of flooring.
  • The path from the entrance to the reception is visually contrasting and tactilely separated by a carpet.
  • Information is provided in legible lettering.
  • Rooms and corridors are brightly lit and glare-free.
  • There are no obstacles, e.g. objects protruding into the path/room.
  • Glass doors are partially marked with safety markings.
  • The stairs to the 1st and 2nd floors have handrails on both sides. There is a visual or tactile contrast on stairs. 
  • Controls are tactilely detectable throughout the facility and are predominantly visually contrasting. 
  • Walkways of corridors and interior paths are partially visually contrasting. Walls can be used in part as orientation guides.
  • In the case of exterior paths, the sidewalk borders are designed in a visually contrasting manner in isolated cases and can be detected tactilely in some cases.
  • Color guidance system. 

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - accessible for with cognitive impairments".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

  • Name and logo of the establishment are clearly recognizable from the outside.
  • Business cards/brochures with the address and telephone number of the host are visibly displayed at the reception desk.
  • The bedroom and the room key as well as the route to the bedroom are marked with the same pictorial symbol.
  • Information is partly available in photorealistic representation.
  • There is no information in easy language.
  • The destinations of the routes are usually within sight.
  • There is no menu with pictures. In the dining room the dishes are presented visibly.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF