Het Wapen van Tilburg is a backpackers’ hostel rather than a budget hotel. It's located diagonally opposite the railway station and next door to hash paradise The Grass Company. The very basic furnishings are almost spartan, with beds from IKEA and very little else. Five of the seven rooms are doubles and two can be reserved by groups. The communal showers and toilets are in the corridor. If you don’t mind all this, you’ve found one of the cheapest ways to experience Tilburg. And the bar is very cosy.