The Hague University (HHS)

If you happen to end up in the Hague and there is nothing you can do about it, and the dutch take advantage of you, which they will, take advantage of their laws, i.e. e.g. create a student association and employ yourself - because the dutch business model requires international organisations to establish themselves there, you can simply create one, apply for a grant -open ended, but depends on how well you can justify, e.g. up to 50K EUR for festivals or else- also then, you are employed and pay yourself with that grant first and then, since you are employed you have access to even more grants in holland, such as reduced housing, tuition, travelling costs etc.

Housing in the Netherlands is a difficult topic to get into, but basically you have two options: 1) You manage to secure a place on campus, i.e. in a semi-gov. funded, but privately owned facility and pay loads; or 2) you have to deal with the dutch -who hate foreigners or at least want to take advantage as much as possible- who will rent out the shittiest european shitholes, which no dutch or other euro person wants and pay loads too, prices are comparable to New York/London, only that it is not New York/London. I suggest you move in with German folks, its way cheaper and the quality ... well the germans have laws about quality, so don't worry -but with the money you save you can travel by train or even plane to whatever school you go to -on those few occasions that you actually have to do something there.

Well, the Netherlands was rich in "social experiences" for me. At the Hague University of Applied Sciences -it is not a real uni, "of applied sciences" is not a protected term in dutch or most european systems oh and so is the term "bachelor of", it is actually more something in between a high school, thus hogeschool in its original dutch name/form, and a community college. However, well the dutch are used to turning a bad situation into a "better" one, for themselves, thus they have adapted themselves to the floods of foreigners streaming into the country, mainly through the gates of education institutions -which need the cash from foreigners, as it forms an integral part in their business models, the dutch do not pay anything- and from those streaming floods then the economy there starts rollin', i.e. the housing, cafes, shops, nightlife, everywhere are tons and tons of cheap/shitty dutch businesses aimed at taking your money. The dutch have their own places, but they are unattractive to the foreigner, because there are only dutch people and they play really weird dutch music. Also, dutch people really either don't have to pay for entry or they get some off the prices you are charged, regardless. Travel, on the other hand, of course works pretty well, i.e. good infrastructure, however, of course you have to pay an unreasonably amount of money, before you can reach dutch borders and it gets better -again totally free for the dutch. Sports was so lala, the Haagse Hogeschool, has an underground sports hall, where rarely somebody goes, but recently the student associations -which are middle-man, working together with other local businesses- have tried to cater that need more regularly, but it is largely ignored by the microcosm of the Hogeschool.

The dutch really do not want you to learn their language, because that would affect their ability to trick you. On the other hand, of course, they will be speaking and understanding your language -the dutch are masters of taking advantage of foreigners, been to many, many places for even longer periods of time, but they are downright cunts like that, they have to be, their economy depends on it

Also, if you are intending to be a law student at the Hogeschool, know that the teachers and founders of the young law program, have created an "institute" -which really isn't one- through which you have to buy your law and case collections, priced anywhere between 20 to 100 EUR each, and that you have to buy about 20 every semester, and that there is not work of the teachers involved, because these books are merely "collections", and that you are not allowed you use anything but these collections in the exams, and that they have no value whatsoever afterwards, because the following years will have updated versions, and are not allowed to bring 2nd hand collections or older versions, and lastly that, because these collections have no value to academia, nobody will want to buy them off of you. So you end up paying several thousands of euros to said institute, which will use the money to further the careers of your shitty teachers.