Expenses Reviews
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Wojciech W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Simply because the cost of living are higher than in my home country (Poland)
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Housing, Nightlife, Overall, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
It is worth to buy a railway discount card which costs 100 guilders, but if you want to travel you will save huge amounts of money (gives you 40% of reduction)
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Boiko B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Not specified
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Differences in prices ;)
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Housing, Nightlife, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
http://www.poubelle.nl/ - the best second-hand shop in the world for furniture, electronics, games and whatever...
Go shopping in Jumbo, ALDI or in AH (but mainly Euroshopper brand and stuff on Bonus).
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Malgorzata M
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Because I come from Poland where everything is cheaper, taht is the main reason
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Housing, Nightlife, Telephone, Overall, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Find a cheap market chain, there are a lot of price cuts, and price differences among stores
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vanillagirl
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Food is a little more expensive and I travel a lot more here than at home.
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Food, Travel, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Rent a washing machine with your flatmates. On www.splash.nl you can get them pretty cheap
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Javier E
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
- Fruit is expensiver than in my host country.
- If you drink something different of beer (very typical, there is also a gap in price regarding my home city.
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Nightlife, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Alexander C
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Prices are higher here than in Austria, especially for accomodation.
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Housing, Nightlife, Telephone, Overall, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bikes cost a lot of money... and get broken when you need them the most! You must take care what you're buing here.
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