Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht is a very agreable city to live in and to learn in. If you have a chance to settle your accomodation in advance, I warmly advice you to do so. I had very good accomodation during the first three months. However at the moment I have to move places which, regardless of the nuisance it mght bring, is a place which is not as good as the first one where I could live more independently.

Get the student train discount to save on travel. Get a bike!

A few issues: we had to sign a contract without seeing the flat. It was extremely hard to change location (some of the flats are way too far to be suitable), the organisation made it impossible to terminate the contract, which is illegal... And blackmailed the students of pushing the host university not to recognise their exams result if students wished to terminate the contract... I suppose this is not the way to do business, but again I escaped from this by getting my own flat! :)

A lot. As time goes by you find the cheapest places to buy stuff.

The university was very cooperative in finding me an appartment. I really enjoyed the place where I stayed because I had the opportunity to meet up with other students that also lived in the halls of residence I stayed. It was fully equipt and was also fairly spacious. The only drawback was the cost. I considered paying €410 per month expensive. But then again that may be only me I will let you be the judge of that!