Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Living in Amsterdam is an experience itself. Wandering around the city is enough to enjoy it. Anyway, I strongly recommend to buy a bike and use it to go around. But take care of thieves! You should also buy a couple of good lockers to prevent your bike from being stolen when parked. The tram is also a good mean of transport. It goes everywhere and it is not expensive (as far as I remember). Obviously, there are some visits you are supposed to do: Dam Square, the heart of the city with the Royal Palace in one side; the famous Red Light District, which is more a touristic atraction than a neighbourhood of prostitution; a Coffe Shop, where joints are available in a menu (as in a restaurant)... A boat trip trough the canals is really worth it and nightlife is everywhere in the center of the city. Beyond nightlife, I must say that Amsterdam is a very cultural place. Its museums are excellent (Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Riks...) and it has also big and relaxing green areas to practice sports or just walking. Most of the people speak English and they are friendly to help visitors. There are plenty of Indonesian restaurants because Indonesia was a former dutch colony. You can try some of them but the food is very spicy. And don't miss the traditional pancake!

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Trust me Guys, in Amsterdam you do not have to look for a nice palce to have a coffe, lunch or fancy dinner. You won't have any porblems with exporing the cultural side of the city or night life scene. It is very relaxed and entertainment driven city, so please do not forget what you coming here for:)

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Highly recommendable is the Café De 2 Prinsen on the corner Prinsengracht/Prinsenstraat. It is a student place for mainly Dutch student (good place to meet locals) and they give student reduction on beer and wine and have a good selection of music. Small but very cosy and nice.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
There were a lot of activities to do: parties for international students in the university, parties in private house, cruises on the canals, museums discounts, nice famous brown cafès and much more. The people there is fantastic! Friendly and open minded!

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal comments:
For the night out clubbing, 'mazzo' definetly is the spot. 'Cafe de Jaren' certainly is the most popular cafe though by far not the best. Check typical 'oud-bruin'-places at zeedijk or ' 't loosje' at nieuwemarkt. Check out 'Paradiso' frequently, too.

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Amsterdam offer you more than a simple good cafe', the city is really calm and relaxed, and in order to feel this aspect i suggest to spend some evening in one of the grate parks. The city is full of them you just have to chose

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Nightlife: Paradiso on Thursdays, Club 11 whenever you feel like, Meander on mondays. Nice places for a coffee/beer: De Prins on Prinsengracht, De Jaren close to Muntplein, the open-air caffe behind Westerkerk, etc...

Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Don't miss the Kriterion just in front of the faculty of economics, it's a great pub/cinema. The greatest pub in the world: the Gollem. Discos: Paradiso, Panama, etc. And so many other places...

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
An event of DIS - Day of International Students (organised by Holland Government) should not be missed by anyone and the Introduction Week and Tuesday Evening Drink for students organised by my institution should not be missed by any.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Rembrandtplein was a square full with bars and night clubs, really nice atmosphere. The museums are free with a year pass in the whole country. Jordan neighboordhood full with original stores.

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Personal comments:
The problem in Amsterdam is we're "stuck" in the small international student community since almost none of us speaks Dutch. So, we all do everything together, it is great, but there aren't a lot of mixing with the locals.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Look out for cheap eats at Squat houses. And be aware of all the various schedules floating around cafes - there are always special events at all of the museums!

Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Amsterdam speaks for itself. Depends on personal interest. Drugs and parties are not my life. I really enjoyed the opportunity to row in a club on the Amstel though.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
try to avoid crowded places like Paradiso or Melkweg. Try to look for yourself for less known clubs or parties: they are the best.

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
To go dancing: Melkweg, Paradiso, a lot of nice cafes: Kriterion, Koosje, de Balie, Ebelling and a lot of jazzcafe: Bimhuis

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Student´s night in the "Atrium" (mensa) on thursdays,lot of nice pubs around the Nieuwmarkt, Jordaan, Leidseplein

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
I would recommend Café Alto for jazz lovers (no fee) and Cristofori for both jazz and classical (the owners are really friendly).

Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Amsterdam is plenty of nice places. There are a lot of places to drink a nice coffe.

Describe host city: Student life dominates the city

Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal comments:
paradiso,hotel arena, melkweg,cafe lux, kriterion, bittersweet, sinners

Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement

Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal comments:
Best places to go are the squats and the places not known very well by the tourists