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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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...
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: A room exchange
Why?
I had a great experience there!
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Personal comments
We lived in a building (2min from the university) full of foreign students. We had big rooms for 2 (34 m2) with kitchen & bathroom inside. And laundry in the basement of the building. It was just perfect!
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
something amazing about the Netherlands (or at least Amsterdam) is that everybody there is fluent (almost biligual) in English, even the people working in the street or in the supermarkets. So you can do everything with English. The drawback is that you're not prompted to learn Dutch...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
- housing was clearly not cheap, but since I come from Paris it was still cheaper for me to live in Amsterdam.
Nightlife: coming from Paris, it also seemed very cheap to me.
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Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Furniture: in Amsterdam, you can easilly find furniture in the street (for free) of course it's in a bad state but when you spend 10 months in a student room, you're happy to have a free sofa, bedside table, armchair...
Tip: instead of buying food in the supermarkets such as AlbertHeijn (expenseive) rather go to markets.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
no other recommendations...
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
I had the greatest experience in my life, and so did everybody.
You shoud make the most of your stay and travel around the NL and Europe with your friends.
Go and speak to everybody you meet!
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