Student Housing in Amsterdam

About Amsterdam for students

Amsterdam hosts the largest concentration of international students in the Netherlands, with UvA and VU alone enrolling tens of thousands of degree-seeking students each year. That demand, combined with a squeezed rental supply and post-2022 investor-purchase restrictions, makes it the hardest city in the country to find a room — most students we talk to report searching for three to six months.

The trade-off is access: excellent public transport, a dense cycling network, and a thriving English-speaking job and social scene. Most international students find a room in neighborhoods like De Pijp, Oost, or Westerpark — still well connected but more affordable than the canal ring.

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