Things to Know Before Moving to the Netherlands in 2025
Moving to the Netherlands as a student in 2025? Here are the things you need to know before and after you arrive. 🇳🇱
Most students focus only on getting accepted into university — but once you actually move, there are a lot of practical things you need to sort out fast.
Housing, registration, your BSN, Dutch banking, transport, groceries, and even how to make money as a student can all become stressful if you don’t know what to expect.
In this video, we walk you through the essential checklist every student should understand before moving to the Netherlands — so your first weeks don’t turn into chaos.
We cover:
✅ Housing options — the difference between a room, studio, and apartment
✅ Rent expectations — what you can expect to pay for student housing in the Netherlands
✅ Where to find housing — websites, Facebook groups, agencies, and safer community options
✅ BSN registration — why you need a citizen service number and how it connects to your legal stay
✅ DigiD — the government app you’ll need for official communication in the Netherlands
✅ Dutch bank cards — why many students need a Maestro card and which banks to look at
✅ Bikes & transport — renting vs buying a bike, public transport costs, scooters, and trains
✅ Groceries — what supermarkets to use and what basic food prices look like
✅ Student money tip — how working part-time and applying for DUO student finance can help you earn more
We're Milan and Andrei — two Computer Science graduates from the University of Groningen. Milan moved 5 times in his first 10 months in the Netherlands. Andrei spent his first month in a hotel surviving on €5 salads. We built Student in the Netherlands so no one else has to figure this out alone.
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