Friendship is a subjective term, whether you want to perceive your friends as those who trust you, who support you, who go out with you for a soda or wine, who urge you to do cool things or with whom you just go out to share a slice of cake on the dullest day of the year. I don't think...
Coming to the Netherlands and don't know where to start? Are you a first-year university student or doing an exchange programme in the Netherlands? Read the article to the end and I guarantee it will answer frequently asked questions about transport in the Netherlands, how to use the Ov-chipkaart and NS app, how to get medical insurance...
The title probably sounds like a kind of farewell letter, or a regret that the time machine hasn't been invented yet. But it doesn't. As a student in my first year away from home, I learned a lot. Easy, or not. And I'm glad that today we all have the opportunity to share our knowledge and...
If you are reading this article as a senior in high school, in the suspense of the Baccalaureate exam, with dozens of formula sheets and essays, or perhaps as a parent who feels helpless and uninformed in making a decisive decision about your child's education, this story is certainly helpful. I feel compelled to expose the experience of...
New country, new town, new house... basically, a new life. Moving to a foreign country on your own can be overwhelming, especially for a first-year student who's just getting to grips with life. You arrive in the Netherlands, in your new home; you go to the shop, your card is rejected; you go to the bank to open a Dutch bank account,...
Unlike Romania, higher education in the Netherlands is not free. The admissions system differs depending on the study you want to do and the university offering it. While tuition fees used to be €2060/year, from the 2018-2019 academic year onwards tuition fees will be halved in the first year. So for the first year you will pay 1030€,...