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Leeuwarden is the cheapest city in the Netherlands for student housing per square meter

How much does student housing in Leeuwarden cost?

Date:14 July 2026Author:Laura Silva
A realistic budget for a student room in Leeuwarden is somewhere between €320 and €500 a month, depending on the size of the room, whether it's furnished, and what's included. According to the latest Kamernet Rental Report (Q1 2026), the average advertised room costs around €460 per month, making Leeuwarden one of the most affordable student cities in the Netherlands and the cheapest when you compare the price per square metre.
A muddy road through the forest. Community of Yokiri

Market Time, Forest Time: Language, Deforestation, and Shifting Multispecies Assemblages in the Peruvian Amazon

Date:30 June 2026Author:Nicholas Q. Emlen
How is coffee farming transforming life in the Peruvian Amazon? Nick Emlen examines how environmental change is reshaping Indigenous Matsigenka communities, their livelihoods, social relationships, and languages.
% of general government expenditure 2027-2030 (Rotulo et al., 2026)

Defund and Defend: Health and Healthcare Costs of Rearmament

Date:18 June 2026Author:Arianna Rotulo

“Europe is going to pay in a BIG way” said Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, ahead of the June 2025 The Hague summit, where European NATO members pledged to raise their military spending to 5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

First year bachelor students during the introweek, having a potluck dinner all together with their intro-parents

Introducing the Campus Fryslân Student Mentor Programme

Date:08 June 2026Author:Laura Silva

Starting university is exciting, but it can also be confusing, overwhelming, and full of questions. How do you organise your time when nobody is checking whether you have done your readings? What do lecturers actually expect from an academic assignment?...

Eurosim Conference 2026

Learning EU Politics by Doing: Stijn at Eurosim 2026

Date:29 May 2026Author:Stijn Geersing

This spring, students and staff from Campus Fryslân travelled to Virginia Tech in the United States to participate in Eurosim 2026, an annual simulation organised by the Trans-Atlantic Consortium for European Union Simulations and Studies. Bringing...

Speech Technology Day

Speech Technology Day: Seeing Interdisciplinarity At Work

Date:17 May 2026Author:Matt Coler

On March 27th, we hosted its first-ever “Speech Technology Day” at Campus Fryslân. It brought together MSc Speech Technology (ST) students, undergraduate BSc Data Science and Society (DSS) stuednts, and a group of NHL Stenden students for a full day of...

Lill Sophie Neubauer

Sustainable mobility: Lill's internship

Date:01 May 2026Author:Lill Sophie Neubauer

In Global Responsibility and Leadership (GRL), we find passionate and impact-driven students who come and seek for the creativity and skills needed to imagine and create local solutions to global problems.

Meghan is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Tourism & Society and the chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee.

Travel Beyond the ‘Gram

Date:20 April 2026Author:Meghan Muldoon

It’s that time of year again in Leeuwarden. The rain has stopped (for now), the sky is blue, and while our plates are full with end of the year obligations, our thoughts turn already to the summer and beyond.

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