University of Groningen Student Blog

While Groningen is one of the safest cities in the Netherlands, unsafe situations can sometimes occur, for instance, during nighttime. It’s therefore useful to know how you can safely enjoy everything Groningen has to offer. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of 9 handy tips you should definitely keep in mind!

The end of the month is here, your money is running low, so the big question is: what are you having for dinner? Not to worry, we’ve come to the rescue! Here are five budget-friendly, easy, and incredibly delicious recipes.

SmartCat is everyone’s best friend when it comes to finding good academic sources for your assignments and essays. But do you know all its useful tools? In today’s blog, Hylke talks about everything you need to know.

The first week of the academic year is very exciting yet sometimes hectic, especially if you're a new student. Everything is new and unfamiliar while you try to find your way around. To honour this experience, here are some relatable moments in the first week as a new student!

Tomorrow is the Opening of the Academic Year! This is an event with very old traditions. Do you know all of them? In today's blog, beadle Mr Lunsing Cazemier and organiser Mrs Monique Peperkamp talk about some of the interesting history and traditions surrounding the yearly Opening Ceremony. Additionally, they explain what their (historical) functions entail.

The start of the new academic year is almost here! This is the perfect time to think about what you want to achieve or do differently in the coming year. In order to give you some inspiration, Hylke has listed some of her resolutions of the previous years. She also gives some tips on how to keep them so you can have your best academic year yet!

So, what exactly is a block system? In this blog, Hylke explains how the system works, when to sign up for courses and seminar groups, and gives a general overview at the end. Hopefully, this will make it easier for you to navigate through the year!

Want to make a good impression with the Dutch? In today’s blog, we list 5 essential Dutch sentences that you have to learn by heart if you want to score some points. Moreover, they give you a little bit of background into Dutch culture, which is always handy to know.

Summer is a time where people often either spend a lot of money on fun activities, or use the time to make and save up money. Are you planning on doing the latter? In this blog, we talk about 6 alternative ways in which you can earn money as a student during summer.

Would you love to read more, but don’t know where to start? This blog is for you! Hylke has thought of some tips and book(stagram/tok) recommendations that can help you become an avid book reader.