{"id":131215,"date":"2021-10-07T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=131215"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:54","slug":"students-still-in-hostels-seeking-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/10\/07\/students-still-in-hostels-seeking-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Students still in hostels seeking accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many students remain in hostels out of necessity, as they have been unable to find accommodation in the month since the start of the academic year. A tour around various hostels in Rotterdam showed there are certainly dozens of students in this predicament.<\/p>\n

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IBA student Eugeen is forced to stay in hostel Ani & Haakien.<\/span>

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\u201cAt this point, I\u2019m not specifically looking for a good room anymore. At first, I thought about a furnished studio, then an ordinary studio, then a room, but now I\u2019m happy if I find anything at all\u201d, explained IBA student Eugeen. He is also making concessions on location and budget: he is prepared to pay 800 euros for something within a half hour\u2019s cycle of the university. He\u2019s already been sleeping in Ani & Haakien hostel, close to Rotterdam Central station, for two weeks now. It\u2019s nice and sociable so far, but it\u2019s not easy getting a good night\u2019s sleep with all that snoring in the dormitory.<\/p>\n

Various hostels with students<\/h2>

An investigation by Erasmus Magazine<\/em> showed that Eugeen isn\u2019t the only one starting the academic year in a hostel. It\u2019s difficult to estimate how many students are affected but, following a visit to five different city centre hostels, it\u2019s safe to estimate that dozens are staying in hostels.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course we don\u2019t know everyone\u2019s exact situation, but I know of a dozen students sleeping here because they can\u2019t find any accommodation\u201d, stated Danielle Linscheer from Ani & Haakien. This also applies to other hostels in the centre. Employees in the StayOkay hostel in the cube houses, Sparks on the corner of West-Kruiskade, King Kong and CityHub on Witte de Withstraat confirm that several students are sleeping there while looking for accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\t

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