Category: Netherlands
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Hallo (that’s hello in Dutch in case you were wondering), my name is Chelsea and I am currently on exchange in Tilburg for my final semester of my law degree! I have just finished week 2 of my exchange at Tilburg University, and even though I’ve only had 5 hours of classes in the past…
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As something that had been at the top of my bucket list since starting University, exchange has been an experience that has well and truly lived up to my expectations. For the last three and a half months my home away from home has been Tilburg, a small town in the south of the Netherlands.
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When deciding which country to choose for my UTS global exchange, I had four main things on my checklist: Rich in culture Somewhere central in Europe, for convenient travel Most people being able to speak English Great parties
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I had travelled Europe extensively for 4 months after finishing high school, but this experience is one that is completely different because its not just travelling, but living and studying in a foreign country which you grow to love!
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The biggest difficulty in assimilating to Danish culture is getting used to being in a state of perpetual relaxation. Denmark is a utopia; everything here just works. Everywhere is reachable by bicycle, your classes don’t start until quarter past the hour, the rush hour is over by 17.30 in the afternoon, and there is a…
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I decided to attend Tilburg University after my best friend came back from what he termed the best six months of his life. After looking at the other potential universities offered to law students, the blogs posted on this website and the surveys posted on UTS Blackboard, I soon realised why he had picked Tilburg.
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Setting down in the Netherlands after a 30 hour travel stint was a warm and welcome sight! Being rushed through Schilpol
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I’m going on into my third week of being here in on exchange at TU Deft in the Netherlands. My first week was all about getting acclimatized to the new time zone (I lived in LA for a month prior to arriving here), getting the keys to my new student accommodation flat, grokking how to…
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It has only been three weeks since I arrived in Delft and in those three weeks I have learnt more than I initially thought. To be frank the first two days were rather grueling. I had spent a month prior to my exchange trip abroad, traveling with my friends and loved ones and then to arrive…
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Having come from spending 6 weeks traveling around Europe’s most beautiful beaches, sitting in the train coming into rainy Tilburg, I was starting to second guess my exchange decision.
