Category: Netherlands
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So far it seems that Maastricht, my home for the next 5 months, is full of 4 things: churches, bicycles, students and beer. With 40-50 churches, endless varieties of Dutch, German and other European beers, 20,000 students and countless bikes this relatively small city of 100,000 people has a welcoming and friendly vibe.
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G’day team, It’s been exactly two weeks since I started my time hear at maastricht, and hopefully now I’ve got enough material to write a somewhat bearable blog that will give you a couple of useful insights!
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Going on exchange has always seemed like an exciting, life-changing adventure. From listening to the experiences of my friends, I knew that my semester in the Netherlands would be incredible. However, the day before flying out of Sydney the doubts began to creep in – would I make friends? Would I be disappointed by the hype…
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Anyone heard of it? I hadn’t before I looked at UTS’ exchange partners. I decided to go to the Netherlands because I wanted to travel on exchange. Here’s a quick list of the pros and cons from my first two weeks here.
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The week prior to arriving in the Netherlands a lot of doubts were beginning to form – was I doing the right thing? Will I make friends? Can I afford it? As a mature age student I was quite worried that being older people would be less inclined to want to be friends with me.…
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Baxter Atkins (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) It’s been several months here in Rotterdam and I am loving just about everything there is. The Dutch people seem to have life figured out and pretty great, from the canals to the clogs to the endless cheese shops it’s everything I could have asked for. Especially now as the…
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As a student in Amsterdam I have been lucky enough to experience the European student life, encompassing all the highs and lows of dorm rooms, country-hopping in almost the same time it takes to get to school in Sydney, and the vibrant student community filled with people from all across the globe.
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With every passing day, Rotterdam is feeling more and more like the undiscovered little sibling of Amsterdam, full of creative energy, events, pop-ups and initiatives but totally void of all the touristy things cluttering central Amsterdam. Completely flattened by bombings in World War II, Rotterdam has been entirely rebuilt in an array of colourful, eccentric architectural styles…
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Today I am writing a happy Blog about my exchange semester in Maastricht – The Netherlands. I have been here for just over 3 months and I can honestly say it has been one of the best experiences in my life. Maastricht is a small, quaint town with lots of little hidden cafes, bars and…
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Say you’re studying in Tilburg and you usually get two responses. First, “Where?” and then there’s usually a, “Why?”. But don’t let that turn you off. Tilburg is a small university town in the south of the Netherlands and I love it. A big reason for this is the warm sense of community that starts as…
