With Valentine’s Day around the corner, love is in the air, and it’s time to remind a special someone in your life just how much you love spending time with them. Or it is a stark reminder to amp up your dating life. In either case, having a good date…
You know you want to attend an open day (good choice!) but you have two options – virtually or on campus. Making the excursion to the university itself might be a travel dilemma and virtual events are stereotyped as boring. What do you do? To help you make a more…
We’ve all attended a birthday party, but have you ever attended a birthday festival? This happens here in the Netherlands on King’s Day (Koningsdag in Dutch) – the birthday celebration of the King. One that is celebrated throughout the country and has a dress code: you have to wear anything…
My interests evolved… It can happen, that during your studies you realise that you are actually quite interested in another degree programme at the university than the one that you are currently studying. This is usually more common during your first/beginning of your second year of your initial degree choice….
When I started university, I encountered a sea of new terms I didn’t know before. Like, what is credits and why do I hear other students using this term so often? What is meant with credits? Think of credits as a tracker of your university progress. A university degree typically…
Before I moved to the Netherlands to come and do my bachelors in Wageningen, my dad asked me to make a detailed budget of what my new life is going to cost. To be honest, I was at a loss for the most part, and I needed to do a…
Mirror Mirror on the wall, where will I stay in Wageningen? There are so many options, yet it stays a competitive front. Before I moved to Wageningen finding a room became quite a treasure hunt. Finally, I found my current room through a friend who gave me some tips on…
Sometimes when I scroll back on my camera roll to my first few months in the Netherlands, I tend to get a slight smile on my face. What a bittersweet feeling! I look back at all the mistakes I’ve made and things I have experienced, and no, it wasn’t an…
The Netherlands. Central in Europe with excellent transport. Travelling across the border almost goes without question- the dreamy European cities are truly within reach! But, can you make your travelling dreams come true on a student budget? Planning is key The old rule seems to stay true, the sooner you…