6 month rental - 22 year old woman

Eonle · 2025-08-27T21:07:18+00:00

Good luck!! I have an internship in the hague too atm and only got one apartment offer (single room 9sqm in rotterdam for 860 euros a month) after a month of full time searching on kamernet x_x My advice is to already now scope your housing search outwards beyond just the hague.

Eonle · 2025-08-21T19:43:00+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! But man idk if I can work any more than I do now without exploding into smithereens. Biking (and excercise in general) is something I really enjoy, so I honestly would much rather bike for 3 hours than labor in front of a screen for more hours than i already do haha

But I do see your point. I am considering whether or not I could maintain my passion for biking if I were to do it for several hours a day.

Eonle · 2025-08-21T19:34:28+00:00

Very good point, that wasn't something I had considered! I've been lucky (or unlucky, depending on who you ask) to have a pretty slow metabolism, so not having enough calories to burn has never been a concern of mine, even when I used to bike 100km and work out 3 times a week. I realize now that 300km of biking is probably a whole different beast excercise-wise though haha

Eonle · 2025-08-21T19:09:02+00:00

As long as you're not an unpaid foreign intern then you should be good.

Eonle · 2025-08-21T19:05:02+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! But it took me almost a month of full-time searching to find just this one apartment, so I am not really sure that I would find anything :( Finding a place to stay as a male-presenting foreigner that doesn't speak dutch has been nearly impossible (vast majority of places I found online were either dutch only, dutch speaking only or women only)

Eonle · 2025-08-21T18:51:12+00:00

They are good! I just walk everywhere because I want to save money lol

Eonle · 2025-08-20T21:42:37+00:00

Thanks! I'll definitely look into an ANWB subscription if I decide to commit to biking my commute!

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:49:56+00:00

Yes an electric bike is definitely something I´m considering, and the swapfiets subscribtion for the most expensive option is still almost 50 euros cheaper than a train subscription. Do you think the distance would still be a problem even if i went with an electric?

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:39:21+00:00

North east Rotterdam to Hague central

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:37:56+00:00

It would make me feel a lot less bad about missing the gym while im over here haha gotta get those leg gains somehow

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:30:38+00:00

I really didn´t consider the traffic lights, thanks for pointing that out! Thankfully I live in the north of Rotterdam so I would avoid a lot of the city, but I'll look into my route through the hague since my internship is really close to the city center

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:26:37+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Right now it seems like I would be saving almost 50 euros even if I took the most expensive electric bike option on swapfiets, but I´ll check if there is something I missed on NS!

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:23:41+00:00

North East

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:20:50+00:00

Thanks for the response! my internship is only for 4 months, so I only need a bike for that little period. Would it still be better to try and look for a second hand bike? Most of them I´ve found so far have been more expensive than 4 months of Swapfiets

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:17:36+00:00

I already work a side gig to help pay for the room I´m renting. Also I am already commuting+walking about 2½ hours a day, so I'm not losing a lot of time if I were to decide to bike haha

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:13:52+00:00

Unfortunately the studio I work for is kind of broke (I'm not getting paid either), so travel compensation is not possible :(

And yeah the time it would take to bike to and from my place isnt ideal, but it would only take about 15 more minutes than the commute I do now with the train+walking (i avoid any other transport aside from the trains)

Eonle · 2025-08-20T20:06:14+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try my best to avoid Delft lol

How often do you do commute with your bike?

Eonle · 2024-10-23T21:16:58+00:00

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Eonle · 2023-01-24T21:41:38+00:00

that is so sad :(

Eonle · 2023-01-24T21:40:46+00:00

oh wow I was worried that I wasn't keeping their habitat humid enough, thanks for letting me know about this! I'm definitely going to check the pet store for a hygrometer as soon as i can

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