Amsterdam students

Check in with Sophia, our Spring 2021 Semester in Amsterdam blogger, and find out what she has been up to in her latest blog!

Catch up with Sophia, our Semester in Amsterdam Blogger from Munich, Germany, and learn how she's adjusting to the Netherlands and courses at the VU in her latest blog! Hi there, Pretty overwhelmed with all the new moments I collected over the last few weeks! First of all, I had to do some quarantine and retrieve my luggage and it was also my birthday, so it was kind of depressing not to be able to celebrate it with friends. However, I met some really kind and generous people

Introducing Linh Do, our newest blogger and bachelor student in International Business Administration. Learn about why she loves Amsterdam and follow her experience at the VU! Who am I? My friends or people who know me would call me a daydreamer, a homebody, a typical introvert, or a person who is full of contradictions in oneself. But my official name is Linh Do. I was born and grew up in the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi. I am currently living in Amsterdam and pursuing my bach

Our newest blogger, wannabe writer and bachelor student, Eugenia, is excited to share her journey through university and life as an expat

Our newest blogger and master student, Mrudula, is introducing herself and telling us how she feels about moving to a new city and getting b

You must've seen (or heard of) the Amsterdam Light Festival by now. No, they're not the decorative lights that you see over the city center, Leidseplein, and other areas. The lights which are part of the light festival are artistic and much fancier. The best part - you can see them all for FREE! The Amsterdam Light Festival is an annual festival which takes place around the city ​​center of Amsterdam in the months of December and January. Specially designed light artworks and

No matter whether you need a light at the end of the dark third term tunnel or you have a bit of extra time at your hands, it might be a nic

Even within Europe you can feel a cultural shock, sometimes in the places where you don't expect it...Let's hear it from Juan which

Our newest edition to the bloggers team is John, an exchange student from UK. Let's hear how he decided to come to Amsterdam and bike a

Getting lost in Amsterdam with all the canals and similar-looking-streets is easy, but luckely David has a tip how to make sure you always g

Although Hannah has visited Amsterdam many times before now it's the first time she lives here. Read on to see what she thinks about it!

My time in Amsterdam is now almost crossing the two-month mark and I can now firmly say that I have settled into my new home away from home. Hurray for me! Though it is still surreal that I am here in Europe, I am feeling increasingly more comfortable with each passing day. It is crazy to think that it has nearly been two months since I packed my suitcase and embarked on my European adventure. (On a side note: I am happy to announce that I have smashed my previous record of 2