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Amsterdam Food Walk
Student blogger
  • Apr 23, 2021
  • 2 min

Amsterdam Food Walk

Check in with Sophia, our Spring 2021 Semester in Amsterdam blogger, and find out what she has been up to in her latest blog!
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Cross-Cultural Adjustments
Student blogger
  • Mar 18, 2021
  • 2 min

Cross-Cultural Adjustments

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
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Introducing: Linh Do
Student blogger
  • Nov 17, 2020
  • 2 min

Introducing: Linh Do

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
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Introducing: Eugenia
Student blogger
  • Nov 10, 2020
  • 2 min

Introducing: Eugenia

Our newest blogger, wannabe writer and bachelor student, Eugenia, is excited to share her journey through university and life as an expat
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Introducing: Mrudula
Mrudula
  • Aug 27, 2019
  • 2 min

Introducing: Mrudula

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
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Amsterdam Light Festival
Rohit Shaw
  • Jan 15, 2019
  • 1 min

Amsterdam Light Festival

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
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City Day Trip Destinations in the Amsterdam Area
Hannah
  • Jan 10, 2019
  • 3 min

City Day Trip Destinations in the Amsterdam Area

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
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3 things that strike me about Amsterdam
Juan Ignacio
  • Oct 19, 2018
  • 3 min

3 things that strike me about Amsterdam

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
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My first impressions of Amsterdam: John
John
  • Oct 11, 2018
  • 3 min

My first impressions of Amsterdam: John

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
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My first impressions of Amsterdam: David
David
  • Oct 2, 2018
  • 2 min

My first impressions of Amsterdam: David

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
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My first impressions of Amsterdam: Hannah
Hannah
  • Sep 27, 2018
  • 3 min

My first impressions of Amsterdam: Hannah

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!
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Cross-Cultural Adjustments
Ruben
  • Oct 10, 2017
  • 4 min

Cross-Cultural Adjustments

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
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