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gsb488Member05 July 2024 21:31:01

I will probably do an exchange program for 6 months in netherlands and I have 2 options: living in Breda or living in Sittard. Which of them has the highest living cost? How was your experience living in this cities? It is very important to me.

CynicUK / Netherlands Expert06 July 2024 08:41:33

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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

The Numbeo website has some cost data for both places; this link will take you straight to it.

It does warn you that there is not a lot of data to make the information reliable, but it will give you an idea.

Personally, from what I recall, Breda is much bigger than Sittard. so you would expect to have more choice so more competition keeping prices down, but Sittard is a border town with Germany, so you would have access to both.

I hope this helps.

Cynic

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3JoshNetherlands Advisor07 July 2024 20:23:56

Yeah, I don't have much visibility into it personally but it's probably a toss-up. Sittard is smaller, but Breda is practically a commuter town for Rotterdam. I think housing costs for all of the Netherlands are still not great generally.

I'd definitely compare available options on sites like funda.nl and pararius.nl just to get a good idea.

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