Furnishing your room

Renting an unfurnished room?

The room you will be renting may well be unfurnished, in which case you might want to spend your first night in a ho(s)tel. Take a look at our page for recommend hostels and deals. To get your room equipped, you can purchase furniture in a number of places.

New furniture

For affordable furniture, head to IKEA. There is no IKEA in Rotterdam, the nearest stores are in Barendrecht and Delft, with Delft being easier to reach by public transport. For more information on opening hours, prices and locations, visit IKEA Netherlands.
For essentials like towels, cookware, bedding, cutlery, and lighting, you can visit these popular Dutch stores (websites in Dutch only):

• Hema
• Xenos
• Marskramer
• Bol (online shop)
• Action Nederland

Renting furniture

Are you planning to stay in the Netherlands for only a few months and thinking about the best way to get some basic furniture? You might want to consider renting furniture instead of buying via Student Furniture Holland. Student Furniture Holland provides furniture rental for a reasonable price with delivery and pick-up included. 

Used furniture

• Pop-up Swap Shop: In the summer the International Office organises a swap shop where you can collect furniture that other students left behind for free
• ESN Rotterdam (Erasmus Student Network Rotterdam) has a Facebook page on which international students can put things up for sale, ranging from bicycles to toasters to furniture: ESN-Rotterdam Marketplace | Facebook
• Marktplaats: buy and sell second hand goods
• Het goed: a chain of stores exclusively selling used goods. They have 3 locations in Rotterdam: at Prins Alexander (eastern part of Rotterdam), Charlois (southern part) and Mariniersweg (city centre).