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Almelo rooms at €541, 62% furnished
A room for rent in Almelo costs €541 a month on average, based on over 100 room listings tracked by RentHunter in Almelo since February 2024, and 80% of them ask between €300 and €775. 62% of these rooms come furnished, a high share that makes Almelo an easy landing spot for someone who arrives with a suitcase and a job offer.
Almelo is a city of 72,479 people in the Twente region of Overijssel, the first intercity stop west of Hengelo and Enschede. It has no university of its own, yet 16% of room listings target students: many of them study at the University of Twente or Saxion in Enschede and rent in Almelo, where the room market is quieter. From Almelo station, Utrecht is about 82 minutes away by public transit.
In Dutch listings a room (kamer) is a private bedroom with a shared kitchen and bathroom, and room rent in the Netherlands is quoted monthly. Before you rent a room in Almelo, ask whether that monthly price is all-in, with energy, water and internet, or whether those bills come on top.
Almelo rooms from the Grotestraat to Windmolenbroek
Almelo is compact enough to cross by bike, so the choice of district for a room comes down to the station, the shops and how quiet you want the street. Three areas cover most of what room renters look at.
Binnenstad, rooms near the Grotestraat and the station
The Almelo binnenstad around the Grotestraat, the main shopping street, is where a room puts the station, the supermarkets and the park of Huis Almelo, the old manor house, within a few minutes on foot. A room for rent in the binnenstad can be in an older terraced house or a flat above a shop, so ask about noise from the street and the shared kitchen at the viewing. The centre suits students who take the train to Enschede and anyone without a bike yet.
De Riet, around Almelo's second station
De Riet is a residential area of Almelo with its own railway station, Almelo de Riet, so a room there keeps the train within walking distance without the bustle of the centre. Rooms come up in family houses and in shared houses let to several tenants, and the streets are quieter than around the Grotestraat. De Riet suits young workers and students who want a calm room and a short walk to the platform.
Windmolenbroek, quiet streets in the north west
Windmolenbroek, in the north west of Almelo, is a residential district of family homes with schools and daily shops close by. A room here is usually a spare bedroom in a family house, sometimes with a hospita who lives in, and the centre is a short bike ride away. It suits a tenant who wants a calm address and does not mind house rules shared with the owner.
Check the type of room in every Almelo listing detail before you book a viewing. A room with a shared kitchen and bathroom is not self-contained (onzelfstandig) and usually gives no right to huurtoeslag, while a unit with its own kitchen and bathroom counts as a studio and does. Both types turn up when you search for a room in Almelo, and the difference matters for your monthly budget.
Almelo rooms 12% above Hengelo's €484
A room in Almelo costs 12% more than a room in Hengelo, where the average is €484 a month, so on average a room costs less one intercity stop further east. Compare both before you sign, since the train between the two cities is short. 80% of Almelo room listings ask between €300 and €775, so the €541 average hides a wide spread between a small room in a family house and a large furnished room.
62% of these listings come furnished, which suits newcomers and anyone on a contract of a few months. If you need a furnished room at short notice and Almelo has nothing that week, the furnished rooms in Hengelo are the closest alternative. 16% of listings target students and 6% target expats, 10% mention a garden and 6% mention parking, so bring a bike rather than a car.
Registration is the point to check first: 39% of room listings in Almelo state that you can register at the address, and the rest say no or do not say. You must register with the gemeente Almelo within 5 days of moving, online with DigiD for a move within the Netherlands or by appointment for a first registration from abroad. The average deposit is 1.03 months of rent, and by law it may not exceed two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023.
Commuting from Almelo
Almelo station sits on the intercity line between the Randstad and Enschede, with trains west via Deventer and Amersfoort and east to Hengelo and Enschede, plus regional lines towards Zwolle and Hardenberg. The times below are door to door between city centres by public transit.
Hengelo and Enschede, the student route east
Hengelo and Enschede are a short train ride east of Almelo, and this is the route most student tenants take: the University of Twente and Saxion are in Enschede. A room for rent near Almelo station keeps that daily trip simple. Further east, the rooms in Oldenzaal, near the German border, are another Twente option for people who work in Enschede or across the border.
Utrecht 82 min, Amsterdam 107 min
Utrecht is about 82 minutes from Almelo by public transit, Amsterdam about 107, Den Haag about 120 and Rotterdam about 128. That works for a hybrid job in the Randstad with one or two office days a week, and a room in Almelo costs far less than one in those cities. For a daily trip it is long, so most room renters in Almelo work in Twente itself.
Groningen in about 102 minutes
Groningen is about 102 minutes from Almelo by public transit, with a change in Zwolle. The route matters mostly for students and workers with family or a second job in the north, and for weekend trips.
Students with a Dutch student travel product choose between free travel on weekdays or at weekends; for a room in Almelo and classes in Enschede, the weekday option usually pays off. Workers who can start after the morning rush can take an NS Dal Voordeel subscription, which gives 40% off train trips outside rush hours.
Almelo room questions, answered locally
How much does a room for rent in Almelo cost?
Based on over 100 listings tracked by RentHunter since February 2024, a room in Almelo costs €541 a month on average, with 80% of rooms between €300 and €775. Ask whether that monthly rent includes energy, water and internet, since an all-in room and a room with separate bills can differ by a lot at the end of the month.
Is a room in Hengelo cheaper than in Almelo?
Yes, on average: rooms in Hengelo cost €484 a month, so a room in Almelo is about 12% more expensive. Hengelo is closer to Enschede, which helps students, while Almelo has the faster link west to Deventer and Utrecht. Save a search in both cities and pick by commute, not by rent alone.
Can students find a room for rent in Almelo?
Yes: 16% of room listings in Almelo target students, mostly people who study in Enschede and accept a short train ride for a quieter house. A room let on a student contract can end when your studies end, so check the contract type before you sign. Social housing corporations in Twente also let student rooms, but through waiting lists, so register with them early and keep searching the private market at the same time.
Where do I find every room for rent in and near Almelo?
Rooms in Almelo are let through makelaar websites, private landlords, hospita hosts and housing corporations, each on its own website or channel, so no single site shows them all. Save a search online on all rentals in Almelo to see rooms, apartments and houses in one place and get each new listing by email. If a room turns out too small, the apartments for rent in Almelo and, for a group of friends, the houses for rent in Almelo are the next step.