Studios for Rent in Apeldoorn

A studio in Apeldoorn costs around €775 a month for about 30 m², based on over 400 studio listings tracked on RentHunter in Apeldoorn since February 2024. Eight in ten of those listings ask between €600 and €955 a month, which puts a studio apartment in Apeldoorn 7% below the €832 average for a studio in Arnhem.

A studio is a self-contained home: one main living room with its own kitchen and bathroom behind your own front door, so nothing is shared, unlike a room in a shared house. In Apeldoorn that independence draws young professionals on a first contract, starters leaving a student house and singles who want a home of their own a short bike ride from the Veluwe forest.

The intercity line is the other reason to rent a studio in Apeldoorn: Utrecht is about 42 minutes away by public transit and Amsterdam about 79 minutes, so many tenants keep a job in the Randstad and pay a Gelderland rent. 24% of listings target students, a group that in Apeldoorn includes MBO students at Aventus and international students at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, and 6% of listings target expats.

Studios in Apeldoorn differ on three points: furnished or not, fully self-contained or with a shared facility, and open-ended or temporary. With an average of 30 m², there is little room to compromise, so the sub-type decides more of your daily life than in a larger apartment.

Furnished studios make up 14% of Apeldoorn studio listings, so most come unfurnished or gestoffeerd, which means with floors, curtains and lighting but no furniture. A furnished studio suits a young professional on a first assignment or an expat who arrives with two suitcases, while an unfurnished one lets you settle in with your own furniture for a longer stay. If the choice in Apeldoorn is too thin, compare furnished studios in Deventer, the next intercity stop east across the IJssel.

A self-contained studio in Apeldoorn has its own kitchen, bathroom and front door, and that is also what usually makes registration at the municipality possible: 76% of listings state that registration is allowed. Some cheaper units share a bathroom or kitchen with other tenants, which legally puts them closer to a room, so read the property description before you reply. Outdoor space is rare at this size: 28% of listings mention a balcony, 12% mention parking and 9% mention a garden.

A lease for a studio in Apeldoorn is open-ended by default since 1 July 2024, with exceptions such as student contracts and youth contracts for tenants under 28. If a landlord offers a fixed term, ask which exception applies and put the answer in writing before you sign. A furnished studio for a short assignment is the most common reason to accept a shorter stay.

• Centre around Marktplein and the Hoofdstraat Central Apeldoorn, around Marktplein and the Hoofdstraat shopping street, has studios above shops and in newer buildings within about ten minutes' walk of the station. It suits a young professional without a car who wants the train and the shops close by.
• North Apeldoorn near Paleis Het Loo North Apeldoorn, between Paleis Het Loo and the Kerschoten district, is mainly residential, with older streets and the palace woods within walking distance. It suits a renter who values a walk among trees after work over a short trip to the station.
• De Maten, east with its own station De Maten, in the east of Apeldoorn, has its own stop on the line to Zutphen and mostly residential streets with apartment blocks and family homes. It suits a renter who wants a quiet street and a train within a few minutes' walk.
• Osseveld and Zuidbroek, newer south-east Osseveld and the newer Zuidbroek district, in the south-east of Apeldoorn, have more recent housing and the Apeldoorn Osseveld station. They suit renters who want a newer studio, often with a balcony, and fast access to the A1 motorway.

The average studio in Apeldoorn rents for €775 a month, and 80% of these listings sit between €600 and €955. Studios first seen on RentHunter in the 90 days to October 2026 have a median asking rent of €762, so new listings land close to the long-run average rather than above it.

A studio is the middle step in the Apeldoorn market: apartments in Apeldoorn give you a separate bedroom for a higher rent, and houses in Apeldoorn are the option once a garden matters. At 30 m² on average, a studio also keeps energy and furnishing costs low for a single person.

Ask for the bare rent and the servicekosten separately. Servicekosten are the monthly service charges for things like cleaning of shared halls, lighting of common areas or internet, and in a small studio they can be a large part of the total. The average deposit is 0.78 months of rent, well below the legal cap of two months for leases signed since 1 July 2023.

If a makelaar shows the property on behalf of the landlord, that makelaar may not charge you a fee. Once you have the keys, register with the Gemeente Apeldoorn within 5 days of moving in: online with DigiD if you move within the Netherlands, by appointment if it is your first registration from abroad.