Studios for Rent in Breda

A studio in Breda costs €797 a month on average for 28 m², based on over 1,000 studio listings tracked by RentHunter since March 2024. Most Breda studios for rent ask between €524 and €1,073, and 44% of listings are written for students, against 6% for expats.

A studio is a small home with one main living room and its own front door, kitchen and bathroom. In Breda it is the next step for a student at Avans or Breda University of Applied Sciences who is done with a shared kitchen, and the first home of many a young professional. Imagine 28 m² above a shop near the Havermarkt, with the tower of the Grote Kerk in view and the weekly market on the Grote Markt two streets away.

Breda, a Noord-Brabant city of 182,304 inhabitants, is about 23 minutes from Rotterdam by public transit (46 km). That link lets you rent a studio in Breda and still take a job in Rotterdam.

Breda studios differ on three points that change both the price and the contract: furniture, shared or private facilities, and lease length. Check all three in the listing before you book a viewing.

In a Breda studio complex, servicekosten for internet, cleaning or a shared bike shed often come on top of the base rent, so compare the full monthly cost, not the advertised figure.

Furnished studios make up 20% of Breda listings, so most studios come empty or gestoffeerd, meaning with floors and curtains but no furniture. A furnished studio suits someone arriving with one suitcase, such as an exchange student for a semester or an expat on a first assignment: browse furnished studios in Breda for those. If you plan to stay two years or more, an unfurnished studio gives more choice, since four in five listings do not list furniture.

A self-contained studio in Breda (zelfstandige studio) has its own kitchen, toilet and front door; a studio that shares a kitchen or toilet with other tenants counts legally as a room. The difference matters for your budget, because rent benefit (huurtoeslag) is in most cases only available for a self-contained home. Ask the landlord or makelaar which kind of property you are viewing, since adverts use the word studio for both.

A regular studio lease in Breda is open-ended, the default for leases in the Netherlands since 1 July 2024, so it can be a long-term home. The main exceptions are student and youth contracts, which the landlord can end once you no longer qualify, and 44% of Breda studio listings target students. For a stay of a few months, pick a furnished studio and agree the end date in writing before you sign.

• City center around the Grote Markt The Breda city center, inside the singels, has studios above shops and in converted townhouses around the Grote Markt, the Havermarkt and the Begijnhof. It suits a student or young professional who wants cafés and the Chassé Theater within walking distance and is happy living without a car.
• Belcrum, just north of the station Belcrum lies just north of Breda Centraal, across the tracks, a residential neighborhood of older terraced streets a few minutes' walk from the platforms. It suits commuters who take the train to Rotterdam or Tilburg every day.
• Ginneken, village square by the Mastbos Ginneken is a former village south of the center, built around its own square, the Ginnekenmarkt, with the Mastbos forest at its edge. It suits a renter who wants quiet streets and a run in the woods; if 28 m² is too small for two, compare houses for rent in Breda.
• Princenhage, the old village to the west Princenhage is a former village on the west side of Breda that kept its own church and small center, a short bike ride from the station. It suits renters who prefer a calmer street over the cafés of the center, and drivers should check the listing, since parking is mentioned in 21% of Breda studio listings.

Breda studio rents cluster in a narrow band: 80% of listings ask between €524 and €1,073 a month, around an average of €797 for 28 m². The current level sits a little lower: studios first seen on RentHunter in the 90 days to October 2026 asked a median rent of €747, 8% higher than three months earlier but 5% lower than a year earlier.

The Breda studio market is small, with about 11 new studios listed per week (28 days to October 2026). At that pace, save a search instead of checking each makelaar website, keep your passport, proof of income or enrollment and a recent bank statement ready, and reply on the day a listing goes online.

The average deposit is 1.24 months of rent, within the legal cap of two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023, and a makelaar working for the landlord may not charge you a fee. 82% of Breda studio listings state that you can register at the address. You register with the gemeente Breda within 5 days of moving, by appointment if you arrive from abroad and online with DigiD for a move within the Netherlands; that registration gives you a BSN, the citizen service number you need for a job and a bank account.