Rooms for Rent in Groningen

To rent a room in Groningen is to compete with students: 49% of room listings in Groningen are aimed at them. Based on over 16,700 listings tracked on RentHunter in Groningen since February 2024, a room averages €576 a month for 19 m², and 80% of listings fall between €395 and €750.

The University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences set the rhythm, and demand peaks in the months before the academic year starts in September. A room in Groningen means your own bedroom with a shared kitchen and usually a shared bathroom; a studio has both to itself.

In a shared house the current housemates often pick the new tenant at a hospiteeravond, an evening where several candidates visit at once. Treat it as an interview: the housemates decide, not the landlord.

Rooms in Groningen differ in three ways that change the price and the contract: the furniture, what you share and how long you can stay.

21% of room listings in Groningen are furnished, which matters most to internationals who arrive with a suitcase. Start with furnished rooms in Groningen if you land in August; an unfurnished room means bringing at least a bed, a desk and a bike.

A room in Groningen averages 19 m², so the shared kitchen and living room count as much as the room itself. 21% of listings mention a balcony and 18% a garden, usually shared. A private room for rent in Groningen with its own kitchen and bathroom is a studio, not a room.

Since 1 July 2024 leases in the Netherlands are open-ended by default, but student contracts are an exception: a campus contract can end when you stop studying. For one semester or an internship in Groningen, ask for a short-stay contract in writing with a clear end date.

• Binnenstad, inside the Diepenring The historic center of Groningen around the Grote Markt and the Vismarkt, a few minutes' walk from the Academiegebouw. The most central choice, and the busiest at night.
• Oude Wijken, by the Noorderplantsoen Just north of the center around the Noorderplantsoen park, with older terraced streets close to the city-center faculties. It suits students who want calmer evenings without a long ride.
• Paddepoel and Selwerd, near Zernike The districts closest to Zernike Campus, home to the Hanze and the university's science and engineering faculties. The obvious base if most of your lectures are there.
• Oosterpoort, near the main station South-east of the center and close to Groningen's main station, a practical base for students who travel home at weekends.

A room in Groningen averages €576 a month, and 80% of listings fall between €395 and €750; at 19 m² on average, that is about €30 per square metre. For the current level, RentHunter data shows a median asking rent of €570 for rooms first listed in the 90 days to November 2026, stable compared with both three and twelve months earlier.

About 137 new rooms become available per week (28 days to November 2026), so reply on the day a listing appears. Check registration first: 55% of room listings state that you can register at the address, and you must register with the gemeente within 5 days of moving in, by appointment on the municipality's website if you arrive from abroad, to get your BSN, the citizen service number you need for a bank account and a job.

Deposits average 0.78 months of rent, and 3% of listings mention parking, so plan on a bike rather than a car. If the city is full, rooms in Midden-Groningen widen the search, and all rentals in Groningen show the other home types.