Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Hengelo

Hengelo is the industrial town of Twente, in Overijssel, a city of 80,802 people next door to Enschede, and its rental market is built around the apartment. Nearly half of the Hengelo apartments for rent, rooms and houses tracked on RentHunter are apartments, and an apartment here costs 9% less than in Enschede.

Most renters are working people rather than students: 12% of listings target expats and 12% target students. Hengelo grew around the Stork machine works, and its center was largely rebuilt after the Second World War.

The average rent in Hengelo is €863 a month for 57 m², based on over 2,600 listings tracked in Hengelo since February 2024, and 80% of listings ask between €400 and €1,400.

An apartment in Hengelo averages €954 against €1,046 in Enschede, 9% less for the same kind of home one train stop away. The average deposit is 0.88 months of rent, well under the legal cap of two months for leases signed since 1 July 2023.

66% of listings state that you can register at the address, so ask about it before you sign. 26% of listings mention a balcony, 20% a garden and 16% parking, and 2% say pets are allowed.

Rentals in Hengelo split into four types, and apart from the apartment, at 48% of all listings, only rooms pass a quarter of the market, at 26%.

A Hengelo apartment averages €954 a month for 66 m², and apartments are 48% of listings, 1,289 in total. Browse every Hengelo apartment for rent with its rent and floor area, or go straight to furnished apartments in Hengelo if you arrive with a suitcase: 26% of all listings come furnished.

A room in Hengelo averages €484 a month for 19 m², and rooms are 26% of listings, 703 in total. A room in Hengelo suits a first job in Twente or a student at the University of Twente, whose campus lies between Hengelo and Enschede.

A house in Hengelo averages €1,250 a month for 100 m², €296 more than an apartment for 34 m² more space. Houses are 17% of listings, 467 in total; see houses for rent in Hengelo for a home with a garden.

A studio in Hengelo, a small home with its own kitchen and bathroom, averages €755 a month for 30 m². Studios are 7% of listings, 199 in total, so check studios in Hengelo often.

Hengelo's rental districts follow its industrial past, from new apartments on former factory land to worker houses with gardens.

Hengelo's center and Hart van Zuid, the former Stork site just south of the station, hold most of the town's apartments and studios. The center has shops, restaurants and the weekly market, and Hart van Zuid adds new apartment blocks a few minutes' walk from the trains.

Tuindorp 't Lansink is the garden village Stork built for its workers from 1911, a protected area of brick houses with gardens.

Hengelo station is a rail junction of Twente, with trains west toward Utrecht and Amsterdam, south toward Zutphen and east to Enschede.

Utrecht is 94 minutes from Hengelo by public transit (133 km), workable for one or two office days a week. Groningen takes 116 minutes.

Amsterdam is 119 minutes from Hengelo by public transit (166 km), Den Haag 132, Rotterdam 140 and Eindhoven 148.