Rooms for Rent in Nijmegen

Renting a room in Nijmegen costs €607 a month on average for 19 m², based on over 3,700 room listings tracked by RentHunter since February 2024. Students drive this market: 46% of Nijmegen room listings target them, against 12% for expats.

A room (kamer) is your own bedroom, with the kitchen and bathroom shared with housemates; a studio, with its own kitchen and bathroom, is the next step up. A room for rent in Nijmegen is the usual first home of a student, and demand follows the academic year. In Nijmegen, a Gelderland city of 173,557 inhabitants on the river Waal, demand follows Radboud University, Radboudumc and HAN, which share one campus at Heyendaal in the south of the city. Utrecht is about 56 minutes away by public transit (75 km).

1. Average rent: €607 a month
   The average room in Nijmegen rents for €607 a month, and 80% of rental listings ask between €405 and €815. Rooms first seen on RentHunter in the 90 days to November 2026 asked a median of €620, 10% higher than three months earlier and 5% higher than a year earlier.
2. Versus Arnhem: 2% more
   Rooms in Nijmegen cost 2% more than in Arnhem, where the average is €595, so between the two Gelderland cities the choice comes down to where you study or work.
3. Furnished: 35% of listings, 19 m² each
   35% of Nijmegen room listings come furnished, practical for an exchange student at Radboud or HAN staying one semester: see furnished rooms in Nijmegen. Most other rooms are empty or gestoffeerd, with floors and curtains but no furniture, the usual choice for a degree of three or four years. At 19 m² on average, plan for a bed, a desk and a wardrobe.
4. New supply: about 28 rooms a week
   About 28 new rooms come online in Nijmegen each week (28 days to November 2026), so check which rooms are available every day and reply on the first day.
5. Outdoor space: a garden in 21%
   21% of Nijmegen room listings mention a garden and 9% a balcony, while 4% mention parking, so most renters here get around by bike.

Nijmegen rooms cluster in three areas, each within cycling distance of both the Heyendaal campus and the city center.

Heyendaal, in the south of Nijmegen, holds the campus of Radboud University, Radboudumc and HAN, with large student complexes of rooms around it and in neighboring Brakkenstein. It suits first-year students who want to walk to lectures; start with student rooms in Nijmegen.

Bottendaal, next to Nijmegen station, is a compact neighborhood of narrow streets and terraced houses, many shared by students and young workers. It suits renters who take the train and want the cafés of the center and the Waalkade within walking distance.

Nijmegen-Oost, east of the center along the Berg en Dalseweg, has larger older houses split into rooms, with the woods toward Berg en Dal close by. Just outside the city, compare rooms in Berg en Dal.

Three checks decide whether a Nijmegen room works on paper: the deposit, registration at the address and the type of lease.

The average deposit for a Nijmegen room is 1.04 months of rent, below the legal cap of two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023. A makelaar working for the landlord may not charge you a fee, and for a room the maximum rent follows the national points system, which the Huurcommissie can check.

41% of Nijmegen room listings state that you can register at the address; ask about the others before you sign. You register with the gemeente Nijmegen within 5 days of moving, by appointment for a first registration from abroad and online with DigiD for a move within the Netherlands.

A room lease in Nijmegen is open-ended by default, as every Dutch lease has been since 1 July 2024. The student contract is the main exception, which the landlord can end once you stop studying; with 46% of listings aimed at students, check which one you sign.