Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Rijssen Holten

Rent in Rijssen-Holten and you choose between two places in one municipality: Rijssen, the larger town on the river Regge, and Holten, a village at the foot of the Holterberg in the Sallandse Heuvelrug national park. Most renters already have a reason to be in Twente, such as a job in the area, family nearby or a partner from the region, and they come for a home with a garden or a roomy apartment rather than for city life.

Based on over 100 listings tracked by RentHunter in Rijssen-Holten since March 2024, the average rent is €1,008 a month, with 80% of listings between €450 and €1,725. The average home measures 98 m², large by Dutch standards, and 9% of listings target expats, so most landlords write their ads in Dutch.

• Houses: 57% of listings, around €1,066 Houses make up 57% of the rental listings in Rijssen-Holten, at an average of €1,066 a month for 114 m². Picture a terraced or semi-detached family house with a back garden: 55% of all listings mention a garden. For a family moving from a big city, that space is the main reason to look here.
• Apartments: 43% of listings, around €935 The average apartment Rijssen-Holten landlords advertise costs around €935 a month for 77 m², and apartments make up 43% of the market. An apartment in Rijssen usually sits near the town centre or in a newer complex, and 33% of all listings mention a balcony. For a single renter or a couple, an apartment is the cheaper way into Rijssen-Holten, and an apartment with a balcony spares you a garden to maintain.
• Furnished, parking, registration: what listings state In Rijssen-Holten, 18% of listings are offered furnished, 31% mention parking and 82% state that you can register at the address. If an apartment or house listing says nothing about registration, ask before you sign: you need it for almost every government service.

Rijssen-Holten combines an industrious town and a green village, and the choice between them shapes daily life more than the rent does. Rijssen has most of the shops, schools and jobs; Holten is smaller and sits against the woods and heath of the Holterberg.

Both Rijssen and Holten have a railway station on the line between Deventer and Almelo, so from a house or apartment in either core you can reach the cities of Twente without a car. Hengelo and Enschede are the nearest larger cities, and a house in Rijssen-Holten averages 15% less than in Hengelo, €1,066 against €1,249.

Imagine a Saturday in Rijssen-Holten that starts with a walk across the Holterberg heath and ends at a restaurant in Holten's village centre. In Rijssen, Sunday stays quiet and most shops close, which surprises newcomers from bigger cities. If you want the same Twente rhythm with a different housing supply, Wierden borders the municipality to the east.

Commuting from Rijssen-Holten to the Randstad is possible but long: the fastest public transport trips to the big Dutch cities take over an hour and a half. Most residents work in Twente or Salland and take the train west only now and then.

Utrecht is the closest Randstad city, about 104 minutes by public transport from Rijssen-Holten. That suits a hybrid job with one or two office days a week, not a daily commute from a Rijssen-Holten apartment.

Amsterdam is about 140 minutes from Rijssen-Holten by public transport, Rotterdam about 151 and Den Haag about 158. For a job in one of these cities, renting in Rijssen-Holten only works with mostly remote work.

Groningen is about 138 minutes from Rijssen-Holten and Eindhoven about 171, so both are day trips rather than commutes.