Studios for Rent in Den Haag

A studio in Den Haag is the usual first home for interns at the international organizations and for students at Leiden University's Campus The Hague and The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Based on over 2,100 studio listings tracked by RentHunter since February 2024, a studio for rent in Den Haag averages €1,035 a month for 35 m², and 80% of listings ask between €625 and €1,475.

A studio, or studio apartment, is a single living room with its own kitchen and bathroom. Dutch adverts call it a zelfstandige studio when the front door, kitchen and toilet are yours alone; a studio that shares a kitchen or toilet counts as a room (onzelfstandige woonruimte), which matters for rent benefit (huurtoeslag). Ask which of the two you are viewing before you compare prices.

The Den Haag studio market is young and international: 31% of listings target students, 18% target expats and 46% come furnished. Studios first listed in the 90 days to November 2026 asked a median €850, stable compared with three months earlier and with a year earlier. About 34 new studios come online every week (28 days to November 2026), so check new listings every day rather than once a week.

Studio renters in Den Haag gather around three places: Leiden University's Wijnhaven building beside Den Haag Centraal, The Hague University of Applied Sciences next to Den Haag HS, and the International Zone in the northwest, where interns join Europol, Eurojust and the OPCW.

Across the city, 75% of studio listings state that registration is possible. That registration is what gives a newcomer a BSN, the citizen service number needed for a job, a bank account and health insurance, so treat it as a condition, not a bonus.

The Den Haag city centre puts a studio within walking distance of Leiden University's Wijnhaven building, the bars on the Grote Markt and Chinatown around the Wagenstraat. Students on the Campus The Hague programmes can walk to class, and Den Haag Centraal is close for trips to the main Leiden campus.

If a centre studio sits above a shop or a bar, ask whether the room faces the street or a courtyard: the Grote Markt stays busy late on weekends. Check the stairs too if you plan to bring a bike or heavy boxes up.

The Hague University of Applied Sciences has its main building on the Johanna Westerdijkplein in Laakhaven, a few minutes' walk from Den Haag HS station. In a studio complex, servicekosten for internet, cleaning and shared facilities come on top of the base rent, so compare the all-in monthly price, not the advertised one.

Students at the Hogeschool also look one or two stops south, where studios in Rijswijk start just past the Den Haag city border and the same tram and train lines run.

The Zeeheldenkwartier, west of the Den Haag centre around the Piet Heinstraat, is within cycling distance of both the centre and the International Zone around the World Forum. That makes it a practical base for interns and young professionals at Europol, Eurojust or the OPCW, with cafés and small shops on the doorstep.

Placements there often last a few months, while leases have been open-ended by default since 1 July 2024. Plan your end date around the notice period, usually one month for a tenant who pays monthly, before you sign.

• Under €850: half of new listings Half of the studios first listed in the 90 days to November 2026 asked €850 or less, so a cheap studio in Den Haag is still a realistic first step into independent living. At this level, read the floor plan to check that the kitchen and toilet are your own, and see whether the listing is aimed at students, as 31% of studio listings are.
• €850 to €1,100: 1,073 one-bedroom listings Studios listed with one bedroom average €1,052 a month across 1,073 listings, the bulk of the market and close to the overall average. The choice here is between an unfurnished studio you equip yourself and a ready one: 46% of listings come furnished, and furnished studios in Den Haag suit a posting of a few months, when buying furniture makes no sense.
• €1,100 to €1,475: balcony, parking and space Above the average, ask what the extra money buys: across all Den Haag studio listings, 18% mention a balcony, 15% parking and 10% a garden, so none of these comes as standard. The 14 studio listings with two bedrooms averaged €1,368, too few to plan on, but worth a look for a couple.
• Above €1,475: compare a one-bedroom flat The top tenth of Den Haag studio listings asks more than €1,475 a month. At that price a small apartment with a separate bedroom becomes a real alternative, so compare apartments for rent in Den Haag before you sign for a studio.

Commuting from Den Haag starts at Den Haag Centraal or Den Haag HS, both served by intercity trains, while the RandstadRail light rail adds direct links to Zoetermeer and Rotterdam. Further away, Eindhoven is about 87 minutes by public transport and Groningen about 152 minutes; all times come from Google Routes.

Rotterdam is about 21 minutes from Den Haag by public transport (23 km), close enough for a student at Erasmus University or a young professional at the port to keep a studio in Den Haag. Intercity trains from Den Haag HS stop in Delft on the way, which helps anyone with courses at TU Delft.

Utrecht is about 40 minutes from Den Haag (61 km), with direct intercity trains from Den Haag Centraal. The route suits Den Haag residents who study or work in Utrecht two or three days a week and want to keep living near the coast.

Amsterdam is about 52 minutes from Den Haag (63 km) by direct intercity from Den Haag Centraal, and many of these trains stop at Schiphol Airport. Interns who fly home between placements can reach the airport without changing trains.