Campus Fryslân blog

Coming to a new country and city can be quite overwhelming, so you may need a little help finding your way. Finding a place to live can be especially challenging when coming from abroad. Thus, we would like to give you some tips for finding a good area to...

After the initial arrival to Leeuwarden, there are a number of forms and applications to be taken care of in the process of settling down. In other words, doing the administration we all love... This includes things such as registering to the municipality...

This year’s final project for the course Introduction to Global Health was done in collaboration with an amazing community initiative: Buurvrouw & Buurvrouw Bus. A Buurvrouw is a neighbour in Dutch. 

Since 2009 in the United States and since 2014 internationally, the 31st March has been celebrated as the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV). It is a day where trans people and allies come together, show solidarity and find support among each other. In...

How much time of your daily life do you devote to acting on SDG 13? Our campus is probably one of the best places to do so, as the community is very environmentally oriented not only with regard to our studies, but also with everyday habits. I cannot think...

You probably feel that your student life is too busy the way it is. With deadlines, infinite amounts of papers to read and group work to attend to. But beside all of this I decided to pursue my dream and start my own business during my Master. My secret?...

Feel like something tasty when studying? Then you should definitely try these delicious Dutch Foods. A boost guaranteed, so you won't regret it!

'King Winter' has arrived, that's what we heard all over the news in the past week in the Netherlands. Social media was full of snowy landscapes and snow divers. The entire country was covered in snow, which, in Dutch, we call 'a white blanket’ (een witte...

Hi, my name is Koen Pouw and I’m currently a second year student of the BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL) at University College Fryslân in Leeuwarden. During my studies, my peers and I study global issues through an interdisciplinary lens and...

My name is Ester Alda and I have been living in Coimbra in Portugal this semester. I was the only third-year student going on an exchange this semester, which has been an experience that I will be forever grateful for. Living in Portugal for around five...