The student hotel

In one of my blog posts I already hinted that my life is reverting back to a student status by having a student ID, not having a car and no plan for the future. Therefore it makes sense that I ended up living in a place called “student hotel”. I don’t know how to describe the place. They offer hotel rooms but also apartments for up to 12 months. I do think they also have classic dorm rooms with shared kitchens and so on. Anyways the place is pretty dope. It’s right next to the city center with supermarkets, restaurants and shopping possibilities and to the train station with fast food, stolen bikes and drugs. So everything I need right around me.

The place is brand new as it  just opened at the beginning of February. Therefore not everything is ready yet. For example the parking lot has no access control so I can park for free in the city center. The payment terminal for the washing machines and dryers is also not up yet so I can do my laundry for free as well. My room offers about 30square meters with a kitchen and a bathroom for myself on the 21th floor which provides a nice view over the city.

For all the coffee lovers out there: The kitchen comes with a Nespresso machine. I guess that shows the Dutch priorities because the rest of the kitchen equipment is rather an incentive to eat at a restaurant. To me it looks like they gave me the play school kitchen set for children 6+.

My company is paying 60€ rent for this equipment. I could have bought better stuff at IKEA for less. And why did I get 5 of the small sharp knifes? I guess one would't be enough to stab yourself to death. 

But let’s get back to being positive. The place really shows some love for details. You know how in many hotels you get a little chocolate on the pillow as a welcoming present. Here you get this:

Also the tissue box, the door signs and the telephone are great:

Though combining the yellow door sign with the welcome present and the tissue box right next to the bed makes me wonder whether this place is also a very special kind of hotel where people just spend a few hours rather than a whole night. I might need to put up the sign just to see what happens.