Living cost

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gsb488Member05 July 2024 21:31:01

I will probably do an exchange program for 6 months in netherlands and I have 2 options: living in Breda or living in Sittard. Which of them has the highest living cost? How was your experience living in this cities? It is very important to me.

Cynic UK/Netherlands Expert

Member since 15 September 2015

CynicUK/Netherlands Expert06 July 2024 08:41:33

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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

The Numbeo website has some cost data for both places; this will take you straight to it.

It does warn you that there is not a lot of data to make the information reliable, but it will give you an idea.

Personally, from what I recall, Breda is much bigger than Sittard. so you would expect to have more choice so more competition keeping prices down, but Sittard is a border town with Germany, so you would have access to both.

I hope this helps.

Cynic

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3Josh Netherlands Advisor

Member since 11 March 2022

3JoshNetherlands Advisor07 July 2024 20:23:56

Yeah, I don't have much visibility into it personally but it's probably a toss-up. Sittard is smaller, but Breda is practically a commuter town for Rotterdam. I think housing costs for all of the Netherlands are still not great generally.

I'd definitely compare available options on sites like and just to get a good idea.