Editing Utrecht (section)

==Accomodation==

Utrecht houses quite a lot of hosts while Utrecht is a relatively unknown city to the tourist-crowds. Therefore it is very easy to find a couch in Utrecht. A lot of people will reply to requests within a few hours. 


'''Want more guests?'''

Like everywhere, also in Utrecht guests are not evenly distributed over hosts. more experienced hosts mostly get the most guests. If you want to have more guests you can put your profile name here:


Let's say you cannot find a couch in Utrecht (we are talking theoretically here), this is the best option to go to:
[http://www.strowis.nl/ Strowis]

For lovers of nature, right outside Utrecht, in a beautiful area with a river and forest there is also a hostel situated in a beautiful [http://www.stayokay.com/index.php?pageID=3207&hostelID=356028 countryhouse].  


'''Permanent accommodation'''

When you've found out Utrecht is so cool that you actually want to live there, watch out; due to the popularity of the city housing is expensive and hard to find. Insane prices are being paid for rent. 

* More info about housing for Utrecht University students can be found in [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/studying/livinginutrechtn/aplacetostay/students/41112main.html here]. This site is provided by Utrecht University and it has some practical informations about visas, residence permits, accommodation...whatever you want

* The [http://www.sshu.nl/index3.asp?ID=95 SSHU] is a social housing organisation that provides so called 'short stay solutions'. They own several buildings in the city where they house mostly students. Opions on them change, but they are mostly the only option.

* The [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16235 "Looking for a house/room in Utrecht"-group] could help finding a room, but there is no guarantee. 

* There are several commercial websites that could help like [http://www.kamertje.nl kamertje.nl] [http://www.kamerhulp.nl kamerhulp.nl] and [http://www.kamernet.nl kamernet.nl]. Most is in Dutch, but that doesn´t have to be hard to understand. 

* Despite the ban on squatting in the Netherlands in 2010 the municipality of Utrecht is still pretty relaxed on squatters, the squatting scene is small though. For more information about squatting in Utrecht there is a so-called [http://ksutreg.squat.net/ 'kraakspreekuur']. Which is every wednesday in cafe ACU between 20:00 and 21:00.

Good luck!