Nijmegen rentals
Renting in Nijmegen? Check the listing before you pay.
Vox's headline about Nijmegen says it all: 'Welcome to your new room (which doesn't exist)' — students paying around €1,000 for fictitious rooms. With SSH&'s weekly lottery as the main legitimate route, the private market carries the risk. Verify it.
What rent is normal in Nijmegen?
Privately rented homes in Nijmegen (the “free sector”) run around €17.5 per m² a month, and a small place with its own kitchen and bathroom starts near €700. A listing far below that — a furnished studio for €450 including bills — is the classic bait to rush your deposit.
€ per m² per month
In Nijmegen, newly advertised private rentals average about €17.5 per m² per month, against €20.9 per m² nationally (Pararius Huurmonitor, Q1 2026).
Where no size is given, a small place with its own kitchen and bathroom in Nijmegen starts near €700 a month; the national reference is €700. Dormetrics flags a listing when the asking price sits far below that.
Benchmark: Pararius Huurmonitor Q1 2026, newly advertised private rentals — estimated from the provincial average where a city isn't broken out separately.
Where people rent in Nijmegen
The Heyendaal campus area (Radboud + HAN) and the central Bottendaal, Nijmegen-Oost and Brakkenstein neighbourhoods are the student zones. SSH& allocates via a weekly draw.
Common scam signs in Nijmegen
- The price is far below the Nijmegen market for the size of the place.
- The 'owner' is abroad and can't let you view the place in person.
- You're asked to pay a deposit or first month before viewing or signing.
- Payment goes to a foreign IBAN or by an irreversible method.
Universities & legitimate student housing in Nijmegen
Radboud University · HAN University of Applied Sciences
Scammers routinely impersonate legitimate providers. Apply only via the official sites below — never via a payment link someone sends you in chat.
Can you register at the address? (BRP)
Everyone living in the Netherlands must register their home address with the municipality (BRP). If a landlord in Nijmegen says you can't register, treat it as a serious red flag — the situation is often illegal subletting, overcrowding, or a listing that doesn't exist.
How to register in Nijmegen (official municipality page)Rental fraud around Nijmegen in the news
Reported by Vox, 2019: “Welkom in je nieuwe kamer (die niet bestaat)”
Renting in Nijmegen — frequently asked questions
- How does SSH&'s lottery work in Nijmegen?
- SSH& (the student-housing provider for Nijmegen and Arnhem) allocates many rooms via a weekly lottery — enter every week, odds compound. It's the legitimate counterweight to Facebook roulette.
- What did Vox document about Nijmegen scams?
- Vox reported Nijmegen students paying roughly €1,000 for rooms that did not exist — the standard pay-before-viewing script, localised to the Nijmegen shortage.
- Can I register (BRP) at a Nijmegen address?
- Yes — Nijmegen has an English moving-from-abroad page. Always confirm registration is possible before signing anything.
- Arnhem is 15 minutes away — worth including?
- Yes, and SSH& covers both cities, so one registration serves two markets. See our Arnhem page for the benchmark there.
Check a Nijmegen listing now
Free, no account, no card. See the red flags in seconds — then, if it matters, confirm the owner against the land registry.
How the landlord owner check works
Dormetrics is a risk signal, not a guarantee. Always view in person and pay by SEPA to a Dutch IBAN.
Nearby city checks
Keep reading
- Rental scams in the Netherlands: the complete guide
- Already paid a scammer? Do this now
- Netherlands Rental Scam Report 2026
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Last updated: 18 July 2026