Living in Antwerp - Housing and Board
The Wol Natie Building
The JMU residence in Antwerp, commonly called "Antwerp Hall," is located a few minutes from the University of Antwerp. The photo to the right shows the outside of the building. For additional views of the residence, have a look at our Photo Album. The residence is located in a safe, student area of Antwerp. You will quickly learn that most of the residents in the other buildings are also University of Antwerp students.
The JMU residence in Antwerp is convenient to shopping, train and bus stations, many student-oriented businesses, and the University of Antwerp.
The building says Wol Natie on the front, which in Dutch means Wool Company. In Europe, the first floor is what Americans would call the second floor. In the Wol Natie building, there is a ground floor and four floors. The top floor has three studio apartments, but no common kitchen since there is a kitchenette in each studio. The third floor has four studios with kitchenette and four regular rooms without kitchenette, plus a common kitchen on the floor for the rooms without kitchenette. The first and second floor each has eight rooms per floor and each floor has a common kitchen. The building does not have an elevator.
Student Rooms in Antwerp
Each room has a bed, a chair, a table, a refrigerator with a small freezer compartment, a wardrobe, drapes, a shower, a toilet, and a sink. In addition, each room also comes with a broadband Internet connection.
Common Kitchen
Each of the first three floors has a common kitchen with four hot plates, a sink, and a microwave oven. Students can cook in the kitchen, and eat in their room. The kitchens on the first and second floor can serve eight students, and the kitchen on the third floor can serve four students. There is no common kitchen on the fourth floor.
Single Studio with Kitchenette
There are four single studios on the third floor, and each of them has a small kitchenette. The bed in these single studios is a loft, and the desk is under the loft to conserve space. The refrigerator is under the hotplates, and the bathroom is behind the kitchenette.
Hallway
On each floor, there are eight doors. On the fourth floor, there are two entrances to each of the three studio apartments.
