Rapenburg

A room on Rapenburg

This listing is for a room on Rapenburg in Leiden. This listing does not state a house number, floor area, year of construction or energy label. As a result, the rest of this page is mainly about the street and the neighbourhood, not the home itself. The rent of €611 is well below the average for rooms in Leiden, which sits at €750.

Academiewijk

Academiewijk is a lively, densely populated neighbourhood right in the historic centre of Leiden. With 1,940 residents and a very high address density of 5,351 per km², it's a classic urban student area. Most households are single-person (1,120 out of 1,465), and the average household size is just 1.3. There are few children (85 under 15) and a large share of 15-to-25-year-olds (760). The neighbourhood Academiewijk has a mix of housing, but only 0.3% are owner-occupied, so renting is the norm. No resident reviews are available for this neighbourhood.

Life on the street

Rapenburg is one of Leiden's most famous canals, lined with historic buildings and the university. For daily groceries, SPAR is just around the corner, Ekoplaza and Jumbo are a couple of streets away, and Dirk is a five-minute walk. There are several primary schools nearby: Haanstra Basisschool is a couple of streets away, OBS Lucas van Leyden is a five-minute walk, and Vrije School Mareland is a ten-minute walk. The municipality Leiden offers a compact city centre with everything within easy reach.

Source

At the time of writing the home is listed only via Kamernet. The agent has not published full specifications, so the details above are based on the street and neighbourhood data.