Discover the best housing options, read reviews from those who've already done this exchange, and connect with peers from universities worldwide!
Discover the best housing options, read reviews from those who've already done this exchange, and connect with peers from universities worldwide!
Mafalda
From: University of Warsaw
To: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences
2025 • Fall
Public transportation in Warsaw is really good and cheap, you can get a 3-month pass for around €30, which will take you anywhere you need. Even at night, the…..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
430€
Where was it located?
15 min by bus from University, 30 min by tram from city centre
How can someone find this place?
pepehousing
Would you recommend it?
Yes, it was nice, the apartment had everything we needed and the price was lower than the average
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Best disco for latino songs is cubano, chicas and gorillas is a really nice bar, cheapest beer at Bambolejo and in that street you can find other nice bars
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
I took only classes without exams, so text mining and big data analytics. these are classes from master level
Do you have some tips?
The registration was easy, but you’ll probably want to do it right away in the first hours after it opens. The campus is average, just a building. I’d like to try another university next time.
Best trips to do?
Warsaw is in an amazing location for traveling to the Baltics, the Balkans, Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, even the northern countries
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Public transportation in Warsaw is really good and cheap, you can get a 3-month pass for around €30, which will take you anywhere you need. Even at night, the buses are fairly reliable. Just be aware of drunk people, they’re harmless most of the time, but it’s wise to stay alert. Overall, Warsaw is pretty safe. The nightlife is great, and you’ll meet lots of Erasmus students. If you want to visit museums, check their free days, as most museums have at least one day with free entry. If you need a SIM card, check Uniperks, they have a promotion for 3 months free with Orange Flex.
Rita
From: Universidade do Minho
To: University of Warsaw
2025 • Fall
It was really tricky to get the learning agreement right, but once it was done everything was just fine..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
620€
Where was it located?
In Praski, 30min walk from city centre
How can someone find this place?
Spotahome
Would you recommend it?
Not really, too expensive for the condiciona I have
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Teatro Cubano
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Reccomend all language courses
Do you have some tips?
It was really tricky to get the learning agreement right, but once it was done everything was just fine
Best trips to do?
Copenhagen was my favourite
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
It is super safe, you can be totally relaxed
Eduard Mihai
From: Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti
To: Civitas University
2025 • Fall
the weather is bad..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
540
Where was it located?
Central Warsaw
How can someone find this place?
PepeHousing
Would you recommend it?
Yes
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Cubano
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Not statistics
Do you have some tips?
Yes
Best trips to do?
The Baltics
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
the weather is bad
Evan
From: University of Sheffield
To: Uniwersytet Warszawski
2025 • Full year
Affordable but comparable prices to cheaper UK cities, very safe city with low crime and good nightlife/shopping/dining. Also quite walkable around Srodmiescie..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
£500
Where was it located?
Powisle, 10 mins from uni
How can someone find this place?
Pepehousing
Would you recommend it?
Great location but dated and far too small for 4 people
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Not as organised as home university, but very friendly students and always something happening
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Teachers all spoke perfect English, some classes dull and overly reliant on presentations. Also disorganised in terms of online resources
Do you have some tips?
Registration fairly easy but lots of forms/beaurocracy, overall good experience
Best trips to do?
Great train and cheap flight connections, easy to visit Germany/Baltics/Balkans/Scandinavia (and Ukraine/Belarus if more adventurous)
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Affordable but comparable prices to cheaper UK cities, very safe city with low crime and good nightlife/shopping/dining. Also quite walkable around Srodmiescie
Don't shop at Zabka prices are double other supermarkets
Marie
From: Sciences Po Lyon
To: University of Warsaw
2025 • Full year
Be careful to have a polish or international student card to have reduced transport tickets Daily life costs less than in most European countries (I’m French)…..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
Around 600€/month
Where was it located?
In Wola, 20min from university and from the center by bus
How can someone find this place?
Pepe housing
Would you recommend it?
I have a big room with a bed and a couch, it is a residential area so it is quiet but still close to the center and everything, many night buses around. But the shared areas in the flat are really small and unfortunately my flatmates never clean anything and are loud
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Most of the clubs are in Mazowiecka street. Teatro Cubano on Monday is free and multipub on Wednesday (30zl for unlimited beer until 1am). Good and cheap bar is Chicas & Gorillas
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Football in Europe is interesting because it’s different from « basic » political science classes Political radicalism, populism, and extremism is very dense but very interesting to understand world politics
Do you have some tips?
I study on the main campus in the center town so it is cool, registration is easy you just need to do it directly when it opens if you want to have the classes you want (places are limited ofc). I don’t have much classes so I don’t really spend much time on the campus
Best trips to do?
If you buy the student card you have -50% on every train ticket and there is a lot of city to visit in Poland like Krakow, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Poznan… You can also find cheap flights for big European cities
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Be careful to have a polish or international student card to have reduced transport tickets Daily life costs less than in most European countries (I’m French) Biedronka is great for groceries (you can find everything and it is not expensive) Always cross the crosswalk at the green light!!
Great city very underrated The weather is not always so bad but winter arrives quickly and the night too haha Most people speak English but not everyone and they are not always nice with strangers but it’s ok as long as you respect everything
Albert
From: University of Bucharest - Chemistry
To: Warsaw college of engineering and health
2025 • Fall
The transport here is amazing. But the night life sometimes is weird, especially in the night. If you re not in a group in the night, dont walk in shady…..
What kind of place was it?
Coliving / Shared House
How much was the rent per month?
400
Where was it located?
Stoklosy metro, 30/40min away from Uni
How can someone find this place?
Pepehousing
Would you recommend it?
Honestly yeah i would choose pepehousing again, good conditions and nicer place than a student residence
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
I recommend Ramona Bar, i love it
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Immunology class. Best teacher ever
Do you have some tips?
Good teachers, good classes (very easy) and amazing campuses
Best trips to do?
Berlin, Stockholm, LUBLIN AND LODZ(i loved them)
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
The transport here is amazing. But the night life sometimes is weird, especially in the night. If you re not in a group in the night, dont walk in shady places. Its a risk.(personal experience)
Dont be obsessed with finding friends in the fiest weeks. Enjoy your presence, enjoy the city, get to know yourself better. I had this fear of missing out because in the first weeks didnt really have much friends, when i stopped worrying, they found me. For example i was charging my phone on the floor in Lodz train station and one okder guy asked me if he can charge, i told him in 5min, in those 5min another erasmus student came to me and we became friends. In Lublin the same in the station the train was late (i didnt know) and heard some girls talk in english and went to them and asked about the train. That was one of the best train ride i had. Get outside of the house everyday. I have this “rule” : 15min walk everyday, i dont walk 15min everyday because i adventure more to find more shortcuts, cafes, next to my home. Enjoy your own erasmus, not what you see in social media!
Pierre
From: Kedge
To: Kozminski
2023 • Full year
Marketing and Management..
What kind of place was it?
Classic Apartment
How much was the rent per month?
500
Where was it located?
ZELAZNA
How can someone find this place?
friends
Would you recommend it?
Yes
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Gorillas
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Marketing and Management
Do you have some tips?
Amazing sushis
Best trips to do?
Cracovie
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Cafe Karma
No
Matteo
From: kedge business school
To: kozminski
2023 • Full year
cubano the monday, free and cheap drinks a street with a lot of club, try the blue, the fifty (rap US), the Bank..
What kind of place was it?
Classic Apartment
How much was the rent per month?
600
Where was it located?
in the center
How can someone find this place?
by contacting agences ( there's fee )
Would you recommend it?
Nice if open and able to create friendship or with you go with "friends" a lot of club and bar, quit cheap
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
cubano the monday, free and cheap drinks a street with a lot of club, try the blue, the fifty (rap US), the Bank
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
quite everything was bullshit
Do you have some tips?
nice campus, a lot of amazing cars on the parking. the registration was easy and we where helped
Best trips to do?
easy to travel in countries around, flight are cheap and the schredule have a lot of free space
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
very safe, also very cold, around 30€ for 3 months pass for transports
Krystian
From: Kedge Marseille
To: Warsaw School of Economics
2024 • Fall
Chicas & Gorillas; Cubano; Moon..
What kind of place was it?
Classic Apartment
How much was the rent per month?
600
Where was it located?
City Center
How can someone find this place?
local renting website
Would you recommend it?
yes it was ok
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Chicas & Gorillas; Cubano; Moon
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Don't choose Business Modeling
Do you have some tips?
cool overall
Best trips to do?
Gdansk
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Low cost city transport
Martin
From: Kedge business school
To: Kozminski University
2023 • Other
I would recommend I was with my best friend so for a colocation it is perfect with a lot of space the owner was really nice and available for every problem we…..
What kind of place was it?
Classic Apartment
How much was the rent per month?
450€
Where was it located?
In Warsaw suburbs 30min from city center
How can someone find this place?
Direct contact with real estate agency
Would you recommend it?
I would recommend I was with my best friend so for a colocation it is perfect with a lot of space the owner was really nice and available for every problem we could have. It was a bit out of the city center but Warsaw is a great city for public transportation and so I would warmly recommend
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
In the city center there is a lot of bars for very affordable prices, the best street was foksal and globally around nowy swiat For clubbing cubano is great for Erasmus, smolna and jasna for techno music and more globally mazowiecka street with all the clubs in it
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Of those I remember psychology of money and negotiation were great classes
Do you have some tips?
Campus is great and modern with a lot of person available to help you for housing and adapting yourself to new city and culture
Best trips to do?
Other cities in Poland are great especially krakow and gdansk with a direct access via train other big cities abroad are not to expensive to go as Budapest riga or Praha
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Cost of living is increasing but is still low compared to French standards, Warsaw is very far from the clichés it is very modern and welcoming
Ilona
From: Kedge BS
To: KOZMINSKI University
2025 • Fall
The cost of living is pretty tchip, same as transportation. For you groceries, find a big market it will be better and tcheaper Thant all their small market…..
What kind of place was it?
Airbnb
How much was the rent per month?
1300
Where was it located?
35min by transport
How can someone find this place?
Airbnb at the begining and on site you can find something else or asked the apartment of the student before you
Would you recommend it?
I think I would pick the same place
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
A lot of shot bars in the Main Street and after as club you have the cubano on Monday (only international) and level27, the sketch
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
N/a
Do you have some tips?
The campus is cool, a bit far from the city center but it’s okay. Also yes I would pick the place again but this time I would ask the teacher about the exam during class one because we had a lot of problems related to exams and their supposed dates
Best trips to do?
The train station is very easy to get to and it connect a lot of different places together
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
The cost of living is pretty tchip, same as transportation. For you groceries, find a big market it will be better and tcheaper Thant all their small market (ex carrefour express). The city is very safe, a lot a police in the street. Also be careful to get your ticket in all the transportation, they contrôle a lot. If you do not have a ticket machine at the stop, their is always one in each, bus, tram or subway or you have an app look on google the name “transportation app Warsaw”
Isiah
From: Kedge BS Marseille
To: SGH- Warsaw School of Economics
2024 • Fall
Europe and International Migration (CIVICA Engage Course) : Very easy, incredible professor (she love french people) Business Plan : Also very easy, no final…..
What kind of place was it?
Airbnb
How much was the rent per month?
Around 700 per person
Where was it located?
25 minutes from the University Ochota Neighboor
How can someone find this place?
It was on AirBnB
Would you recommend it?
Such a good place, but we were searching in cohousing with a friend, then we dont find other places
What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?
Chicas & Gorillas for before. Level 27 and Theatro Cubano for the night club (spécial event every monday at Theatro Cubano, Level 27 is more expensive, at tge 27th floor of a building)
Which classes do you recommend… or not?
Europe and International Migration (CIVICA Engage Course) : Very easy, incredible professor (she love french people) Business Plan : Also very easy, no final exam, just a huge group work (create a business plan for a created company) Global Cities: No exam too, just some presentation and case studies
Do you have some tips?
The campus isnt huge, kind of "classic". The registration is quite easy, you just have to follow the instructions.
Best trips to do?
Trip to Gdansk and Crakow (over huge polish cities) Such good moments.
What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Warsaw?
Awesame, very safe and clean. Compared to france, living cost is cheap
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