JMU Student Housing in Antwerp

The Wol Natie Building

The JMU residence in Antwerp, commonly called "Antwerp Hall," is located a few minutes away from the University of Antwerp. The photo to the right shows the outside of the building, and the photos below (scroll down) give additional perspective on the residence. 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 business, and the University of Antwerp.

The building says "Wol Natie" on the front, which is Dutch for "Wool Company." In Europe, the ground floor is the 0th floor. The "first" floor is what Americans would call the "second" floor. In the Wool Company building, there is a ground floor and four floors. The top floor has the three studio apartments, but no common kitchen since there is a kitchenette in each studio. The 3rd floor has four studios with a kitchenette and four regular rooms without kitchenette, plus a common kitchen on the floor for the rooms without the kitchenette. The first and second floors each have eight rooms per floor, and each floor has a common kitchen. There is no elevator in the building.

Student Rooms in Antwerp

Each dorm room has a bed, a chair, a table, a refrigerator with a small freezer compartment, a wardrobe, drapes, and a toilet and shower in the room. Each room also comes with a broadband Internet connection.

Each student room has a shower, toilet, and sink (not shown) inside the room.

Common Kitchen

Each floor has a common kitchenette, with four hot plates, a sink, and a microwave oven. Students can cook in the kitchenette, and eat in their rooms. The kitchenettes on the first and second floor will serve eight students, and the kitchenette on the third floor will 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, each of which has a small kitchenette in the studio. 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 behind the kitchenette is the bathroom.

Hallway

On each floor, there are eight doors. On the forth floor, there are two entrances to each of the three studio apartments.