HOST

International student community in The Hague

Welcome to our website!! We are a group of international students who would like to welcome all of international students in a warm fellowship in The Hague. Although we are a Christian organisation, we are happy to welcome those who have different world-views and believes. HOST-Den Haag aims to provide a 'home away from home' for all international students so that you can enjoy your stay in The Netherlands with us as one family. HOST is part of IFES Nederland and IFES Student movement can be found in 180 countries.

HOST The Hague community wants to offer hospitality and friendship to international students through local activities and national weekends. We welcome students from all over the world regardless of their cultural or religious background. Living in another country can be a challenging time. We hope we can help you to make your time in the Netherlands a great experience!

We have a Casa Amalia meeting every month (usually on Thursday), worship evening, and International Cafe once a month on Friday. It is an open group for all international students with different religious background and cultures. Betty, as a Staff of IFES organizes it together with Haastu-student chaplaincy Den Haag & Initiatives of Change Nederland. The worship evening once a month (Wednesday in the last week of the month) and Casa Amalia meeting is at the office building of Initiatives of Change at Amaliastraat 10 The Hague. The International Cafe usually at Petit Paradis Cafe (Westeinde 99 The Hague).

From 2023 we have also discipleship houses for developing Christian students community. You can apply before the beginning academic year (before June, the earlier the better) for this housing facilities, and we will select the qualified candidates to be our community members and disciples of Christ. If you are interested you can fill in the application form and you will be invited for an interview. Scroll down for more information!

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Join us!!

What’s Available

Special Events

Music & Cultural Event
(with food and drink)

Dinner & Bible Reading

Do you want to know more about Christianity and what is written in the Bible? Join us for a Bible reading group and learn more! This group is opened for non Christian students who want to know more about Christian belief. We will have dinner together, discuss important matters in life in a safe and warm environment.

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Open group Bible discussion

This group is for those who want to know more about Christian faith, have questions about the Bible or those who are searching for the meaning of life. Everyone is welcome no matter your background!

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Hang Out & Learn to be "Dutch"

Hang out with other students, build friendship through learning Dutch language and culture. You may contact us if you want to learn Dutch language and culture in a small group with very low payment for the course.
Spend also weekend with a Dutch host family.

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Weekend & Conference

National event
European event
I-cafe/language cafe.
Going out activities

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Christian Student House Facility

There are some houses available for a Christian student community, where students can live together, pray together, help each other under IFES staff coaching in Den Haag. The price around €400-650 per month per room. Minimum contract is 1 year and max 2 years start from August or 1st September, but you have to apply for the room before June. These houses are a house for international students to build a loving community to help students to grow and to feel at home. If you are interested talk to Betty, IFES staff or send us the application form via e-mail. We will interview students who are interested to live here and to be discipled. Only students who meet all of our requirements may live here. The visiting date/s will be in June 2025! So, contact us soon! Send email to host.thehague@gmail.com or betty.sari@ifes.nl (Betty). Below is the video of the first house at Marktweg and at Sirtemastraat.

For those who would like to live in discipleship house in The Hague starts from 1st September 2025 you can start filling in the form from now. Requirements for students who want to join the Discipleship house are:

Currently not living in The Hague
Admitted as a student in the Netherlands
Give an honest and trustworthy commitment to the HOST IFES community and this needs to be approved by the house coach
Christian who wants to be discipled (coached and mentored in group or individually)
Can stay in the house for 2 years (max)
Can show a good financial situation
Well organised and can maintain cleanness of the house
Competent to communicate well in English in multicultural context

The houses available at:

Loosduinseweg 1009a, Den Haag/1st Aug. '25 (3 pers, €1650 excl gas/water/electricity/tax/internet).
Thijssestraat 435, Den Haag/1st Sept. '25 (5 pers, €2275 excl gas/water/electricity/tax/internet).
Groenteweg 65, Den Haag/1st Sept. '25 (3 pers, €1850 excl gas/water/electricity/tax/internet).
Marktweg 30, Den Haag /1st august '24 (7 pers). Per person between €350-650
Sirtemastraat 233, Den Haag /1st august '24 (6 pers). Per person around €600.

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Contact us!

Have questions about HOST Den Haag (Part of IFES), or interested in joining?
Please reach out — we’re happy to help.

host.thehague@gmail.com

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