Costs of doctor and students life in Warsaw?

Hi friends! I have a topic about the cost of students life in Warsaw. I have seen various rooms in rent and I have decided to take one. The payment of the room (1250) will let me, approximately, 1750 zł (per month). I must specify that I will be a doctorand in Warsaw (where apparently the accommodation costs are higher-someone told me).

Finally considering that I don t have particular huge expenses a part from food and transport, it is possible to sustain A LIFE and possibly, save some money in these conditions?

Summing: 1750 PLN/month for all expenses other than housing.

Thank you for the help given to poor foreign PhDs!!!

In a shared flat? That's a lot.


Possible, provided you live modestly

Remember also that you will have to pay for electricity, water, rubbish disposal, your telephone bill, internet connection, your transport costs, medicine - all this before you start paying for books and other necessaries......and of course food, as you must eat something now and again.

If she's renting a room at that price, bills etc should surely be included.

Yes yes, media are included. For transports I should add 100 zł, the basicals that remain are my phone bill and food...this is just the basic! I might try to negotiate the price. I know is roo much. With 100 zl less I would not think about it. So what other BASIC expenses I might consider?

@Selene

First of all, when media are included, they often do not include internet/TV/phone. You might well have to arrange for those yourself on your own.

For 1500 PLN a month, you would be able to lead a frugal student lifestyle and even accumulate a modest rainy-day fund to pay for such things as (cheap) vacation, clothing, replacement computer and other occasional purchases. But you are not going to save up anything serious. If working and saving u serious money is a priority for you, then find another country to study in. Poland isn't the place for you if you want to save.

You had better learn how to shop wisely and cook using locally available ingredients. Eating, snacking and drinking away from home are rather expensive in Poland, as are things you may take for granted such as beef, seafood and fruits and vegetables out of season. If you can't cook or don't like cooking, your life is going to $uck until you learn and learn to like it.

As for your rent of the room, if it is a largish, comfortablish room in an apartment with a LARGE, convenient kitchen, the price is a little high, but not bad. If the kitchen is less than ideal, then look for another apartment. You're going to have to use that kitchen a lot, so you had better be comfortable cooking in it. A small kitchen $ucks bad, especially if you have to share it.

Good luck!

Not everyone uses cable tv, and landlines are vanishing now - I haven't had one for a decade. I also suspect that the OP knows what is included and what isn't.


Don't all students have to do that, and plenty of working people too?


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