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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
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Welcome in EhB!
EhB, UAB en IRMO
Steps to take & practical life
SOVEhB & student facilities
Brussels
Travelling around
Belgium
ESN
Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
Erasmushogeschool Brussels
• Mission statement
• History
• Fields of Study and campuses
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Campus Jette
Campus Dansaert (^Zespenningenstreet)
Department Royal Conservatory (Sablon)
Department Rits (A. Dansaert)
Department of Applied Linguistics (Etterbeek)
Department of Industrial Science and Technology (Anderlecht)
Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
Universitaire Associatie Brussel (UAB)
• Partnership VUB
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Campus Jette
Campus Etterbeek
• International Relations and Mobility
Office
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Erasmus Office
Faculty Coordinators
Welcome!
International Relations and Mobility Office
Erasmus Office
Where? IRMO, Vrijwilligerslaan 2, 1040 Brussels
Who?
- Secretary Office: Johan De Sterke
(student card and enrollment procedure commune)
- Faculty Coordinators: Specific course-related and administrative
problems
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
SOVEhB’s
Welcome Magazine
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Welcome!
International Relations and Mobility Office
Settling in Brussels
Things you need to do for your administration (Erasmus)
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International Relations and Mobility Office (IRMO)
Open a bank account
Get registered in the commune in order to get an identity card
Welcome!
International Relations and Mobility
Office
Settling in Brussels
Things you need to do for your administration (International)
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International Relations and Mobility Office (IRMO)
Open a bank account
Health insurance
Get registered in the commune in order to get identity card
Settling in Brussels
Registration at the local town hall
You are a national from one of the member states of the European Union?
If you stay longer than 3 months
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Settling in Brussels
You are not a national from one of the member states of the European Union
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Period of stay < 3 months
Report as soon as possible to local Town Hall. Take passport and/or VISA Type C (if required) and sign and
collect the form ‘aankomstverklaring/ declaration d’arrivée’.
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Period of stay > 3 months
Submit following documents within 4 months at the local Town Hall:
1) a valid international passport (minimum 1 year) and your VISA type D
2) the enrollment certificate of VUB or Erasmus (proof that you officially enrolled as a student)
3) proof of scholarship or grant or financial guarantee form
4) housing contract (to prove where you live)
5) 5 identity photos
6) a birth certificate, certificate of marital status and certificate of good conduct covering the last five
years (max. 3 months old)
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
SOVEhB
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Sociojuridical advice
Study Finance
Psychological support
Housing and transport
Sports and culture
Diversity
Student Restaurants
Department Rits, A. Dansaertstraat 70 / Student Home Jette, Laarbeeklaan 119
www.sovehb.be
ben@sovehb.be
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Housing and transport
- Student Home Jette & housing service
- Quartier Latin
- Student Season Ticket MIVB 45 euro + 5
euro
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Sports: BROCHURE
- Free sports programme
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Jette
Etterbeek
Brussels
- Reduced Season Tickets
- School team
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Culture
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CJP - Euro 26 Card
Brussel Brost
Rockrace and Deejay Contest
Student Expo
Student Organisations
Rits Café
Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Student Restaurants
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Bloemenhof
The Link
Rits Café
Etterbeek, Conservatory, Anderlecht
Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Mire El Mundo
Rits Café Every Tuesday
27/9 Here we go! Opening with Studio Pagol
28/9 The Pride of Belgium
1.30 Night Bus from Rits Café to Jette
and … theme night about YOUR country, organized by YOU!
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
FLYER
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Welcome!
Campus Dansaert EhB
Library and ICT
- Opening hours
- Network, e-mailadress and Dokeos /
PointCarré
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
BIP FLYER
STUDENT MAP
BRUSSELS MANIA
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
• Brussels:
- 1 capital region (with its own
government)
- 2 communities
- officially bilingual
- 19 communes (Jette, Anderlecht,
Brussels, …)
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 1
• Visiting the
fleamarket on
Sunday or Saturday
• Open: every day in
the week
• From 6 a.m. till 2
p.m.
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 2
• Visiting the
Matonge
neighbourhood
• Multicultural
atmosphere
• Night life!
• Exotic shops
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 3
• Visiting Horta’s
Museum
• Every day from 2pm
till 5pm (except
Mondays)
• Saint-Gilles
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10 things to do in
Brussels : 4
• Drinking half and
half in Cirio
• Not far from the
Stock Exchange / la
Bourse
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 5
• Visiting the Fine
Arts Museum
• Watching Breughel,
Rubens
• National Museum =
first Wednesday of
month for free
• Monday closed
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 6
• Visiting the
Erasmus house
• Every day from
10am to 5pm
• Except Monday
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 7
• Eating Marcolini
(leonidas, Godiva, …) chocolate
at the Sablon
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 8
• Watching RSC
Anderlecht
football team
• 15 – 35 euros
• Or any other team?
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 9
• Windowshopping in
the Dansaert
neighbourhood
• The fashion centre
of Brussels
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10 things to do in
Brussels: 10
• Having lunch in the
Atomium
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Life in Brussels
Shopping
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Opening hours: 9am – 6pm, most shops are closed on Sundays
Main shopping street: Rue Neuve/ Nieuwstraat
Shopping Centers: City 2, Woluwe Shopping, Westland Shopping Centre
Supermarkets
• Main supermarket chains: GB, Carrefour, Delhaize, Colruyt, Aldi, Lidl,…
Markets (Fruits and Vegetables)
• Gare du Midi (large Sunday Market)
• Place Jourdan
• Market Place Jette
• Clemenceau Market
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Life in Brussels
Main bookshops
• Fnac, City 2 shopping centre
• The European Bookshop (Cinquantenaire)
• Sterling Books (Wolvengracht)
• Waterstones (A. Max)
Kitchen utensils and bed linen
• Shops: Wibra, Hema, Zeeman, Blokker, Casa,…
Furniture and home decoration
• IKEA (www.ikea.com)
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Life in Brussels
Concerts
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Ancienne Belgique: www.ab.be
Botanique: www.botanique.be
Vorst Nationaal: www.vorstnationaal.be
Theatre
→ English performances
• Kaaitheater: www.kaaitheater.be
• Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg: www.kvs.be
Opera
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De Munt: www.demunt.be
Cinema
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UGC (De Brouckère & Toison d’Or) : www.ugc.be
Kinepolis (Heysel) : www.kinepolis.be
Arenberg, Actor’s studio, Cinematek …
The Bulletin
Agenda, “Brussel Deze Week”
www.studentinbrussel.be www.gratisinbrussel.be
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Orientation Day
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• What kind of country is Belgium?
- 10 million inhabitants
- 1 million in Brussels
- 6 million in Flanders
- 3 million in Wallonia
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
Public Transport in Brussels
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MIVB / STIB: Metro, Bus, Tram
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Website: www.mivb.be
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No public transport during the night on weekdays!
During the weekend: Noctis night busses
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Public Transport Passes: 1 ride, 10 rides, a day pass, a
monthly pass, a year pass (prices: check website)
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
Public Transport in Brussels
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MIVB / STIB: Metro, Bus, Tram
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Website: www.mivb.be
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No public transport during the night on weekdays!
During the weekend: Noctis night busses / collecto
Villo
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Public Transport Passes: 1 ride, 10 rides, a day pass, a
monthly pass, a year pass (prices: check website)
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Orientation Day
Campus Dansaert EhB
2) Belgian Railway Company or NMBS
• Website: www.nmbs.be
• Ticket formulas: weekend ticket (-50%), Go Pass (-26,
+/- 50 Euro), Railpass (+26),…
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Bicycles
Second-hand bicycles at the Midi Sunday Market
Sports shops (e.g. Decathlon)
Villo
4) Cambio
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Belgium & Europe
Travelling around in Europe
1) Cheap plane tickets
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SNBrussels, Ryanair, Connections, Airstop, Neckermann,
Jetair, ..
2) International trains
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Thalys, TGV, …
3) Eurolines
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Orientation Day
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Orientation Day
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• Complex federal state with:
- 3 regions: Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia
- 3 communities: Flemish, French,
German
- + 1 federal government
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Have a great
stay in Brussels!
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