In recent years, cities such as Amsterdam have used the term hub city to define themselves in a global context. Hub cities are cities that play – or aspire to – a crucial role in the international and globalising economy. As such they form a hub, a ‘node’ of relevant traffic. What exactly is meant by …

During the last decades students have become a target group for cities like Amsterdam. They are addressed as the talented forces that cities need in order to face increasing global competitiveness, a force which itself is represented as giving cities their dynamic edge.

De kamer is voor de student weliswaar niet het hoofddoel van de buitenlandstudie, maar het vormt wel het middelpunt van het leven van de student en bepaalt daarmee sterk hoe de buitenlandse student terugkijkt op zijn tijd in Nederland.