Shared apartments, spare rooms and roommates in Piacenza

Despite being a small and quiet city, Piacenza has three institutions that welcome students every year, the two most chosen being the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Polytechnic of Milan. Due to this, if what you want is to live in a shared flat, we suggest you start your search as soon as possible since it is usually the preferred accommodation option for young people. One of the reasons is because the student environment in Piacenza is relatively quiet, but living with roommates you will be able to enjoy more moments and fun experiences daily.

Advantages and disadvantages of sharing a flat in Piacenza

Here are some of the most relevant aspects of life in shared flats in this Italian city:

Advantages of sharing a flat in Piacenza

• If you want to enjoy a varied leisure offer, you can take advantage of the savings on rent to travel to Milan more often! This city is less than an hour away by train, so you can reach it easily in your spare time.
• You can choose between single rooms and shared rooms that are part of private shared flats or student residences.

Disadvantages of sharing a flat in Piacenza

• In some cases, the costs of electricity, gas, water, internet, etc. are not included in the rental price. Be careful with that because the services usually have a high cost, so they will have to divide the price between all the partners at the end of each month.
• You have to reach an agreement with your roommates about the use of heating, especially if it is not included in the rental price.

Erasmus App for your exchange programme in Piacenza

There is a wide variety of apps for Erasmus+ that you can use throughout your exchange process. If you want to make your experience in Piacenza the best it can be, we recommend that you download them. In them, you will be able to access relevant information for all stages of mobility, as well as advice from students who have already been to one of the universities in Piacenza. One of the tips that they often repeat is that you take advantage of immersing yourself in the Italian culture to the fullest, which is going to be possible since it is a small city with friendly local people, unlike larger cities and cosmopolitans

How to meet people in Piacenza?

We recommend that you spend time getting to know your flatmates, who will surely be part of your “Erasmus family” during your stay in the city. You can also consider the following options to meet people in this Italian city:

Student associations in Piacenza

If you are attending the Politecnico di Milano, we recommend you join the ESN Politecnico Milano, an association to meet other international students by taking part in fun activities and events. Indeed, some of these events are in Milan, but you can easily reach that city from Piacenza.

Facebook groups for Erasmus in Piacenza

There are some groups on Facebook that you can join to meet other young people who are in the same situation as you, such as the one called “International Students Piacenza”. You can also join the ESN Politecnico Milano and see the planned activities.

Whatsapp groups for Erasmus in Piacenza

You will find groups created in this app in which young people take the opportunity to be in more direct contact, introducing themselves and meeting other students who have hobbies and interests similar to yours.

Tips for living in a shared student apartment in Piacenza

In this section, we share with you some tips to remember when living in a shared flat in the Italian city:

• We recommend that you know something about the local language before arriving in the city, so you can integrate easily. And even better if one of your roommates is Italian! So you can practise the language more often.
• Remember to bring warm clothes if you come in the winter, keep in mind that the minimum temperature is usually between -1ºC and 0ºC. You can also take the opportunity to do winter sports such as skiing or snowboarding.

Frequently asked questions about sharing a flat in Piacenza

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