Here in Dutch students it is more like this: 350eur for rent. 200eur for food. 25eur for internet, no car needed. Utilities included in student rental, otherwi

Here in Dutch students it is more like this: 350eur for rent. 200eur for food. 25eur for internet, no car needed. Utilities included in student rental, otherwise 30eur. clothing and fun things: everything else. Current system provides a government backed loan at 0.00% interest of up to 800eur/month, which you then need to pay back depending on income in 35 years. (Much like ISA, but with the government). You get 100eur/month for health insurance (basic health insurance costs the same). and 100 euro/month for renting. These last 2 are based on income and available for everyone under a certain income limit. (Almost all students are below this limit) We had a system where you received 300/month and could then get a loan on top of it. But that was replaced by the neoliberals. Hope that enlightens it a bit.