#Flat Hunting

New in Aalst: EU citizens register with Burgerzaken within three months, a visit from the wijkagent, bins via ILvA – plus three stations and eight sub-municipalities.

New in Turnhout: register as an EU citizen within three months, a visit from the wijkagent, an eID appointment at Burgerzaken, and your first residents' card free.

Settling in to Ghent: registration with Burgerzaken – Migratie, home check by the wijkinspecteur, 25 neighbourhoods, a car-free centre with low-emission zone and student life.

New to Mechelen: report your address within 8 working days (€13.70), the neighbourhood police visit, resident card from €24, low-traffic centre and childcare.

New to Antwerp: register with the city within three months as an EU citizen (Annex 19), choose a health insurance fund, learn Dutch at Atlas – plus ten districts.

New in Brussels: report your address to the municipality within eight working days, police visit, Osiris permit for parking restriction signs, 19 municipalities and metro.

Vlissingen for newcomers: register within five days at the Stadskantoor, BSN, Zeeuwse Afvalpas for the Milieustraat, bulky waste from €50.39/m³ and parking zones A–D.

New to Venlo: registration in person by appointment at the Stadskantoor, BRP and BSN, five districts from Blerick to Arcen, zero-emission zone in the centre from 2027.

New to Middelburg: registration within five days by appointment, BSN, moving permit for €8.70, parking permit in zone 1 or 2, and a deposit of max. two months' rent.

New in Emmen LU: register within 14 days via eUmzug or at the counter (CHF 40), removal goods with form 18.44, neighbourhoods from Emmenbrücke to Waldibrücke, S-Bahn.

New to Maastricht: BRP registration within five days online and at the GemeenteLoket, BSN, parking permit in Binnenstad and Wyck, bulky waste and the Milieupark.

New to Assen: BRP registration within five days, BSN, ten wijken from Centrum to Kloosterveen, trains to Groningen and Zwolle, Drents Museum and the TT Circuit.