Moving to Ghent

Well fristly french isnt used in gent its all dutch. You might get lucky in one of the irish bars but business is slow at the moment

I think you'd find it extremely difficult to live on those amounts of money, add a bit more to what you've quoted.

yeah this is also true I have seen student kots (basically one room studios) all inc for about 400 to 500 in gent centre my rent on my apartment is 650 not inc. However my bf said 250 for just a room u can find but you will have to look however it is now sept and most students will of snaped these up by now.

http://www.opkotingent.be/ these are a bit more pricy from what u were looking at but I found this by simply typing in google

English only...difficult, but possible.  Be prepared to keep looking.  Going on 1.5 months, still unemployed.
However, I have not opened myself up to ALL job markets, still looking in my required area.

Brussels is more French Speaking, if you want to maybe work there on weekends.

Thank you so much for your answers. I might be doing some freelance styling job in Antwerp and Brussels if I can find some clients but we will see. Thank you for that link hannahhadman, there are some ads of really cheap rooms in central Ghent. Is the center a nice place to live?! I don't really mind about old buildings, just needs to be safe and from what I read Ghent is extremely safe.
Just out of curiosity, what's yr field MonkeyinEurope?

I'm moving alone to Ghent and it was a sudden opportunity so I still haven't got much info on the city (or the country actually), every comment on things I must know is appreciated =P

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Yeah gent is pretty safe never really seen any problems and my friends say the same not like brussels. Some areas are nicer that others and they are very big Turkish communities in gent but even the more run down bad looking areas are pretty good. Only problem with living in the centre is the noise on a night.