Housing
When living in Vilnius for a longer period of time, you have multiple options in terms of finding an apartment. One of the options is finding an apartment before leaving for Vilnius. If this is what you are planning on doing, we have a few websites we would like to advise you.
One of them is 1home.eu. This is an Estonian company that rents apartments to international students in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They have apartments available all over the city. Rent prices include internet, utilities and a weekly cleaner. When renting an apartment via 1home.eu, you rent a room within a shared apartment. This allows you to meet other international students, or to live with your friends in one apartment. The apartments are located in nice buildings. The rooms include basics like a closet, bed, desk and chair. There are also tools available like a vacuum cleaner, washing machine, iron and hair dryer.
Many other students found their apartment via Airbnb and Vilniusapartments.com. The average price for an apartment is about 350 euro per month (including utilities). The difference in prices however varies between 600 and 160 euro’s p.p. This variety in prices is mostly caused by whether people share an apartment or not. Living alone allows you to have a lot more privacy, but sharing an apartment means you can share the rent.
Another option is to live in a hotel for the first weeks and find an apartment while already in Vilnius. The perks of this is that you have a little time to get to know the city before you decide where to live. This allows you to find the location that suits you best.
In terms of locations. Senamiestis is the most recommended neighbourhood. Followed by Naujamiestis, if you live in the eastern part of the neighbourhood, which is closest to old town. The rent tents to be higher in old town, but the location is highly recommended by students, as it allows you to live in the centre of all that is happening within Vilnius.
Looking for an apartment can be a tricky thing. We recommend you to stay away from landlords that show even the slightest bit of suspicious behaviour.