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HAN University of Applied Sciences sits in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and is a very large university. The church closest to campus is Heilige Kruisvindingskerk, about 42 miles away. In the surrounding area you will find Evangelical, Presbyterian or Reformed, and Catholic congregations, so whether you grew up in a particular tradition or have never set foot in a church, there is a door here for you.

Arriving, and the ache of a new place

It is a strange thing to arrive in Nijmegen with tens of thousands of other students and still, some nights, feel like no one knows your name. That ache is not weakness and it is not rare. Nearly everyone around you feels some version of it, and one of the oldest, quietest answers to it is a room full of people who will learn your name, pray for your week, and save you a seat.

The nearest churches are a drive from here, but they are real, and a single ride or a nearer congregation is often all it takes. You would not have to go alone. If it helps, start with when you feel lonely at college, how to find Christian friends, or what a first Sunday is actually like.

And you do not have to wait to be found. The other believers are already here, scattered and unseen. The Campus Gathering shows you how to find them, or begin one yourself, because two or three who gather in his name are already the church on this campus, and the most beautiful doorway to Christ a searching student ever walks through.

You are more than your transcript

You can move through a whole day here among thousands of people and end it with no one who actually knows your name, then wonder why a place this full can feel this empty.

It is not a new question. Students have carried it through Nijmegen since 1996. This is the oldest ache there is, and a degree, however good, was never built to fill it. Long before you had a transcript, a major, or a single line of achievement to your name, you were already known and already loved. That is the heart of what Christians mean by the Living Bread: a belonging and a life that do not run out when the grades come in, when the offer falls through, or when a semester in Nijmegen quietly breaks you. Jesus offered himself to hungry people as exactly that, the bread that satisfies the hunger underneath the hunger, the one no achievement has ever reached.

If that stirs something in you, you can start with who Jesus actually is, or sit for a while with when you feel unknown in a crowd. There is no hurry, and no test at the end of it.

Where you are, and who is already near

HAN University of Applied Sciences has stood in Nijmegen, Netherlands since 1996. Generation after generation of students has arrived here in the years since, hauling boxes into a strange room, learning a new set of streets, and carrying the same quiet questions underneath the timetable and the reading list. You are only the newest of a very long line.

And you are not without a local family here. The congregations nearest campus are real, named places: Heilige Kruisvindingskerk about 42 miles away; Lourdeskapel about 42 miles away; and Rovertkapel about 42 miles away. These are not abstractions on a map. They are ordinary rooms full of people who would learn your name, pray for your week, and save you a seat, a short way from where you sleep.

Wherever you have come from, Nijmegen, Netherlands can become more than the city your degree happens to be printed in. It can become the place you were found. You can see every nearby church listed in full just below, explore more campuses across Netherlands, or step back to the whole University Kingdom Network. And when you want a congregation near your exact address, the church finder can map it.

The Nearest Churches to HAN University of Applied Sciences

HAN University of Applied Sciences sits in a more rural area, so the nearest churches we have mapped are a drive from campus, about 42 miles to the closest. They are real congregations, listed by straight-line distance. The church finder can search your exact area for anything nearer, and a nearby town may have a congregation not yet on the map.

• Heilige Kruisvindingskerk
  42 miles away
• Lourdeskapel
  42 miles away
• Rovertkapel
  42 miles away
• Sint-Laurentiuskerk
  42 miles away
• Sint-Monulphus en Gondulphuskerk
  43 miles away
• Hervormde Kerk

  Protestant
  43 miles away
• Salvator Mundikerk
  43 miles away
• Spieghelkerk

  Protestant
  43 miles away
• Evangelisch-Lutherse Gemeente Het Gooi

  Evangelical
  43 miles away
• Sint-Vituskerk

  Protestant
  44 miles away
• Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk

  Reformed
  44 miles away
• Sint-Valentinuskerk

  Catholicism
  44 miles away
• Witte Kerk

  Protestant
  44 miles away
• St. Martinuskerk

  Roman Catholic
  44 miles away

Getting to church without a car

The nearest churches are a real drive from campus, so a car, a ride, or a nearer congregation found through the finder will help. Many students do not have a car. Check the local transit route on a Sunday, or ask in your campus community whether anyone is walking or driving over. Going with someone the first time makes all the difference.

Christian Traditions Near HAN University of Applied Sciences

The churches around campus span several Christian traditions. If you are not sure what the differences mean, or which might feel like home, these explain each one, and what all Christians hold in common.

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