Visiting Emma, our [rezidentz] member.

Emma, 27, moved to Brussels from France to work as a researcher at the European Commission, focusing on environmental sustainability. She chose Rezidentz La Chasse for its location — close to the Commission's buildings — and for the simplicity of the all-inclusive model.

On choosing Rezidentz

'I didn't want to spend my first months in Brussels dealing with utility contracts and furniture shopping,' she says. 'I was starting a new job, in a new city, in a new country. The apartment needed to work immediately — and it did. Moving in took an afternoon.'

The all-inclusive model, she adds, removes a particular kind of mental overhead: 'I don't have to think about any of that. It's one number, every month. That simplicity has real value when you're adjusting to a new life.'

On daily life in Brussels

Emma starts each morning with yoga in her living room — one of the reasons she chose an apartment with enough floor space to make it possible. She follows that with green tea and intention-setting before shifting into work mode.

Outside work, she's been exploring Brussels methodically: the parks around Ixelles, the markets at Place du Châtelain, the cultural life concentrated in and around the EU Quarter.