day in the life studying at amsterdam university ☁️ dark academia diaries ep. 2

welcome everyone! today i have a day in the life follow me around vlog of my life as a student at the university of amsterdam! I am Dutch and am doing my masters in Biomedical Science in amsterdam, so I thought it would be fun to document what a typical day looks like. This is another episode in the series the dark academia diaries, where i try to combine study vlogs with reading vlogs and also some cozy lifestyle content. let me know if there's anything you would like to see in this series!
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 24 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)
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[@adiahh6382]

Not Leonie having the features of everyone's favorite book character : brown hair, blue eyes and likes to read books

[@tanaypandey1771]

When I first discovered this channel , I was blown away with the aesthetics and cozy feel . And it somehow remains constant on that feel , so pretty relaxing to watch too :D

[@valeriag9443]

I just finished taking a math test that I didn’t do too well on and this really cheered me up

[@habebahosam2629]

You will do better next time you can do it

[@savyshack6078]

Awie! It's okay❤️

[@rehabyasser2990]

tests don’t determine whether your smart or not .. you’re learning and everyday you’re getting better! just reflect on it and see what was your problem then you can fix it for the upcoming tests and exam ! good luck we believe in you ❤️

[@marym.8425]

BRO SAME

[@JP-ku5hw]

*I've just taken...

[@l-2267]

I just finished a degree in biomedical science and I'm starting a masters in neuroscience next month in London, this video has made me so excited to start :)

[@livsommers]

i’m just starting my second year of my biomedical science degree in canada :) look at all of us biomed students!!

[@amenahayyoub1280]

@@livsommers I also just started my second year of my biomedical science major! I love this

[@vik4646]

I just dropped out of school mainly because of my mental health but I’m still in love with dark academia which is kind of ironic but i just love the vibes and books and art and also studying even though i don’t do it anymore.

[@caveignoscas]

Dark academia is also about exploring the things you're interested in, so you can always just explore some topics in your own time, when you're feeling better :) And there are still libraries to go to, books to discover, museums to visit, languages to learn and classes to consider on edx and coursera! So it doesn't have to stop you from doing the things you love (after you take care of your mental health first, of course)

[@Tina-ct7yl]

Its so crazy that I’ve been following your channel for years and now this month I moved all the way to Amsterdam to study here, for some reason my brain can’t comprehend that we’re in the same city but thank you for inspiring me to take the leap and study in a completely new country

[@heyhi4798]

Do u suggest to move there?

[@michellexbeauty9832]

Hiiii do you mind me asking where you moved from? I’m from US and looking to move there lol

[@smilingeva]

I'm a student in Amsterdam as well and it's so much fun to see my own city in these kind of vlogs!

[@addisonmiddleton1816]

YESSS LOVE THE DARK ACADEMIA AESTHETIC 😃

[@shrutighosh311]

Your student vlogs make me want to relive my college days and romanticise studying even though we are literally the same age and I got my degree last year! But I get to live vicariously through your vlogs. Loved the atmosphere of Amsterdam in this vlog, Leonie🍁🖤

[@ScullyPop]

When I lived there in the Nineties, my Dutch girlfriend went to Amsterdam University. I love it over there. It's been twenty-five years since I've been to the Netherlands.

[@bekytg9393]

Just finished watching 'emmie' first day back at university and now you. Thanks for showing a little around Amsterdam. My son still cannot go back to uni here in Melbourne, Australia, still in Lockdown, groan. Love you videos, keep up the great work.

[@gabriellaoliveira9833]

Seeing a notification for your videos always makes me happy, they’re so pleasing to watch! And the Netherlands and your aesthetic are so beautiful!

[@aleksandrabedzinska]

i just moved to amsterdam for uni and i've watched your videos for some time now (lots of love), but i must say it feels SO ODD to see the places i'm suddenly thrown into in your vlog!! lol

[@Directioner171]

Yes, I LOVE this! As a student taking a course in the field of medicine, it's always super interesting to watch students of other medicine courses do their work!

[@CegomezChannel]

Two and a half years ago I lived in Groningen during my Erasmus semester abroad and I love watching this vlogs because they take me back to the Netherlands and dutch universities ❤️

[@luma.marconi]

In 2018 I spent three months in Amsterdam and it was just the best time of my life. Amsty is such a lovely and magical city and I miss it so much! Your video was so beautiful, calming and nostalgic to me, thank you so much for it! Please show us more of your days at the city because we definitely love to see them. Much love from Brazil 💙

[@asmikannan1249]

I absolutely loved this vlog. The aesthetic was chef's kiss.

[@moonlight_staryx]

Your video is so relaxing 😌

[@TheBookLeo]

ahh i'm glad you find them relaxing!

[@psychedbypat]

That R-code snippet gives me war flashbacks to last semester, I don't know how you can do this all day 😂 I love this video series so much!

[@JolienReads]

I just finished Piranesi last weekend and absolutely loved it! I hope you do too. I'm not a student anymore, but your vlogs bring such a cosy feeling of nostalgia. I wasn't organised at all during uni, was the annoying classmate who had to copy notes and had to learn directly from the book because more often than not I was even too lazy to even do that. 🙈 Seeing your vlogs makes me want to go back and do it right (even though I know I would just make the same mistakes all over again). I also studies Biomedical Sciences but your masters is soooo different from mine! It looks really difficult. Good luck!

[@etc4604]

yes to over the garden wall! I should rewatch it too... also I hope you have fun with piranesi, even though it's so vague and atmospheric

[@sarahmuller6300]

Lovely vlog :)! I’m actually doing my masters in statistics and I still remember learning R for the first time a few years ago. It was definitely a struggle at first, but hang in there, it gets better and then it’s actually quite fun! Oh, and R for Data Science is definitely a book that helped me a lot in the beginning. You can access the chapters legally on the publisher website :)

[@roxannevanderlinden7215]

This was on my recommended and I also live in Leiden and study at the UVA so it was nice to see someone else doing the same things I do in a day hahah

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

This was great!!! And I looove the decor on your room wall🤩🤩

[@agnes_114]

OMG, I LOVE Over The Garden Wall!! I could watch it every autumn several times, it's just so perfect and adorable! And the music and the art, everything is so good!

[@mikeh5399]

Would you make a video in this series on your writing? Like, maybe you write for class or for personal reasons or for your internship. It would be cool to see how you write, when you write by hand, what’s your editing process.

[@manal797]

Ooomg I feel the same way about hybrid education! I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it going in but I've found that the mix of face to face and online classes gives me enough variety while also saving me A LOT of time commuting to and from uni on the days I'm online! E.g. I can afford to wake up half an hour before an online class versus, say, 3 hours on the day I have to be on campus

[@mattkean1128]

I almost went into a similar field of study, so it's really interesting to get a window into what might have been. And like I said before, I saw Over the Garden Wall for the first time last weekend 🎃. A new autumn favorite!

[@emilynornhold7418]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one on berries and cream Tik Tok😂

[@fi801]

I came just to say the same thing. We're on the right side 😂

[@Madeliefschram]

YOUR THUMBNAIL IS SO PRETTY! 💕💕😭😭😭😍😍😍

[@Eliot832]

As soon as you said it was a cartoon perfect for Autumn I knew it had to be over the garden wall! I've been looking forward to autumn all year so that I can rewatch it!

[@mena4397]

Same!! It's my yearly fall ritual

[@marijkevandersype8869]

I would love to watch it but it isn't on netflix or disney+.

[@miguelchenal3940]

I love that you watch Over the Garden Wall. It's my favorite cartoon

[@sandramathews24]

I just finished my graduation in English literature and I am bit sad because I miss my college life and social life. So I am applying for my post graduation. I love academic life and its magic learning, reading life. All the best for all those who are ready to begin their student life with a fresh start.

[@Belushi87]

i've always wanted to visit Amsterdam. hopefully when its safe to travel and the world is somewhat back to normal, i have to plan a trip.

[@BaBababa-hy6vv]

I'm jealous to other countries that are already in face to face classes while here in my country, it's been a year and a half that we're still on online classes :

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

where do you live?

[@lauf22]

I went to Leiden last weekend and I fell in love with the city! So beautiful plus I got to buy some books at book outlet hehehe

[@TheBookLeo]

the book outlet is so nice!

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

True about University of Amsterdam: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKTThKGomqaDgtU

[@simplydeobitiny]

your screen filled of codes makes me wanna cry😭but your video is so aesthetically pleasing i love it.

[@libraryofadventures7800]

I love over the garden wall!! Maybe I should rewatch it too

[@anthipaganou3727]

Watching this while having breakfast! It’s so cozy💕

[@isidorag.k.8022]

I really love your vlogs, specially these dark academia diaries :) hope you're doing well and taking good care of your mental health while you're studying ❤️

[@bradenn6]

Over the garden wall is objectively the best show

[@Sunshine-yk2eg]

6:48 i thought reading legal case files and judgements was a chore but wow, it seems like a cake walk now in comparison to what you have to study lol 🤭 This vlog was really the motivation I needed to get myself studying. So cozy ✨😌

[@flo-zy1zu]

I'm a first year at UvA and the part "I don't live in Amsterdam... because that's impossible' hit me so hard lmaoo, a truer thing has never been spoken before.

[@marlieshogeveen]

AAH gewoon een Nederlandse fellow academia KZbinr! De meeste van dat soort kanalen die ik volg zijn Engels - oké, die van jouw ook - maar ik vind het dus heel leuk dat je ook Nederlands bent en een book/study KZbin kanaal hebt! Deze video zag er echt heel gezellig uit en dat begin was zo aesthetically pleasing! Echt leuk dat ik je kanaal gevonden heb, a highlight of my day for sure :) 🍂🕯

[@TheBookLeo]

ahh wat leuk, dankje :D

[@kanakkushwaha1807]

This series is everything!!!❤️

[@sarangbalakrishnankp99]

Omg that beginning bgm really killing

[@brunabarros8154]

I really enjoyed the video. So natural and realistic but at the same time gave me a calm and peaceful energy, i liked very much. 💛 Please continue

[@jaybirdnichole]

I'm struggling with basic classes but this is so inspiring I love your entire daily routine!

[@annikabrug]

omg over the garden wall is literally my favorite cartoon ever

[@christinacampbellbooks]

This was such a relaxing and cosy video to watch! ☺

[@felicitasm.3856]

oh girl, i love over the garden wall so much!

[@dryadknight07]

14:24 I so knew you were talking about Over the Garden wall before you showed it! I watch it every year around this time. I agree that more people need to know this exists. It's so good

[@maddym1228]

late to this but so good! as soon as you said fall cartoon i knew it was gonna be over the garden wall - loooove it

[@makenziebaker4385]

YES Over the Garden Wall is the superior autumn vibe

[@emmap.7226]

Ugh I want to visit the Netherlands so baddd!!!! It looks so pretty!!!

[@genmea]

A notification for a new video is an amazing thing to wake up to! 🥰🥰

[@franziskajav2968]

I’m very busy with the university too so your videos really help me for relaxing

[@rockymtmal]

Please do more videos about being a student.

[@Pabc11]

Fun to recognise my way to work here! Leiden Amsterdam ❤ Moved to Leiden last year (because… Amsterdam was impossible), but it’s such a beautiful city I haven’t regretted it at all

[@angryraccoon3158]

GREETINGS! Nice to see a normal person's life. Cozzzzyyyy...

[@Bits_N_Pixels]

Great vid! Love the vibe at the end.

[@blu5480]

Over the garden wall!!!

[@sumayyakhan2668]

We want more such vlogs Leonie ☺💕💕

[@clownfucker]

I love Over the Garden Wall!!

[@18mitndi]

I love that Van Gogh vibing on the wall

[@venchrr7791]

I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE OVER THE GARDEN WALL AS SOON AS YOU SAID THE CARTOON WAS PERFECT FOR AUTUMN

[@jpb10]

3:38 The allemande from Bach's french suite no. 2 🖤🖤🖤

[@slockwo111]

i love day in the life style videos!

[@sophieriri2063]

your masters degree looks super difficult but very interesting! 😥 and I need more of your videos!! 😍

[@chiaradigirolamo]

I love love love this type of vlogs ✨🍂📚❤

[@process6996]

Woah. Statistical methods for genomics + their R packages can be a bit of a pain. As a statistician that area is kind of a mess. So interesting though, and so much opportunity for making meaningful contributions. Wish I knew more about genetics as to fully appreciate bioinformatics. You really have to be a unicorn for that (mathematician-biologist hybrid).

[@skyhideaway]

Yesss Over The Garden Wall deserves more recognition!

[@saraa.bookss]

It was so clear which show it was going to be, love it!👌🏽😂

[@teawithleia]

Loved this super cozy vlog. It makes me want to study traditionally even though I actually hate that 😂🧡 Botw is such a good game, I loved playing it. What lights do you use for your room? It looks so stunning 🧚‍♀️

[@jennayoung7722]

Love those sword earrings!

[@pocketadventures]

Oh yes I love to meet another Dutch English talking KZbinr!

[@elinesantema1007]

love this!

[@narc6137]

i am early, absolutely happy right now

[@annierice2175]

love this series so much! 😍✨🌈💕

[@brianaabetke411]

Dracula is my favorite for R Studio for sure. I use R for my dissertation (PhD) but not to do genomics lol. Its cool to see a day in your life as a student!

[@bellaluna9572]

I'm currently in my second year of a Masters at University of Edinburgh in Global Public Health! I love to see a fellow Masters student on here!

[@aliA-jz5ms]

Whenever I was in Netherlands I loved it because people are great and it looks super cool but the sky mostly in the evening looks really depressing with clouds mostly occupying the scene and cool air blowing with people mostly hurrying to apartments and empty streets

[@haechanat236ridinmv4]

As an student I’m not really enjoying student life but I LOVE study/uni vlogs

[@marrevangent1064]

Lovely video! I’m thinking about studying Oudheidswetenschappen in Amsterdam, so I really loved and appreciated this video

[@Alexandra97V]

I love that water bottle so much, it remember me my life in Groningen✨

[@TheBookLeo]

it's such a typical water bottle hahaha

[@milagrosmarrero8447]

me alegra saber que estás estudiando algo relacionado con la medicina. es lo que yo quiero estudiar pero últimamente me siento muy insuficiente y siento que debería estudiar algo relacionado a la literatura debido a que me gusta mucho leer, pero la verdad es que quiero estudiar medicina.

[@TheBookLeo]

you should go for it! you'll only now if it's too hard if you've tried it!

[@harto1999]

I know how you feel about being toast after a day on R 😅 loved the vlog

[@lenaed304]

You're volg is so cozy☕🎶💕

[@ReiyukaE]

Picked up Piranesi at the library after your previous video. :) Looking forward to it

[@fxrnvxh]

how exciting to see content from a fellow uva student

[@sammorgan9526]

I KNEW THE SHOW YOU WERE GONNA WATCH WAS GONNA BE OVER THE GARDEN WALL BEFORE IT CAME ON!! IM A GENIUS!!

[@TheBookLeo]

yasss!!

[@erphan196]

That was fun! Feeling good when getting to know what others do in their life as a student Be cool🌷💐

[@samuelleask1132]

Stunning as always 🍁

[@ventsislavamoneva1975]

Dutch research universities are so intense... don't know how you manage to combine it with youtube. Queen. I am just emerging from a master thesis and internship... balance is so hard

[@ratgirl107]

I didn't know we went to the same uni!!!! Living in Amsterdam is impossible indeed... I even thought to move to Utrecht or maybe Haarlem, because it might be overall cheaper even with the crazy train prices 😭

[@zhoradaiyu5184]

Believe me, Utrecht is not any easier😖

[@ratgirl107]

@@zhoradaiyu5184 really?? I may move back to Amsterdam but i was thinking about moving to a cheaper city and then commute... I really like Utrecht so i thought about that option but since i'm an international student i would have to pay around 20€ for any train trip to Amsterdam 😭

[@circeismyspirit]

I have tests week rn (online school) and I hope this gives me the motivation to complete them🥺

[@TheBookLeo]

good luck!

[@circeismyspirit]

@@TheBookLeo thanks!☺️

[@theeldritchfox]

Oh man, I remember the original "Berries and Cream" commercial from ages ago. Now I have to be re-haunted by it. Lol

[@tamarpost]

Het gelach om die tiktoks! love it :D

[@Animalgirl1509]

I spent 1 year studying bio-informatics and data science and I loved R!

[@TheBookLeo]

cool~!

[@pocketadventures]

Me after 5 minutes: ...SWORDS!!!