Students & lone soldiers
Students, gap year and lone soldiers
Netanya Academic College has a French-speaking campus, and the city is on the coastal rail line with frequent buses to Tel Aviv. Lone soldiers can turn to national support organisations and a lone-soldier housing project in the city.
Students & lone soldiers
Start here
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Study at Netanya Academic College
The college at 1 HaUniversita St offers bachelor's and master's degrees and runs a Campus Francophone.
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Get a Rav-Kav
Rav-Kav cards are issued free the first time at the central bus station (Binyamin entrance) and at Merkaz Alon, 26 Tom Lantos St.
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Late-night travel
Metropoline night line 699 runs to Tel Aviv on Thursday nights, Saturday nights and school-holiday nights; city night lines 18 and 19 run on the same nights.
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Lone soldier support
The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin supports lone soldiers from before the draft until five years after release.
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Housing for lone soldiers
Habayit Shel Leah offers private rooms in shared apartments in Netanya for lone soldiers.
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Meet English speakers
Netanya AACI runs lectures, concerts, trips and classes most days of the week.
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In the directory
Guides
Read next
- Trains, buses and Rav-Kav in NetanyaNetanya's two train stations, the bus operators, where to get a Rav-Kav card, night buses and Shabbat. Stop-by-stop lines are on the Getting around page.
- Your first week in Netanya: what to do, in what orderThe first-week steps for new olim in Netanya: address on your Teudat Zehut, bank account, Misrad HaAliyah, the arnona discount, health fund, ulpan and the people who help in English and French.
Good to know
Trains and buses stop for Shabbat; check Friday's last departures on bus.gov.il or Moovit.
Community groups
Where people talk
- City of Netanya (Facebook page)Facebook · City of Netanya
Source
- netanya.ac.il (opens in a new tab)
- City of Netanya (opens in a new tab)
- City of Netanya (opens in a new tab)
- Lone Soldier Center (opens in a new tab)
- tzevetmikey.com (opens in a new tab)
- Netanya AACI (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Netanya from the sources above.
