The house - former offices - where Selim and his fellow twenty-somethings live stands in the Tramstraat, which is round the corner to the right if you're walking from the Effenaar. KRO-NCRV has designed the premises such that even with a camera crew in tow, the housemates could observe social distancing. Recording is now complete and the house-share too is almost at an end. The housemates leave ‘Tram Osso’ on Friday.

“It was a really cool experience and if I had to sum it up in three words I'd choose: friendship, positivity and intense,” says Selim over the phone. The friendship is lasting, he thinks. “With each person I built a special bond. We are all twenty-somethings, but all different. Some work from nine to five, others are studying, others are looking for work. My topics of conversation with Juul van Geleuken, who was finishing up a Bachelor's in Applied Physics, certainly included TU/e and studying there.”

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Selim cannot compare this period with living in a student house because he's not had that experience. “Throughout my entire university study I was living with my mom in Helmond. I did not want to leave her alone after my dad died when I was eighteen. We help each other a lot. It fell to me to pick up some of my dad's tasks, household admin and the like.”

His closeness with his mother, who can also been seen in one episode, is one of reasons why Selim wanted to study at TU/e. He graduated in mid-July, having developed an innovation in the music industry. “I designed a product so that rappers can add sound effects themselves during a live show.”