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Your Erlangen starter guide

Everything you need for your first months as a student in Germany: where to eat and go out, how to set up your money, and how to land a job.

Erlangen
Aachen Markt and town hall. Photo: MenkinAlRire, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Brandenburg Gate. Photo: CristianNX, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons.The German Mining Museum. Photo: Johannes Reimer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Alter Markt. Photo: Lucas Kaufmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Rhine and the Rheinturm. Photo: Pkw98, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The skyline and the Eiserner Steg. Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Speicherstadt warehouse district. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Cologne Cathedral and the Hohenzollern Bridge. Photo: Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Marienplatz and the New Town Hall. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Prinzipalmarkt. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Erlangen Schlossgarten in autumn. Photo: Ukri82, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Neckarfront with Stocherkähne. Photo: Dktue, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Restaurants

On campus

Südmensa

Studierendenwerk dining hall at Erwin-Rommel-Straße 60, with a cafeteria and a café bar. The daily menu and opening hours are on its page; hours change in the semester break.

Other Studierendenwerk outlets

The Studierendenwerk also lists Mensa Langemarckplatz and Cafeteria Kochstraße in Erlangen. Check each page for the current menu and hours.

Vegetarian or vegan?

Mensa menus mark vegetarian and vegan dishes. Check the menu for the day.

Off campus: we have not verified any restaurant for this city against a primary source yet, so we list none rather than guess. Checked 22 October 2026.