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Your Aachen 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.

Aachen Markt and town hall
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.

Restaurants

Recommended

Badshah

Family-run Indian place since 2004, in Bremer Reihe near the main station. Known for its thalis.

Azeitona

Falafel, hummus and mezze in the Schanze, Beckstraße 19.

Ibras Bistro

Some of Hamburg's best falafel, Holstenstr. 185, Altona.

Vegetarian? These are your best bets

Azeitona and Ibras are your best veg bets. Choose the falafel.

Cheap and quick

Brücke 10

Fischbrötchen (fish sandwich), the Hamburg snack, right at the Landungsbrücken.

Badshah Azeitona Ibras Bistro Brücke 10