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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

Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap

Berlin's most famous veggie kebab, at Mehringdamm, Kreuzberg. Expect a queue.

Monsieur Vuong

Family-run Vietnamese kitchen, Alte Schönhauser Str. 46, Mitte.

Konnopke's Imbiss

Currywurst since 1930, under the U-Bahn tracks at Schönhauser Allee.

Vegetarian? These are your best bets

Mustafa's is the veg classic. Most Vietnamese places have tofu versions of their dishes.

Cheap and quick

Curry 36

Currywurst at Mehringdamm 36, Kreuzberg. Open daily until 5 am.

Burgermeister

Burgers from an old public toilet under the U-Bahn at Schlesisches Tor (Oberbaumstraße 8).

Mustafa's Monsieur Vuong Konnopke's Curry 36