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Student starter guides to Germany

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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.

Party

Zülpicher Straße

The student bar street in the Kwartier Latäng. Start your night here.

Das Ding

Student club since 1968, Hohenstaufenring 30-32.

Gebäude 9

Concerts and club nights in Deutz. The locals' pick for something less mainstream.

Belgisches Viertel

Bars and cafés, a bit more grown-up.

Good to know

  • Carnival season starts on 11.11. at 11:11, and the big street carnival is in February. The whole city dresses up.
  • Order a Kölsch. The waiter keeps bringing new glasses until you put your beer mat on top.

Das Ding Gebäude 9 program