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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

Neuraum

Big club at Hackerbrücke with several areas. Charts and party music.

089 Bar

Student clubbing at Maximiliansplatz, open until 5 am.

Backstage

Concerts, club nights and a beer garden in one place.

Beisl

Pub at the Viktualienmarkt, known as one of the fairest-priced in town.

Giesinger Bräu Stehausschank

Standing beer bar in Maxvorstadt, Augustenstr. 90. After-work beer offer on weekdays.

Good to know

  • Beer gardens are Munich's summer living room. At traditional ones like the Chinesischer Turm in the Englischer Garten, you can bring your own food to the self-service area.
  • Oktoberfest runs from late September to early October. Go on a weekday afternoon if you want a seat.
  • Maxvorstadt is the university district for student pubs and bars. Keep noise down and take your litter with you when hanging out outdoors.

Neuraum 089 Bar Backstage Giesinger Stehausschank