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Your Tübingen 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.

Tübingen
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

Mensa Wilhelmstraße

Studierendenwerk dining hall at Wilhelmstraße 13. The daily menu is on its page. The Studierendenwerk says allergen and additive labels are shown only at the serving counters, so check there.

Mensa Morgenstelle

Another Studierendenwerk Mensa in Tübingen. Check its page for the current menu and hours.

Asien-Haus Imbiss

Thai takeaway counter in the old town, Schmiedtorstraße 7 and 11: noodle soup and daily changing dishes at lunchtime, Monday to Friday 11:30 to 15:00, according to its site.

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.