Finding Your Way To and Around Giessen - Accommodation, Activities and more
- Finding Your Way To and Around Giessen - Accommodation, Excursions, Activities and more
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Studying in Giessen is not everything, of course – you need a home away from home to relax in, and there is the city and its environs to explore and get to know.
Giessen, with around 84,000 inhabitants, is Germany's most student-dominated city, whose two universities with their 'extra population' of 40,000 students provide a unique college-town atmosphere. The downtown area offers plenty of diversion for students, including movie theaters (with student concession tickets), the municipal theater with its experimental studios, swimming pools and sports and workout facilities, and a wide variety of pubs, restaurants (continental and ethnic), and nightlife venues. So there is lots of flavour you can add to your studies. The great thing about Giessen is that it's an easy place to get around in and, when the mood takes you, to escape from into the picturesque surrounding countryside or to the metropolis of Frankfurt am Main about 60 kilometers away.
To help you get a first taste of the city and a first impression of what it has to offer, we have put together some basic information for you. In Giessen and Environs you will find a starter-kit to help you round the city and the region. Under JLU's Essential Facilities and Institutions there is helpful information about college facilities. A guide to ways of organizing your leisure time is provided on the website Extracurricular Activities.
Under How to Get To and Around Giessen you will find tips on the simplest methods of reaching Giessen and finding your way around when you get here.
The high density of students in Giessen means that finding a place to live is not always easy. But don't worry – JLU has services designed to help and advise you here as well. You will find important information on finding and renting accommodation under Where to Live in Giessen.
How to Get To and Around In Giessen
Thanks to its central location and excellent transportation connections, Giessen is easy to reach from all directions - by car, by train or by public transport.
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About Giessen and the Surrounding Area
Giessen has one of the highest student densities in Germany and is located within the green hilly landscape of Central Hesse. For students in particular, it offers a wide range of cultural and leisure activities.
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Where to Live in Giessen
Students in Giessen live either in one of the student halls of residence or in private accommodation. The JLU and its facilities actively support international students in their search for accommodation.
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On-Campus Assistance for Students
Here we would like to briefly summarise important JLU institutions where you can obtain information about studying at JLU.
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Extracurricular Activities
Here you will find an overview of study-related activities that you can access during your time in Giessen.
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Lokal International
The ‘Lokal International’ is a meeting place for German and international students in Giessen with a bistro and current events programme.
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