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Aachen, the city of the Emperor Charlemagne, where research looks to the future and Europe’s at home , offers you a warm welcome with its international flair, 2,000 years of history, a rich cultural heritage, wonderful natural surroundings and people who really know how to live life .

Germany’s most westerly city, with a population of around 245,000 drawn from 156 nations, nestles up against the border with Belgium and the Netherlands. Its universities and colleges, research facilities and high-tech businesses are making themselves felt, in no small part, on the present and the future of our city.

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All eyes are on Aachen!

• Spurring us all on for the Europe of tomorrow What do Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Angela Merkel, ...
  

More tasters

• I was at home here right away Aachen is an ideal size of city – one where ...
  
• Children in Aachen – always a top priority After each meal, Mrs Cow comes to visit. “Moo!”, says ...
  
• Rolls with crumble topping Reisfladen (Tarte-au-riz) is a true European dish – equally at ...
  
• See, amid the winter’s snow As The Eagles once sang, “You can check out any ...
  
• Everything with chips Potatoes, of all things! Despite its Latin name solanum tuberosum, ...