What really fascinated me about Aachen was its position near the border and its historic old quarter. I wish I could show it to my family. Aacheners are very open and ready to help. Life, too, is much more relaxed than in my huge home city of Wuhan in China.
Qingke Xiang, IT student at RWTH Aachen University
Subject Areas:
History
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Celebrating victory in the “soup dish”
Aachen, 797 AD. The market square’s pulsating with excitement. Among ...
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Organ sounds and a sea of candles
Christmas, 983 AD. A child kneels in Aachen cathedral (Aachener ...
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A fragrance all its own
In Aachen, hunger pangs can come out of he blue, ...
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A very unusual residence
Some academics get accused of living in ivory towers. Not ...
Three-nations-point
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Coal and gorillas – Euregio rocks
As every schoolboy knows, coal literally drove the industrial revolution. ...
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Border art
Fancy a barbecue somewhere between Spain and the Netherlands, or ...
Atmosphere, amour and an x-rayed loaf
Stepping out for peace
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