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Hi. Good to see you. This is Aachen, a German city bordering Belgium and the Netherlands, with an imperial past and a fine future. Our people and cuisine are international, our historic buildings and tiny passageways are the stuff of fairytales, our thermal springs and our parties are both hot (!) and “excellent” is the only word with which to describe our universities and colleges – and your future.

Aachen is home to over 245,000 people from 164 nations, and its future is founded firmly on a large number of research establishments, high-tech businesses, four tertiary colleges and the city campus of Aachen University. Aachen is over 2,000 years old and yet a young city – one in six here is a student! And soon you could be one of them.

One city, many faces. Come on in and discover your very own Aachen! Visit Places, browse history and Stories, and configure our Snapshots to make your own image of what we are. Surf the keywords or just start with a few “tasters”.

Whichever way you want to get to know us, we’re sure Aachen will soon have a very special place in your heart.

That summer feeling on the German/ Belgian/ Dutch border

• Coal and gorillas – Euregio rocks As every schoolboy knows, coal literally drove the industrial revolution. ...
  

More tasters

• First-aid for culture shock “Hi from Jakarta. Business going great. Would you do me ...
  
• Stepping out for peace David goes into his third lap, cheered on by Mum ...
  
• Aacheners are very open and willing to help I’m really happy in Aachen. I´m originally from Wuhan in ...
  
• I love the weekly market I love living in Aachen’s Frankenberger Quarter, but getting here ...
  
• The dream of human flight Do they feel the solitude? Or does the adrenalin block ...