Student apartments in Heidelberg
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Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university city — small, walkable, and dominated by Universität Heidelberg's roughly 30,000 students. Altstadt for atmosphere, Bergheim and Weststadt for affordability, Neuenheim for the science campus.
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Germany's oldest university city — tiny, beautiful, dominated by Uni Heidelberg. The international student playbook for a city the size of a college campus.
Top neighborhoods for international students
Altstadt
Heidelberg's Altstadt is the historic core — cobblestones, the Hauptstraße, the castle on the hillside. Heidelberg's humanities faculties sit here. Pretty, walkable, and the most romantic option.
$500 – $1,100 /mo
Neuenheim
Neuenheim sits across the Neckar — the Neuenheimer Feld campus houses medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics. The dominant science neighborhood. Walking + biking distance to most labs.
$500 – $1,200 /mo
Bergheim
Bergheim sits west of Altstadt — quieter, more affordable, walking distance to Hauptbahnhof. The classic budget choice for Heidelberg students who don't want to share a WG.
$450 – $1,000 /mo