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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Living in Heidelberg, what to do, what not to do
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