We live in a very charming semi-detached house half, build in 1927, latest renovations carried out through the past years.
Even though we live only about 15 minutes’ walk from the city centre, it is a peaceful and friendly neighbourhood, also closely related to a couple of parks, local centres and marketplaces, even the forest is in comfortable walking distance. Thanks to a broad offer on public transport and every-day-shopping, the infrastructure of our quarter is excellent. For most matters within the city or even the vicinity, you may well choose a bike or even walk, rather than take the car.
Aachen (with appr. 250.000 inhabitants), the capital of the Frankish empire in the 8th century, now hosts of one of the most important technical universities in Germany. It is a very historic and due to approx. 45.000 students also very modern city in the very centre of Europe. Its cathedral, the Dom, e.g. dates from 800 p.c. and is Germans first UNESCO Heritage. Aachen is also very well known for its hot thermal springs, the horse show CHIO (Concours Hippique International Officiel), even very good shopping facilities and the vicinity to the neighbouring countries Belgium and The Netherlands. The cities of Cologne (Germany), Liège (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) are about an hour away by train or car and it takes less than half an hour to cross the border to Belgium or the Netherlands. There are also widely stretched forests such as the "Nationalpark Eifel" or the "Hohe Venn" that may invite you to a daily nature trip along small river stretches in a hilly nature setting.