Marburg

i wanted to visit my then boyfriend. and now i don’t!

One of my favorite towns. The best ice cream, the most interesting city layout.

The old town center is very nice. Small roads with a lot of small bars and shops. Make sure you walk to the castle on top of the hill.

Marburg was a wonderful place to live and study. Small enough to learn really well (to the point of seeing the same people on the busses and street corners after a while) yet big enough to hold your interest.

Additionally, I think Marburg is a beautiful example of a university town. It is comparable to Heidelberg, but I found it far more interesting and less over-run with tourists. It is convenient to Frankfurt, Kassel, and the rest of Germany.

If you go there, you must get a Doener Kebab at Sofra Doener in the Lahn Center. Aside from one random Doener that I got in Trier once, these Doeners were the best I had in Germany. And the staff is very very friendly. And Molly Malone’s is a great little Irish pub with live Irish music and great deals for students.

I studied here for a year. Parts of it are a dream. Swans, Castles, River walkways with people playing in the grass, a Gothic cathedral, and lots of students having the times of their lives. The nicest city in the area. The only city I like as much in Hessen is Limburg.