Living
Living costs
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Cycling
Nuremberg is a cyclist-friendly city. There is a great network of cycling paths. It is therefore recommendable to rent or buy a bicycle. A great source for buying any new or used items is the newspaper “Alles”, available at all newspaper shops or online under alles.de. Other websites – by the way not only for bikes – are e.g. quoka.de, ebay.de and eBay Kleinanzeigen.
A further affordable source for bicycles in Nuremberg is the NOA-bicycle repair shop (Peter-Henlein-Str. 51, D-90459 Nuremberg, Tel: 0049-(0)911/8100-97886).
Also there are single events held during the year (mostly in spring), such as the Mobilitätsflohmarkt or auction sales organized by student dorms (Avenarius, Max Kade, …).
Agency for car pooling
A further possibility for travelling in Germany is the agencies for arranged car lifts. Here one looks for people traveling the same route and joins them as a passenger whilst sharing the cost of petrol. Such agencies can be found online or visit their office in your city. They charge a certain fee. The advantage is that both driver and passenger must leave their addresses and the price is prearranged before the journey giving both parties a certain amount of security.
Intercity Bus
First in 2013 the German law allows bus companies to compete with the privatized Deutsche Bahn-railway company. Since then many bus companies entered the market, which is why you should compare prices using an independent search engine like busliniensuche.de (also available as App) or de.omio.com. Bus lines departing from Nürnberg ZOB are e.g. FlixBus and MeinFernbus. Nürnberg ZOB (Zentraler Omnibus-Bahnhof) is located near to the central station: goo.gl/maps/AHPS9
Often travelling by bus/coach is cheaper than by train, especially if you decide to book spontaneous. Also some buses offer free WLAN.
On the other hand, buses usually take longer than ICE/IC-trains. Travelling within one Bundesland as a group, Ländertickets like BayernTicket for commuter trains might be a better choice.
Trains
The railway network is also very well established in Germany. The Deutsche Bahn offers several opportunities for reduced travel costs.
For detailed information on the Deutsche Bahn see www.bahn.de.
Telephone/ TV/ Radio
There are special conditions for students concerning radio, TV and telephone charges. Radio and TV services are for free and the monthly basic fee for telephone is about 50 percent cheaper. In order to profit from these reductions, German students have to apply for the Rundfunkgebührenbefreiung at one of the eight social welfare centres (Sozialamt).
Unfortunately, foreign students who are not able to apply for social benefit in Germany, CANNOT APPLY FOR THIS REDUCTION, either! For further questions, call 0911-231-2315