City guide
Köln
Everyday places around the city centre for a student arriving from India — from OpenStreetMap, plus what the universities themselves say about living here.
177
Supermarkets within 4 km
15
Indian / Asian groceries
12
Indian restaurants
58
Pharmacies within 3 km
7
Temples & gurdwaras
Main station: Köln Hauptbahnhof (0.5 km from the centre)
Indian & Asian groceries
Found by their names in OpenStreetMap (e.g. 'India', 'Asia', 'Spice', 'Bazaar'). Check opening hours and what they stock before you go.
- Go Asia0.3 km
- Asiatic Stores0.9 km
- Eurasia Markt1 km
- Seng Heng Asia Supermarkt1.1 km
- Miga Asiatische Lebensmittel1.5 km
- Asia & Afro Shop1.6 km
- Diba Bazar2.4 km
- Heng Long Asia Supermarkt2.6 km
- Orient Bazar2.7 km
- Acima - Orientalischer Supermarkt2.7 km
- Indische Lebensmittel2.8 km
- Bangla Hat Bazar2.9 km
- Asia-Markt3.1 km
- Orientalisch Arabischer Lebensmittelmarkt3.1 km
- Bazar Türkischer Supermarkt3.4 km
Supermarkets
177 supermarkets within 4 km of the centre, by chain.
Indian restaurants
Hindu temples & gurdwaras
- Gauradesh ISKCON / Bhakti Yoga-ZentrumHindu temple2.6 km
- Sikh-Tempel Sri Dashmesh Singh SabhaGurdwara (Sikh)3.1 km
- Sikh-Tempel Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur SahibGurdwara (Sikh)4 km
- Sanatan Hari Om MandirHindu temple6.1 km
- Sikh-Tempel Guru Nanak ParkashGurdwara (Sikh)6.3 km
- Hindu-Tempel Hari Om MandirHindu temple8.1 km
- Sikh-Tempel Guru Shabad ParkashGurdwara (Sikh)8.4 km
Hospitals
In an emergency call 112 (ambulance, fire) — free, 24/7.
Public universities in Köln
University of Cologne
21 courses · buddy programmeLiving costs (university's estimate) Approx. 990 EUR per month
Accommodation (university's description)
Accommodation is available through the student union (" Kölner Studierendenwerk ") or the private housing market.
Technische Hochschule Köln - University of Applied Sciences
9 courses · buddy programmeLiving costs (university's estimate) The cost of living for your stay largely depends on your personal needs. When planning your stay, you should calculate monthly costs of approx. 1,000 to 1,200 EUR.
Accommodation (university's description)
Being Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne is a highly attractive place to live. The increasing influx of people can make the search for adequate accommodation quite difficult. Dozens of apartment hunters often compete for one single apartment. This is why we strongly recommend that you start looking for a place to live as soon as possible. Cologne's most convenient and economical housing option is often a student dormitory. A public student services association called "Kölner Studierendenwerk" (KSTW) operates 88 student dorms offering roughly 4,800 rooms. The seemingly large number of dorm rooms is misleading; as the dormitories are open to the roughly 90,000 students enrolled at all Cologne universities, they are in extremely high demand. Please be aware that TH Köln does not allocate the rooms in these dorms. Please apply directly to the KSTW: https://www.kstw.de/wohnen. You do not yet need a letter of admission in order to apply. The fierce competition in the private housing market has resulted in above-market rents – particularly in proximity to the city centre. We therefore encourage you to be flexible. Try to look for apartments outside the centre or share an apartment – and the cost of rent – with other students: www.th-koeln.de/accommodation .