How can I travel to germany as cheep as possible.?
I am a phd student who Intended to travel to Freiburg university/Germany for 8 month.I live in Tehran/Iran.How can I san I save money ?please tell me about anythink you know such as airline ticket ,travell in germany,costs,international student card?Europass?hostel?... also please tell me how much money is enough for my residancy in germany? thanks
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Well, first of all, find the cheapest flight you can get. If you're a student, you can usually get good prices from "statravel.com". Unfortunately, I have no idea what kind of flight you can get from Tehran. The most common airport for international flights to come into is Frankfurt, but it's possible you might land somewhere else as well. From the airport to Freiburg, you'll have to take the train. for 2-4 hour train ride on an ICE (the fast trains), expect to pay from 50-70 euro; they aren't cheap. Once you're here in Freiburg, you'll probably need a place to stay until you find a real apartment. I would suggest the "Black Forest Hostel". The people are nice and its cheap (13 euro a night in the big room, up to 20 or so for the rooms with smaller beds). There are a few different studend communities where you can live cheaply. "Vauban" is full of hippies and is about 15 minutes out of the city center with the trams. The other big one is the "Stusie" (Studentsiedlung am Seepark), which has a lot of people and generally has a lot going on. Additionally, you have a the Seepark right behind it. There's also the Stühlinger, but I don't know anyone who lives there. Anyways, you can always try to find a WG (shared apartment) on your own, but it's more fun to live in one of the larger student places. For any of these, you can expect to pay between 200-300 euros per month. If I'm being careful, I can get by with about 20 euros per week in food. If you go out, it's going to be more expensive of course. If you plan on traveling around Germany a lot, I would suggest getting a "Bahncard 50" - they're half price for students (110euro, 220 normally) and will give you a 50% reduction on all German trains and a 25% on reduction in the surrounding countries (RailPlus, you have to tell the ticket people you have this - usually they're clueless, especially in France). In Freiburg itself you can either bike everywhere (*lots* of bike paths here, but can get slippery in winter) or you can take the trams. Freiburg has amazing public transportation, and as a student you can get a ticket that is good for 6 months for 69 euro. I strongly recommend this. With a student residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel), you are usually allowed to get a job here as well. Mine (I'm not from the EU) allows me to work 90 days per year, or 180 half days. I assume yours will be that way too. "Studiengebühren" or student fees are 500 euro per semester. Other than that, you'll have to see as you go. It's fun here, but it will be stressful at first getting everything in order - German bureaucracy is a nightmare.
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Germany is not for poor people. There are student fares etc, but best bet is to buy a bicycle and get around like that or walk.
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