{"id":75671,"date":"2025-02-15T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&p=75671"},"modified":"2026-10-31T18:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:23:43","slug":"hannover-go-and-study-somewhere-else","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/advice\/hannover-go-and-study-somewhere-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannover? Go and study somewhere else"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Hannover? Go and study somewhere else.<\/h1>\n

That\u2019s what our author thought, too. Until he moved there. Why the city is worth it once you stop comparing it with Berlin or Munich.<\/p>\n

\r\n Raik Schache<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"\"\n \n Photos: Inga Kl\u00f6ber, Yael Wagner<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

Two bottles of Lindener Spezial<\/strong> outside a kiosk on Limmerstra\u00dfe in the Linden-Nord district. Alongside Herrenh\u00e4user, it is one of Hannover\u2019s regional beers and an essential part of \u2018Limmern\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

\u2018Too ugly for Munich, <\/a><\/strong>too stupid for <\/a>Berlin\u2019<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 that is how the musician Heinrich von Handzahm describes Hannover. A city in the middle of Germany, which for a long time was nothing more to me than a place to change trains. Still, I moved here to study and found something quite different from what I had expected. In this guide you\u2019ll find out exactly what I mean \u2013 and how to make your start in a new life as relaxed as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Hannover \u2013 the city without a dialect,<\/strong> but with plenty of creative energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> Between \u2018Kr\u00f6keln\u2019, \u2018Limmern\u2019 and the \u2018Zweier\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 where the cool kids hang out
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3. Green, greener, Hannover<\/strong> \u2013 one of the greenest cities in Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> Hannover and a location that invites you to travel on<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> whether for fish rolls in Hamburg, <\/strong>a day\u2019s hiking in the Harz mountains or a weekend trip to the Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n

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5. No idea? No problem!<\/strong> Tips and tricks for a relaxed start to your studies
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6. Conclusion:<\/strong> Hannover \u2013 explore it and maybe you\u2019ll love it
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1. Hannover \u2013 the city without a dialect
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Hannover is the state capital of Lower Saxony \u2013 that\u2019s what I learned at school back in my home town of Jena. Beyond that, all I had were lukewarm prejudices and rumours about this city in the north \u2013 although its northern location is more a claim than a fact, at least if you ask people from the Hanseatic cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the rumour that Hannover speaks the crispest standard German, there was little to say about the city before I moved. But believe me, it isn\u2019t even the city of standard German. That<\/a> was the finding of a research team led by the linguist Dr Fran\u00e7ois Conrad at Leibniz University Hannover \u2013 it is merely a regional variety close to the standard.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That may not sound very exciting at first, but let\u2019s be honest: Hannover is a city with a lot of potential, and if you give it a chance, you\u2019ll soon discover that for yourself. It\u2019s always easier to settle into a ready-made nest, as you would in Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig or Munich. But here in Hannover, you can still get involved and shape things yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help shape young, open spaces, join collectives such as Kulturhafen e.V.<\/a>, where some of the best-known DJs now play in summer, or take over empty municipal buildings and turn them into cool studio spaces where young artists can later give free rein to their creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association that makes this possible is called ZwischenRaum e.V.<\/a> \u2013 and these are just some of the progressive projects. And if the city still seems too grey and average to you, you\u2019ll certainly find enough people up for putting some colour on the walls with you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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A skateboard bench<\/strong> at the 2er skatepark in Linden.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Between \u2018Kr\u00f6keln\u2019, \u2018Limmern\u2019 and the \u2018Zweier\u2019<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\n

Progressive idealism perhaps isn\u2019t your thing, or your studies at one of Hannover\u2019s many institutions simply leave you no time for it? Then here are some alternatives: Hannover is known, for example, for its huge number of kiosks. This density of kiosks is almost part of its cultural heritage. In the Linden-Limmer district in particular, residents talk of the highest density of kiosks in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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