That's why Kassel!

Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Can Wagener
The picture shows graffiti from the KolorCubes project in Kassel.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH

diverse

Colorful and urban, full of contrasts and with around 200,000 inhabitants, not too small and not too big: Kassel is the perfect student city.

The picture shows people sitting together in the evening in front of a bar in the Vorderen Westen.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Mario Zgoll

alive

Whether culture, sport, nature or nightlife: An eventful time of study awaits you in the north of Hesse.

The picture shows the sign for a garden project in the front west.

green

Did you know? Kassel is one of the greenest cities in Germany. The many parks and the Fulda floodplain invite you to relax in the open air.

The picture shows two young people with their bicycles on the wire bridge in KasselImage: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Florian Trykowski

water and mountains

Whether it's water sports, swimming and sunbathing on the Fulda or simply hiking in one of the five low mountain ranges in the surrounding area, you can unwind in Kassel.

The picture shows the Fulda in Kassel.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Mario Zgoll

Well connected

Kassel is located in the middle of Germany and is the perfect starting point for your adventures. You are also well connected in the city by bus and streetcar.

The picture shows the shopping street in Kassel city center.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Mario Zgoll
The picture shows Joseph Beuys as graffiti.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Can Wagener

documenta & culture

Hardly any other German city has as many museums as Kassel. Every five years, the city hosts the documenta, the most important exhibition of contemporary art.

unesco world heritage

Bergpark Wilhemshöhe is part of the universal cultural heritage of mankind. Every summer, the trick fountains delight thousands of people.

The picture shows Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with the Hercules statue.Image: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Florian Trykowski
The picture shows the Schlachthof cultural centerImage: Kassel Marketing GmbH | Can Wagener

urban

Urban life pulsates around the campus. Kassel's subculture is at home in the clubs, bars and cultural centers of Nordstadt.

The picture shows a light installation in the interior of the Steckenpferd brewery.Image: Hessen Agentur | Florian Trykowski
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