Culture and Leisure are also a part of your studies! 

You can't study all the time! In order for you to get the chance to experience soemthing aside your lectures and seminars, to learn something interesting, see something new, and make new friends, we have compiled various activities for you. 

Do I have to register?
While some activities are "show up and take part", for some others the number of participants is limited and registration is required. 
Please let us know if you registered but have to cancel! 

Tuesday, 26 March Movie Night
7:00p.m., meet at P-building
"Goodbye Lenin", in German featuring English subtitles

Thursday, 28 March Intercultural Training
10:00a.m. Fulda Transfer, Heinrich-v.-Bibra-Platz 1b, Registration required
Full day seminar, German language

Saturday, 30 March Intercultural Training
10:00a.m. Fulda Transfer, Heinrich-v.-Bibra-Platz 1b, Registration required 
Full day seminar, English language
Most people who travel to a foreign country experience culture shock after a few weeks or months. Do you feel homesick, lonely, out of place? It doesn't have to be that way! Come and participate in our intercultural training, where you'll learn to reflect on yourself and your cultural heritage as well as learn about these strange German ways! 
Please sign up for one seminar only, the contents are the same both days. 

Sunday, 31 March Easter Egg Hunt
2:00p.m. Meet in front of cathedral
Easter is one of the most important holidays in Germany and many other countries. The university and most shops are closed for the long weekend including Monday. Come and spend the Sunday with us on one of the most traditional Easter activities, the Easter Egg Hunt! 

Friday, 5 April Guided City tour
3:30p.m. Meet in front of cathedral
Fulda has a beautiful historical old town. Who built all these buildings, when, and what for? What does all the symbolism in the cathedral mean? And why in the world are they all talking about "baroque"? If you want answers to these and many other questions, join us for the guided city tour. 

Sunday, 7 April Guided tour of Fasanerie Castle
1:15p.m., meet at city castle busstation (bring your semester ticket!)
 Fasanerie castle is one of the most beautiful baroque castles in Germany, just a few kilometres from Fulda. It used to be the summer residence of Fulda's prince bishops. On our guided tour of the castle we will see the elaborately decorated historical interieur. Afterwards we'll go for a walk in the huge park and coffee at the castle's café. 

Thursday, 11 April International Welcome Party
7:00p.m. Café Chaos
Listen to music, dance, drink, meet new friends! 

Wednesday, 24 April Movie Night
7:00p.m. Meet at P-building
"Lives of others", in German featuring English subtitles

Saturday, April 27 Dialogmuseum Frankfurt
12:00p.m., meet at train station, track 1
€ 5 contribution, registration required
Blind guides lead the visitors through absolutely dark exhibition rooms. The museum features rooms that represent every day situations, a totally unfamiliar experience, putting all senses to use and giving your eyes a rest. Roles are exchanged: Blind people become ambassadors of a culture that works without visual impressions. 

Friday, 10 May Barbecue
5:00p.m. meet at Kaufland, Am Rosengarten
We are going grocery shopping together and then we'll barbecue in the Fulda valley. 

Wednesday, 22 May International Picknick

!! NOTE: PICKNICK IS POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 12!!

5:00p.m. meet at gazebo in castle park 
Please prepare a special dish from your country to contribute to our international picknick. We'll share everything, so everyone gets to try the dishes from everyone else. Please bring a drink for yourself also as well as a plate, fork and knife, and maybe a blanket to sit on, if you have one.

Sunday, 26 May Cold War Memorial Point Alpha
1:00 p.m. meet at ZOB, € 5 contribution, registration required
Until 1990, the Iron Curtain divided East and West Germany just a few kilometres east of Fulda. The "hottest spot in the cold war", Point Alpha, is a former NATO observation point, now turned into a museum and memorial site dedicated to inform and teach us about the cold war, the division of Germany and what both meant to the people in those times. 

Suday, 16 June Excursion to the Central Rhine Valley
9:00a.m. meet at ZOB, € 15 contribution, registration required
Our coach will take us to Rudesheim, where we will get the chance to explore the pretty little lanes before we take on a mini cruise down the central Rhine valley, UNESCO world heritage site. You will visit the magnificent fortress Rheinfels, climb the fabled Loreley rock, about which Heinrich Heine wrote his famous poem, and try a sip of the wine that grows on the valley's steep slopes.