Karl Franzens Universität Graz (KFUNIGRAZ)

-Buy a vorteilskarte at the Hauptbahnof if you intend travelling as it will cut the price of your fare.

I'm just learning german, and the german location names sound still terrible to remember if I don't see them written!!! There is this one pub, close to the University, that I call "Students' Pub". Everybody knows it here! It's packed very early, but it's a good place to meet people! There's also a Karaoke pub, that I don't remember the name neither... was it something like "3 Monkeys"...? I'm not sure, but it's really nice on Tuesday! All the Bier Festival, and national events are also good to see, the Austrian culture is really nice and friendly!

Go to a German course so you can improve your language skills.

I've heard from other students in Graz that the students'accommodation were terrible... I think everything is hard at the beginning, we just have to get use to it! Nothing is impossible! I spent 1 year in Exeter in England; the accommodation were terrible! the bedroom looked like a jail of 9m², sharing kitchen and "bathroom" with 11 other unknown people... maybe you won't believe it, but it has been the most wonderful year I spent! Just take it easy!

For coffee, "The Beanery" of "Harrach Cafe" near the Karl-Franzens-Universität are not to be missed. Night spots for Erasmus are the USI-Fest (University party nearly each Friday), KulturhausKeller, Three monkeys, Cohibar,....many, many places. Also parties at Studentwohnheims (student residences). Must go also to the Theatre. There is also the General Music Direktion where you can hear different kinds of music deppending the day you go. Can dance a lot there and have fun. Many austrians go there or to Teatro.

This year I lived in a house with one spanish and one bosnian girl.Apart from the fact that it was great to meet new people I learnt about different cultures as well not to mention a little of both their languages too.My rent was very reasonable and my landlady was very good to all of us.