Trier

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Trier, in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, is the country's oldest city, dating from Roman times.

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Understand

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Get in

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By plane

Luxembourg Airport is a minor destination about 50 km away.

Another nearby airport is Frankfurt/Hahn (which is not very close to Frankfurt!). It is about 75 km to the east of Trier. It is a destination for RyanAir.

Frankfurt International Airport is about 200 km away. The train from there would be about 3 hours via Saarbrücken or Koblenz.

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Get around

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See

Trier is rich in ruins from the Roman Empire, such as the

Porta Nigra gate
the Roman baths (the Kaiserthermen)
a Roman theater which used to host 20,000 spectators.

Geburtshaus von Karl Marx is where Karl Marx was born, in 1818.

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Do

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Learn

Trier hosts a university as well as a university of applied sciences (the so-called Fachhochschule).

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Work

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Buy

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Eat

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Budget

Inexpensive and tasty meals such as pizza (with your choice of toppings), casseroles, salads etc. can be found in the formerly student-owned Astarix next to the theater, in the south-west of the inner city.

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Mid-range

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Splurge

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Drink

Apart from the standard wines - Trier is in a wine-growing area - and beers, one should definitely try Viez or Viez/Limo. Viez is an apple wine, which is often served with a splash of lemonade.

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