City Guides

Passau has no official districts but 16 areas from the old town to Schalding. Registration within two weeks, parking restriction via the authority, 617 km from Berlin.

Osnabrück from Westerberg to Wüste: districts, employers like VW and KME, no-parking zone for €30 with 10 days' notice and bulky waste from €29 per 5 m³.

Oranienburg from Lehnitz to Eden: districts, S1 terminus, no-parking zone via the Oberhavel district (2 weeks ahead) and residents' parking permit for €30.70.

Oldenburg from Dobbenviertel to Kreyenbrück: districts, employers like EWE and the university, rent index 2025, €100 welcome bonus and ServiceCenter 0441 235-4444.

Offenbach from the Hafenviertel to Rumpenheim: districts, employers like the German Weather Service, no-parking zone 14 days ahead and bulky waste collection in 14 days.

Oberhausen has three boroughs with 26 districts and around 213,000 inhabitants, but no university of its own. Major employers: Everllence, OQ Chemicals.

With around 530,000 inhabitants, Nuremberg is Bavaria's second-largest city. No-parking zone via SÖR, registration within two weeks, S-Bahn to FAU in Erlangen.

Norderstedt was formed in 1970 from Garstedt, Glashütte, Harksheide and Friedrichsgabe and is now the fourth-largest town in Schleswig-Holstein – with U1 and AKN.

Neumünster has nine districts from Einfeld to Gadeland, on the A7 and the Hamburg–Kiel railway. Register at the citizens' office on Kuhberg, bulky waste via the TBZ.

Neunkirchen (Saar) has ten districts from Wiebelskirchen to Furpach, lies on the A6 and A8 and on the Blies – the ironworks closed in 1982.

Moving to Münster: six city districts from Mitte to Hiltrup, twelve residents' parking zones, registration within two weeks, 474 km from Berlin via A2, A30 and A1.

Moving to Neubrandenburg: city centre inside the town wall, Oststadt, Datzeberg and Reitbahnviertel, apply for parking restrictions online, 186 km from Berlin on the A11.