Living, Housing, Leisure
Short-term accommodation options in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice
Overnight accommodation for students
Halls of residence of the Studierendenwerk Ost:Brandenburg
In the Birkenallee and August-Bebel-Straße halls of residence, rooms in shared flats can be rented by the day. An application should be made at least 3 to 4 days before arrival.
Short lets cost €15.00/night for students renting for up to 14 days; €10.00/night from the 15th day onwards.
Student residence in Słubice
Single rooms can be rented by the day at the Słubice student residence at ul. Piłsudskiego 14. A single room with bathroom costs PLN 85/day.
verbuendungshaus fforst
The international housing project verbuendungshaus fforst at Forststraße 3-4 offers commuter rooms that can be used up to three days a week and are usually rented out for a longer period of time.
There is currently one free commuter room at fforst. The residents are also making it available on a daily/weekly basis for the period of the rail replacement service in July 2025. Please enquire about availability and conditions.
Overnight accommodation for employees
Student residence in Słubice
Single rooms can be rented by the day at the Słubice student residence at ul. Piłsudskiego 14. A single room with bathroom costs 92 PLN/day.
Guest rooms at the "Haus der Künste"
At the Haus der Künste in Lindenstraße 7, university employees can rent guest rooms, e.g. a single room with shared bathroom and kitchen for €23 plus VAT.
Guest flats for visiting academics
Guest researchers can rent a guest flat via viadrina Dialog und Transfer gmbh.
Hotels in Frankfurt (Oder)
Hotels in Słubice
Living around Campus
Dormitories in Frankfurt (Oder)
The Studentenwerk Frankfurt (Oder) offers one- to five-room apartments in a total of five residence halls. Details about the rooms (prices, room sizes, amenities, etc.) and individual residence halls, as well as the required applications, can be found on the "Wohnen" pages of the Studentenwerk.
Dormitories in Słubice
If you want to try out the German-Polish vision of the Viadrina and get to know the country and its people as well as your Polish fellow students better, a Polish dormitory is the right place for you! The dormitories are all located not far from the European University and are also especially interesting for German students because of the low cost of living.
verbuendungshaus fforst
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Living in the “verbuendungshaus fforst“
The “verbuendungshaus fforst“ offers students to live in shared flats. This community currently includes 35 fförsties, who live three minutes away from the Viadrina campus and the city centre. Among them are students from all disciplines at the Viadrina, but also young professionals. In the shared flats, students have the option of having their own room with a shared kitchen and bathroom. The focus here is on communal living.
Guest House "Hedwig von Schlesien"
The study and guest house "Hedwig of Silesia", self-administered by the Ecumenical Student Work Frankfurt (Oder), promotes rapprochement and contact between German and Polish students of Christian character and sometimes offers free rooms.
Viadrina Guest House for Visiting Scientists
The guest house is located at Sophienstraße 6 in Frankfurt (Oder), not far from the European University Viadrina and the city center.
In the guest house there are 11 fully equipped 1-, 2- and 3-room apartments. The apartments are between 27,5 m² and 72,3 m² in size. They have complete furnishing, radio, television, telephone, kitchenette and bathroom. The apartments are primarily rented to guest scientists of the university.
On the ground floor of the building there is a seminar room for 25 persons (seating with chairs and tables), row seating for up to 50 persons is possible. Conferences, workshops, academic festivities and seminars can be held there. An overhead projector is available as a fixed inventory, further technology can be provided on request.
Ines Reinhold
Dezernat IV
- Große Scharrnstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
- +49 (0) 335 5534 4261
- reinhold@europa-uni.de
Food and Drinks
In Frankfurt (Oder), the Studentenwerk offers a wide range of lunch options with a wide variety of options in the refectory at the GD. In addition, other cafeterias and bistros as well as a canteen in the Collegium Polonicum in all university buildings cater to your physical well-being.
And if you need a change...
If you get hungry quickly, there is a classic kebab stand, a Chinese snack bar, Subways, an Arab snack bar, an ice cream shop, etc. in the Oderturm (opposite the main building) and on the central Brunnenplatz.
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More offers
Leisure Activities and Events
Calendar of events
Concert halls, theatres and museums
Sports for Students at the Viadrina
Fencing, dance, rowing, fitness, martial arts, ball sports, sauna or archery
With numerous sports and tournaments, the Universitätssportclub Viadrina e. V. (USC) offers a wide variety of activities and a great way to meet new people.
At 1. Tanzsportclub Frankfurt (Oder) e.V., interested people can try out a wide range of high-quality dance sports and our work in the field of sport has already been recognised several times. The club's chairman and Viadrina employee Marco Kühne was honoured with the City of Frankfurt (Oder)'s honorary award in the field of sport in 2024. The members of the dance sports club also successfully took part in the 2024 World Discofox Championships.
The Sports Department of the Viadrina AStA also organises other sports activities and competitions during the academic year.
Oxford on the Oder
&A similar to the British model, a student rowing regatta takes place in Frankfurt every year, in which students from the faculties compete against each other. Training takes place in spring. In July, during the Hanseatic City Festival „Bunter Hering" (Colourful Herring), it's time to compete on the Oder. You can find out more from the Frankfurter Ruder-Club von 1882 e.V.
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