Places Around Schmalkalden and Thüringen
Restaurants
Maykel’s.
Salvatore’s Pizza.
McDonald’s.
Istanbul.
Istanbul is a döner kebab restaurant that has an extensive menu which includes food like pizza, pasta, burgers, and other items. Although I haven’t eaten there, every time I pass by, it honestly smells so amazing. It is also so close to campus that for students living in the dorms it only about a 3 minute walk.
There are many of these types of restaurants all around Schmalkalden, so it would not be too difficult to find more of these around town as well.
Grocery Stores and Shops
There are many grocery stores and shops and shops near Schmalkalden University, and throughout Schmalkalden in general. There are some main grocery stores and shops you might see in the area, state of Thüringen, and in Germany in general. These for me were: Lidl, Edeka, Rewe, Kaufland, Aldi, Mueller, Kik, and Tedi.
Places I Visited
Viba.
Viba is known for it’s delicious chocolate and delicious treats like cake, icecream. They even have menus to order lunch meals, as well as an upper floor to tour and make your own chocolate. I was able to visit the Viba in Schmalkalden and it was so beautiful on the inside, and definitely the perfect place to get a sweet treat.
Wilhelmsburg Castle.
Schmalkalden City Center.
Jesus-Gemeinde Schmalkalden Church.
Aussichtspunkt Dolmar.
This is a hill in Meiningen where I attended church service with three churches in Thüringen for one of their gatherings. It was an amazing service filled with prayer and worship and afterwords we got to fellowship with each other enjoy the sunny weather. During the service people had tents, lawn chairs, and picnic blankets to use to spread out in the grass on the hillside.
Swimming Pool.
There is swimming pool located 5 minutes from the university, right next to the McDonald’s near campus.
Thüringer Golfclub.
We went to this golf club with a networking event with companies in Germany. It was amazing getting to play golf all day, eat lunch with other international students, network with representatives from the German companies.
Summer Events I attended
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Summer Fest in Erfurt.
Visiting Meiningen City Center.
Warhammer Store in Erfurt.
Summer Fest in Erfurt.
Meiningen Opera and Park.
I attended a play called “Messias” in theater at the Meiningen opera house. The experience was really exciting because the performance included operatic singing and stage performances. The production was also in English, and they allow to be able to purchase a program for the production as well that explains the production. Afterwords, I was able to walk around the park in Meiningen and explore the city, while also getting some incredible icecream (COOKIES was my favorite flavor).
