Host family
With an excellent network of carefully selected host families, the school organises homestays for students. The hosts generally live around 30 minutes from the course centre and offer half-board or breakfast only. Staying in a single room, you will experience authentic Berlin life with locals, while enjoying some home comforts.
Shared apartment with local residents (WG, from 18 years)
Usually called a WG (Wohngemeinschaft), this is a very popular way for students and twenty-somethings to live in Germany. If you are looking for more independence, staying with one or several German people in the very heart of Berlin could be perfect for you. Sleeping in a single room, you will share the bathroom and kitchen with your flatmates. This kind of accommodation encourages you to discover Berlin on your own terms.
Am Brandenburger Tor shared apartment (from 18 years)
These shared apartments are situated in Berlin Mitte, which, as its name suggests, is right in the middle of Berlin. Surrounded by restaurants, cafés and shops, it is around 20 minutes by bus from the language school and close to the main attractions: Brandenburg Gate, the Tiergarten and Potsdamer Platz are less than 10 minutes’ walk away. You will stay in a single or twin room (only for students travelling together) in an apartment for 4 or 5 people, with free Wi-Fi. In each room, there’s a desk and a wardrobe. You will share the living room with a TV, the bathroom, the kitchen and the washing machine with your flatmates.
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David Friedländer Haus residence (from 18 years old)
This comfortable, modern residence is located in Moabit, a central Berlin neighbourhood bordered by the Spree River and various canals near the Tiergarten. You’ll feel right at home in your en suite single room with its own kitchenette. In your room, you’ll find free bed sheets and towels, plus a desk, wardrobe, chair and lamp. The building boasts free Wi-Fi throughout, a rooftop terrace, covered bicycle parking, laundry facilities and a large common area with a TV and shared kitchen. School is just a 25-minute bus ride away!