Where to live in Bremen as a student

Ranking of Bremen's 98 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Bremen to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Buntentor (96), Neustadt (95) and Ostertor (94).

Bremen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Buntentor	96 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Neustadt	95 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Ostertor	94 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Findorff	94 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Gartenstadt Süd	93 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Steintor	92 · excellent	Services on foot
7	Fesenfeld	92 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Südervorstadt	91 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Steffensweg	90 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Gröpelingen	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Neue Vahr Südwest	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Neue Vahr	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	In den Hufen	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Schwachhausen	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Huchting	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Neu-Schwachhausen	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Hulsberg	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
18	Bürgerpark	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	Vahr	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Weidedamm	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Barkhof	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
22	Östliche Vorstadt	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
23	Obervieland	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
24	Oslebshausen	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
25	Riensberg	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
26	Lüssum-Bockhorn	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
27	Horn-Lehe	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
28	Lüssum	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
29	Radio Bremen	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
30	Blockdiek	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
31	Borgfeld	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
32	Mitte	85 · excellent	Services on foot
33	Walle	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
34	Ellenerbrok-Schevemoor	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
35	Horn	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
36	Tenever	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
37	Fähr	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
38	Lehesterdeich	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
39	Ohlenhof	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
40	Vegesack	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
41	Marßeler Feld	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
42	Arsten	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
43	Alte Neustadt	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
44	Lesumpark	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
45	Kirchhuchting	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
46	Burgdamm	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
47	Gete	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
48	Hohentor	83 · excellent	Services on foot
49	Sodenmatt	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
50	Lesum	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
51	Kattenesch	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
52	Neue Vahr Nord	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
53	Blumenthal	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
54	Ellener Feld	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
55	Hastedt	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
56	Osterholz	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
57	Woltmershausen	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
58	Lindenhof	82 · excellent	Services on foot
59	Fähr-Lobbendorf	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
60	Peterswerder	82 · excellent	Services on foot
61	Altstadt	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
62	Aumund-Hammersbeck	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
63	Regensburger Straße	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
64	Neue Vahr Südost	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
65	Findorff-Bürgerweide	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
66	Habenhausen	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
67	Sankt Magnus	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
68	Gartenstadt Vahr	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
69	Kattenturm	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
70	Mittelshuchting	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
71	Hemelingen	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
72	Bahnhofsvorstadt	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
73	Westend	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
74	Lehe	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
75	Huckelriede	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
76	Sebaldsbrück	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
77	Utbremen	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
78	Arbergen	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
79	Neurönnebeck	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
80	Borgfeld-West	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
81	Neu Schönebeck	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
82	Mahndorf	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
83	Grohn	75 · good	Services on foot
84	Rablinghausen	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
85	Rönnebeck	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
86	Osterfeuerberg	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
87	Überseestadt	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
88	Marßel	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
89	Schönebeck	69 · good	Public green space
90	Bockhorn	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
91	Burg-Grambke	62 · good	Public green space
92	Grambke	56 · fair	Public green space
93	Katrepel	56 · fair	Public green space
94	Farge	52 · fair	Tree canopy
95	Grolland	51 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
96	Rekum	36 · poor	Public green space
97	Warf	35 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
98	Oberneuland	31 · poor	Public green space

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources