Where to live in Osnabrück as a student

Ranking of Osnabrück's 34 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 Osnabrück to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Katharinenviertel (85), Weststadt (85) and Altstadt (84).

Osnabrück areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Katharinenviertel	85 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Weststadt	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Altstadt	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Dodeshaus	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Westerberg	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Sonnenhügel	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Vordere Wüste	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Kalkhügel	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Hafen	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Schölerberg	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Dodesheide	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Musikantenviertel	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Neustadt	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Wüste	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Haste	79 · good	Tree canopy
16	Sutthausen	78 · good	Tree canopy
17	Schinkel	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Gartlage	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Eversburg	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Schinkel-Ost	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Innenstadt	74 · good	Public green space
22	Widukindland	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Hellern	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Voxtrup	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Berningshöhe	70 · good	Tree canopy
26	Fledder	58 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
27	Nahne	54 · fair	Tree canopy
28	Gretesch	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
29	Lüstringen	53 · fair	Tree canopy
30	Pye	26 · poor	Tree canopy
31	Düstrup	26 · poor	Tree canopy
32	Atterfeld	24 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
33	Lüstringen-Ost	15 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
34	Darum-Gretesch-Lüstringen	7 · poor	Tree canopy

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