Good evening...
well, I'm living in Aachen, the most westerly city in Germany, directly on the borders to Belgium and the Netherlands :-)
About 260000 people are living here, 40000 of them are students. Aachen has a well known university of applied sciences. Aachen has IMHO its own flair and an unique old city centre (historic attractions, bars, restorants, ...) here in Germany. Aachen has a sister city in the states since 1993: Arlington County, Virginia.
So, if you perhaps will visit Germany and Aachen, contact me and I will look what I can do for you :-)
http://www.aachen.de/EN/index.html
Regards