The city of Oldenburg has been pedestrianized for the most part. There are lively cultural activities, either established or alternative ones. Music of any kind, cabarets, revues, and readings among others are offered by several small municipal and private cultural centres. Finally, there are a round dozen of cinemas for everyone s taste. Summer and winter, life in town cannot be imagined without bicycles.
Every large street is lined by cycle tracks enabling rapid and safe travelling without a car.
If required, bicycles are also carried by busses. Little or big problems may be solved in the self-help bicycle workshop of the university. For longer distances students are offered the semester ticket which allows them to use any busses and commuter trains of the integrated transport system of Bremen and Lower Saxony. The vicinity of Oldenburg has some scenic landscapes. For example, many lakes or the Bad Zwischenahner Meer invite people to go for a swim.