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04/06/2015

And how are things in Ingolstadt?

Hello from Ingolstadt! Ingolstadt is a medium-sized city in Southern Germany. You must be thinking: “That doesn’t sound nearly as exciting as other (possible holiday) destinations I came across in this column”. But what if I tell you it’s home to the well-known German car manufacturer Audi, and to the second largest automotive plant of Europe with over 40,000 people working here every day.

by Tom Bruls | MSc Electrical Engineering

Every new Audi model is designed and tested here, not just consumer cars, but the famous Le Mans-winning race cars as well. I am involved in automated driving (the hottest topic in automotive today, if you ask me) within Audi’s pre-development. My department sent a completely automated car around the Hockenheimring at racing speed last October!

At this point you probably think: “Oay, great environment to work in if you love automotive and all, but what about the fun? I don’t plan on going abroad to be working 24/7…”. Don’t worry, Ingolstadt is very close to Munich in the region Bayern, and there is a lot going on. Of course I went to the ´Münchner Oktoberfest´, which features beer, beer and more beer. I also went to a soccer match of FC Bayern München and got to see Arjen Robben play!

And I experienced Christmas like never before thanks to the many markets, the Christmas celebrations in my department, and the ´Feuerzangenbowle´ (a typical warm Christmas drink that Germans enjoy while watching a 1944 comedy of the same name).

Since Bayern is very close to the Austrian border (and so to the Alps) I can go skiing for a weekend, which my colleagues and I did, of course. But I found out quite quickly that the ´après-ski´ was more my kind of skiing.

I really think you should be convinced by now that Ingolstadt can indeed be just as exciting as destinations far, far away!

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