Is Newcastle awesome?

Nearly breaking a rib attempting to pole-dance in Powerhouse.

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I can't tell you how excited you've made me about moving to NCL in September!

Tyneside Cinema will be my second home in the city

Ooooh so many..... most involve powerhouse I think that says something about me
- one of my male friends getting a hickey from a random guy in powerhouse
- my (male) flatmate coming to powerhouse dressed as a sailor. He got called beautiful, hit on by about 5 different guys and tried to pretend he was my boyfriend. At which point the guy said "mate, she's clearly not your girlfriend, she walks like a lesbian"
- same flatmate came to an event dressed as Rambo, plastic gun from Poundland included. Got to Tiger Tiger and this random girl started dancing with him then grabbed the gun and went BALLISTIC. Started screaming at him "Get on the floor! Get on the ****ING FLOOR!". Sounds scary but it was hilarious for the rest of us.
- two of my friends getting with each other in powerhouse (boy-girl). The rest of us proceeded to act in an incredibly mature way by trying to "sneak up" on them to take photos and then run away laughing hysterically
- winning a hat shaped like a christmas pudding. In powerhouse, needless to say. I still have it somewhere.
- Going out on Halloween and realising 75% of the girls are just wearing their underwear. On the same night we walked past a... er... "vertically challenged" lady dressed as a witch. My friend proceeded to say, really loudly, "Oh look!! A teeny tiny witch!!". Then realised how loud she'd said it and screamed "RUNN!!" at the top of her voice. And very much failed to run....
- countless portions of cheesy chips with garlic sauce from Munchies. And in-depth drunk conversations about life...
- a friend getting with a guy dressed up as Mario in Flares. Needless to say we have been taking the piss ever since...

Ok mine aren't going to be about clubbing because those are not my favourite memories.

- The friendly Geordies. When I first arrived I went to M+S to get a pillow one of the shop assistants was like 'aw pet are you a student? Did you just move here?'. She was really nice and chatted to me for a while and I felt really welcome in the city. The taxi drivers are normally lovely too.

- Going to the arts + crafts market at Quayside, and the Christmas market at monument.

- The all night moviathons at the Tyneside Cinema. This cinema is awesome, it's one of the oldest surviving newsreel theatres in the UK. They let you take beer into the cinema! And they sell alcoholic milkshakes in the bar

- Ok not really 'Newcastle' but still - the beautiful Northumberland countryside. Hadrian's Wall, Kielder Lake and Park, Holy Island, Alnmouth beach.

- The John Milton exhibition at the Laing art gallery which was amazing and inspired my dissertation. Also the shop at the Baltic art gallery is really cool.

- Evolution festival was a lot of fun.

- Annie Mac at Digital was pretty awesome (does this count as clubbing? ooh I'm a hypocrite!).

- Cycling to the seaside (Tynemouth) from my house was really fun. There are cycle paths for almost the whole route and Tynemouth is so nice.

- There are so many nice cafes in Newcastle. Spent quite a few hours playing scrabble/battleship in Heaton Perk

Coming from a small town where there are no clubs, Newcastle sounds like it is going to be so different.

Any advice you could give to an over-excited pre-fresher!?

I am really looking forward to September when my course starts. Thank you guys for giving me some good ideas of what to do and what to expect.

Coming from a small town where there are no clubs, Newcastle sounds like it is going to be so different.

Any advice you could give to an over-excited pre-fresher!?

Newcastle is ****ing brilliant! First Year was easily one of the best years of my life and the good experiences are too many to list. Eagerly awaiting Second Year...

Just go.