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The Cambridge University Freshers' Bucket List

Freshers' Guide To Cambridge University
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With bags across the country being packed as Freshers' Week looms worringly large, we thought you'd put your mind at east by telling you what's really what in Cambridge.

It may not be the liveliest city, and you may only have super-short 8 week terms in which to enjoy it, but that's not to say you can't live life to the full in Cambridge. With so much to do, it can be hard to cut the wheat from the chaff, and know what's really worth getting done and dusted in your first few weeks to turn you into a true Cambridge student.

Here to help is our handy guide: 10 things to put on your Freshers' Bucket List.

Cambridge Freshers' Guide
Be Smug.(01 of10)
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Go on. Do it. Just take a little walk around. Do a few laps of King’s College Chapel (with your free entry as a Cambridge student) and maybe sing quietly to yourself. ‘Jerusalem’ or something else majestic. (credit:Robin Smith via Getty Images)
Take a day-trip to Girton College. (02 of10)
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As independence looms, it may be your last chance to see it without needing a student VISA. Befriend the locals and they may let you return once the barriers go up. They have a pool that you’ll want to use. (credit:inkelv1122/Flickr)
Get to know Indigo Café.(03 of10)
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If you really want to be seen to be hip, cool, with-it, and know-how, spend some time in Cambridge’s most indie independent café. If you’re serious, grow a beard and get some good thick-framed glasses. And a hat. (credit:BillT/Flickr)
Befriend your College parents.(04 of10)
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(but not too much) (credit:Jessica Peterson via Getty Images)
Learn how to approach work-battered scientists.(05 of10)
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After 12 hours of contact time a day and endless other work on top of that, your poor unfortunate local neighbourhood natsci, mathmo, or medic will need to be handled carefully. Walk towards them slowly without making any sudden movements, bow, and wait for them to return the gesture. (credit:benstevens via Getty Images)
Master the art of Freshers' Fair(06 of10)
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It’s all about the Domino’s sweep. See one stall, get free pizza. See another stall, get more free pizza. Perform well and you’ll eat for months (if you’re willing to microwave stale cold pizza extensively). (credit:Vico Collective/Michael Shay via Getty Images)
Pub it up(07 of10)
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I won’t take you long to realise that Cambridge’s club scene is pretty lacklustre, especially if you hail from one of the more party-happy cities in the country. The pubs, however, are pretty fab. Woo and seduce with a riverside table at the Anchor (above); booze your way to freedom at the Bathhouse; feel cheap and crummy at the Regal (or the pub that must not be named); and get to know some odd’uns at the Maypole. Explore. (credit:twak/Flickr)
Find the saw man.(08 of10)
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He’s simultaneously the most mysterious, famous, unknown, enjoyed, and ignored individual in Cambridge. He plays a saw, but not like this. He just sort of twangs it. (this is not the saw man - he is too mysterious to be captured by human cameras) (credit:UniversalImagesGroup via Getty Images)
Sit on the King's wall. (09 of10)
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And just watch. People are funny. (credit:Alan Copson via Getty Images)
Faff.(10 of10)
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Become a true Cambridge student by wasting an entire day scrolling through When In Cambridge. Preferably the day before your first essay is due. (credit:When In Cambridge)
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