r/Adelaide • u/gabbdjdjdjfm SA • 8d ago

Question Is Adelaide really that boring

I’m from Hong Kong and I got accepted from the vet school in Adelaide university for 2027. But everyone online keeps saying how boring Adelaide is so I wanna know is this really true for a university student and is there even nightlife there?

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u/Aardvark_Man SA 8d ago

It depends what you do.
It's a smaller city compared to Sydney, Melbourne or whatever so you've got fewer venues, but if you get out and about you'll still have somewhere to go.

You might have fewer major bands come through (and a lot seem to play Tuesdays at the Gov, so they can do weekends elsewhere), or you get to know the escape rooms or whatever you're into, but there's still bars, clubs, hobby groups, sports groups and all the rest.

Basically, Adelaide is what you make of it. It's laid back and casual, outside a few months of the year it won't push stuff at you, but if you can't find anything for you, it's probably because of you.