"I found it to be a world-famous, prestigious institution that dominates—and even owns—much of the historic town of about 125,000 people; its illustrious alumni include William Wordsworth, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, Jane Goodall, and King Charles III. The university gives Cambridge the quintessential university-town feel, with busy bikers, stately residence halls, plenty of bookshops, and proud locals who can point out where DNA was originally modeled, the atom first split, and electrons were discovered." - RICKSTEVES