Nizhny Novgorod

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I was reluctant to do this, but everyone else is, so I thought what the heck.

This summer I will be in Nizhny Novgorod studying at the linguistics university. Seeing as it isn't Moscow or Petersburg, information is hard to come by. I know bits and pieces about the big sites (the дом музей, the train museum, etc.) but can anyone offer either some vague information about the city, what to expect, the university, etc.? I was all excited until someone made me nervous about not knowing anyone (I'm an independent traveller, I live in NYC and moved here without knowing anyone, and I can speak Russian decently, so I'm assuming that I will be ok, feel free to correct me)

And to make it somewhat relevant, I've been seeing the adjective version of the city's name in various places. It would just be used comparably to other adjectives, right? The only time I've used this is in describing Grozny's airport, so I want to be sure I'm interpreting it correctly).