Whanganui City College has been hosting international students from six countries this year.
Some of the students will soon be returning to their home countries of Brazil, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Germany and Japan.
The students say they have loved what the river city has to offer and used adjectives from their English vocabulary to describe their impressions.
"Exciting," said Ikumi Okamoto from Japan. Isabella Da Silva from Brazil said Whanganui is a "special place" and Jacob Kluge from Germany described the city as "gorgeous."
Sofia Hrabinova from Slovakia said her time in Whanganui has been "educating" and Katharina Schneider from Austria described the city as "magnificent."