How to Reach Hamburg
- By plane
-
Airport Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Hamburg has the fifth largest
international airport in Germany, so arrival by plane is an
obvious choice for those visiting from far away. The airport has
been thoroughly modernized with new terminals, airport hotel,
streamlined infrastructure, and facilities that are by and large
adequate, so you won't get lost. Depending on the gate
your flight arrives at or leaves from, walking longer distances
might be neccessary as on any other airport too.
Hamburg Airport
is connected to the city by the S-Bahn S1 commuter train
line, which connects to the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) and the
city centre in about 30 minutes. To reach
the main
conference venue, you need to change at the central station
into the S-Bahn
S21 commuter train line, which connects to Dammtor. A
single fare is €2.85.
To reach the workshop event location
(Informatikum)
directly from the airport, there are two public transport
options (both need approximately 45 minutes):
The slightly more comfortable and expensive version is to take
the Schnellbus 39 (direction "Teufelsbrück") and change
at Hagenbecks Tierpark into 181 or 281 at the same
platform. Exit after 2 or 3 stops at Informatikum. The
Schnellbus goes every 20 minutes, the single fare is 4,55 EUR.
The cheaper option is to take the S-Bahn S1 commuter
train and change at the next station (Ohlsdorf) into the
subway line U1 (direction "Ohlstedt/Großhansdorf").
Exit at Lattenkamp and enter the bus 281 which
goes every 20 minutes. The bus directly stops
at Informatikum. The single fare is 2,85 EUR.
For further information please have a look at public transport
at www.hvv.de.
Beware
on the way back to the airport: All S1-trains are divided at
Ohlsdorf, with only the first three cars going to the airport, and
the rest going to the suburb of Poppenbüttel. There are no trains
between midnight and 4 AM, but a bus runs along the same route. As
there aren't any flights between 11PM and 6AM this may not affect
your journey.
- By train
-
Hamburg has five major stations: Hauptbahnhof (central station),
Altona, Dammtor, Harburg and Bergedorf. The conferences are
located near Dammtor. Various types of train service are
available. ICE (Inter City Express) high speed train service to or
from most major German cities, including Berlin, Cologne (Köln),
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich also to Basel and Zurich (Zürich)
Switzerland. There are usually hourly service to most destinations
during the daytime. Direct service to or from Copenhagen and
Aarhus (Denmark), Budapest (Hungary), Prague (Czech Republic),
Vienna (Austria), and Bratislava (Slovakia). Use the German
railway's online trip planner to find connections to/from Hamburg
Dammtor and buy tickets.
- By car
-
Via the Autobahn:
- A1 to/from Lübeck (north-east) — To get to the city
change to the A24 at "Autobahnkreuz Ost".
- A1 to/from Bremen, Cologne (Köln) (south/south-west) —
To get to the city change to A255.
- A7 to/from Flensburg, Kiel (north) — To get to the
conferences exit at "Stellingen".
- A7 to/from Hanover, Kassel (south)— To get to the
conferences exit after the "Elbtunnel" at "Stellingen" or
"Volkspark".
- A23 to/from Husum merges with A7, where you can exit at
"Stellingen" again.
- A24 to/from Berlin ends in the east of Hamburg, where
you can then follow traffic direction to city center.
To reach the
main
conference venue, follow traffic directions to city center.
However, parking lots are a scarce resource around the university.
Be prepared to pay for parking. Hamburg has a wide selection of
P+R (Park+Ride) parking areas outside the city center, where you
can park for free and very easily use public transport to get into
the city.
At the workshop conference location
(Informatikum),
there is a sufficiently large parking area inside the premises.
- Public transport
-
Hamburg has a well-developed public transport system. Buses go
around the clock. At night, a special "Nachtbus" (night bus)
service connects the outlying districts and the city center. The
conferences' main location, the Baseler Hof, is near Dammtor.
Dammtor connects to many bus lines and commuter train lines. For
detailed information please have a look at www.hvv.de or check the regional
rail plan.
-
Tickets for public transport are available as single-trip
tickets, one-day tickets, group tickets, and three-day tickets.
Tickets can be bought at the bus drivers or at ticket vending
machines at train stations.
Tickets are valid immediately (there is no separate
cancellation step).
-
2nd class tickets are valid for subway, commuter and regional
lines, harbour ferries and most buses (only some "Schnellbus"
lines and 1st class compartments in regional trains require
different fares).
Tickets are available in different area sizes, for all
conference locations the size "Großbereich / 1–2 Ringe" is
sufficient.
The 2nd class single fare for this size is 2,85 EUR.
(The main conference is located downtown.
Lower single trip fares might apply depending on your route,
please check locally.)
-
Please check for yourself if you can save ticket fares by
buying day tickets (valid from 9 a.m. to 6 a.m. next day) or
group tickets (day ticket for 2–5 persons). There are
also all-day-tickets (valid from 0 a.m. to 6 a.m. next day) or
three-day-tickets. A "Hamburg Card" offer for three or five
days includes discounts for several touristic attractions.
Please
see www.hvv.de
for details.
- By taxi
-
There is a good supply of taxis in Hamburg 24 hours a day, both at
taxi stands and in the streets. Almost all taxi-vehicles are still
in the traditional ivory white colour, but even if not, a yellow
and black sign on the roof reading "Taxi" indicates a licensed
cab.
Taxi call:
- 040 / 666666
- 040 / 441011
- 040 / 211211
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