CLASH Fall Meeting in Heidelberg / Germany

Travel information

The meeting will take place in Heidelberg, located in the south-western part of Germany. Heidelberg is a rather small city (140.000 inhabitants) with a large university and a versatile scientific environment. For more info click here.

Heidelberg is easy to reach from all-over the world because of its vicinity to several airports, including Frankfurt/Main International Airport (FRA). This is how you reach Heidelberg and the venue...

by Plane

From Frankfurt International Airport you can take the German high-speed train ICE directly to Heidelberg main station. You may have to change trains in Mannheim main station. In the terminal, follow the signs directing to the long distance train station. You can get the train ticket in advance online via the website of Deutsche Bahn (where you can also check the time tables) or at one of the ticket machines at the aiport's train station. The machines accept all common credit and debit cards. This options takes around 50 minutes and costs 24.50 EUR one way. Another possibility is to take the Lufthansa Airport Shuttle (follow the link for time tables), which you can also use if you did not fly with Lufthansa. This bus shuttle will bring you to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Heidelberg and takes about one hour. The cost is 22 EUR (20 EUR with Lufthansa ticket) one way.

From Stuttgart Airport you can use the S-Bahn to reach Stuttgart main station and take an IC train to Heidelberg main station. Cost is 26 EUR one way and the travel time is about 80 minutes. Tickets are available at the S-Bahn station of the airport or at the website of Deutsche Bahn, where you also find the time tables.

From Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, which is served by several low-cost airlines within Europe, you reach Heidelberg main station via a shuttle-bus service. The bus ride takes about two hours and costs 18 EUR one way. You buy the ticket directly from the driver, a reservation in advance is not necessary. For more info and time tables please follow this link.

by Train

Please use the web site of Deutsche Bahn with "Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof" as destination. Alternatively, you can also go to "Heidelberg-Altstadt" which is a smaller train station served by the regional S-Bahn and very close to the conference venue (see Google map below).

by Public Transportation

Within Heidelberg you can use the puplic transportation system. There are five tram lines and many bus lines, together with the regional S-Bahn system. A one way ticket within the inner-most centre of Heidelberg (between main station and historical old-town) costs 1.10EUR, this "city-ticket" should be sufficient in most cases and you can get it from the ticket machines at the bus/tram stop or directly from the driver. Another option is the daily ticket, which is valid for 24 hours and costs 5.30EUR for one person and 9.30EUR for a group of five. The relevant stops for the conference venue are "Heidelberg, Neckarmünzplatz" or "Heidelberg, Altstadt" and both are marked in the large meeting map below. For time tables and more info please visit the public transportation company .

Overview map

In this Google map you find the conference venue (orange volcano), relevant public transport stops (blue) including the main station and the locations of some astrophysical institutes (green). Some sights are marked by purple'ish cameras.

View CLASH Fall Meeting in a larger map

The full address of the conference venue is:

Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg
Hauptstrasse 242
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 (0) 62 21/54 36 90
Fax: +49 (0) 62 21/16 58 96