Arriving by train

In order to get from the central station (Hauptbahnhof) to the institute, please take Bus 3A or 3B to the stop "Campus Melaten" (former "Physikzentrum"). The buses run every 15 min. and the trip takes 20-25 minutes. After getting off, you will need to cross the parking lot, find stairs (follow others), climb them, cross the street and walk straight for about 50m. Then turn left, and after another 20m there is an entrance to your right. Take the stairs or the elevator to the 4th floor. Our institute is now right behind you, the hallway with the red doors. See also figure on the right for illustration. Note that Huyskensweg has been renamed to Otto-Blumenthal-Strasse.

In order to get to the institute from Aachen West train station, please take Bus 3A at the stop "Westbahnhof" and proceed as above to "Campus Melaten". The trip takes 8-10 minutes.

Alternatively, you can take a taxi from Hauptbahnhof to the institute (direction Physikzentrum RWTH-Melaten) for about 10-15 Euro. Note that there are no taxi's at Aachen West train station.

Arriving by car

At the "Aachener Kreuz" of the A4 and A44 motorway intersection take the A4 motorway leading towards Heerlen. Leave motorway A4 at exit number 2, "Aachen Laurensberg". Turn right onto Kohlscheider Strasse. Take the first exit on the right onto Toledoring (follow the signs "RWTH-Melaten"). Then take the second exit, which is located directly behind a short tunnel. Cross Seffenter Weg to get onto Forckenbeckstrasse, go straight for a few hundred meters. The parking lot of the institute is located to your left, the building of the institute to your right. For illustration, see also this link.


For GPS users: The WGS84 coordinates of the institute's parking lot are N 50.78101° E 6.05108°. The address to programme is Forckenbeckstrasse or Otto-Blumenthal-Strasse (former Huyskensweg).

Arriving by plane

The simplest way is to fly to Düsseldorf or Köln/Bonn and then to take a train to Aachen (takes about 1.5 hours). See "Arriving by Train" information on how to proceed in Aachen.

There are a number of less convenient alternatives to Düsseldorf. One can fly to Frankfurt (about 2.5 hours by train to Aachen), Brussels (about 3 hours), or Amsterdam (about 4 hours).

RWTH-Aachen has a guest-house for visitors. Modest prices and convenient location makes it a place of choice for the visitors of our institute.

Address:
Gästehäuser der RWTH Aachen
Melatener Straße 31
52074 Aachen
Phone: (+49) 241 80 24074

Map of Aachen
see also upper bar at Stadt Aachen

Aachen public transport
German railway
Airports: Düsseldorf , Köln/Bonn