The conference will take place in lecture hall HF and HE in the physics building ("Physikum") in the south of Erlangen, as well as in the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP). You can find a description how to get there below. Don't hesitate to contact us under phydine@fau.de if you need further assistance.
By train
Exit at "Erlangen" station. Buses no. 287 and 293 (or no. 20 from “Arcaden” bus stop) take you to the “Südgelände”. Get off at “Sebaldussiedlung” (287, 293) or at “Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str.” (20). This bus stop is right in front of the institutes for biology and physics (see map link above). From here, it shall take you only 3 minutes to reach the lecture hall.
Timetables can be downloaded from the VGN webpage:
Bus no. 287
Bus no. 293
Bus no. 20
You can also take a taxi from the railway station to the Südgelände, which costs about 11,00 / 13,- Euro.
To find a suitable train connection, please visit Deutsche Bahn AG.
By car
There are two motorways around Erlangen – A3 (Würzburg-München), A73 (Nürnberg – Bamberg). Here is how to reach us:
- Motorway A3: Leave the motorway at “Erlangen-Tennenlohe” in the direction of Erlangen (Bundesstraße B4). Get off the B4 at “Gräfenberg / Universität-Südgelände” and follow the signs. Keep straight on, pass by Cauerstraße and Erwin-Rommel- Straße. Turn left into Staudtstraße at the traffic light (sign: “Universität Physik / Biologie”). Take the second street to your left. The multi-storey car park is in front of you.
- Motorway A73: Leave the motorway at “Erlangen-Bruck” and turn right in the direction of Gräfenberg (Bundesstraße B4). Get off the B4 at “Gräfenberg / Universität-Südgelände” and follow the signs. Keep straight on, pass by Cauerstraße and Erwin-Rommel-Straße. Turn left into Staudtstr. at the traffic light (sign: “Universität Physik / Biologie”). Take the second street to your left. The multi-storey car park is in front of you.
By plane
The nearest airport is Nuremberg airport. From here you can …
- go by bus: Take the no. 33 bus to “Fürth Hauptbahnhof”. Change in “Am Wegfeld” to bus no. 20 to “Erlangen” or to bus no. 30 to “Erlangen”, the latter sometimes also leaves directly from the airport. For bus no. 20, get off at “Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str.”; this bus stop is right in front of the institutes for biology and physics (see the map). From here, it shall take you only 3 minutes to reach the lecture hall. For bus no. 30, get off at “Erlangen Süd”. From here it is a good walk to the physics building (it should require approx. 20 min.). The bus station “Erlangen Süd” is located South of the physics building (see map link above). Please walk up Egerlandstraße and then up Erwin-Rommel-Straße. On the right side of Erwin-Rommel-Straße, near the bus station “Sebaldussiedlung”, you will find the institutes for biology and physics. The bus journey takes up to 30 minutes. Make sure to buy a ticket for 3 zones (for approx. 4 Euro) or ask the bus driver for a ticket to Erlangen.
- take a taxi: It takes about 30 minutes to reach us (charges vary from 30,- to 35,-Euro).
Timetables can be downloaded from the VGN webpage:
Bus no. 33
Bus no. 20
Bus no. 30
Hotel Luise
How to get to the conference from the Hotel
The closest stops are the bus stations "Staudtstraße" or equivalently "Stuadtstr." (~1 minute walk) and "Sebaldussiedlung" (~5 minutes walk). From the hotel, the trip takes, depending on the connection, between 20 and 30 minutes. As there are several different busses that run between the hotel and the conference, you can look for a suitable connection on https://www.vgn.de/en/. You can enter Hotel Luise as departure point and "Physikum FAU, Erlangen" for the conference venue. Then the website shows different connections, also including short walks to one of the closest bus stops. When picking one connection, you can click on the map symbol to see the exact route.
To walk the entire distance takes ~30 minutes (Hotel Luise).
Busses run in Erlangen roughly until 11:30pm, some also until midnight. However, the later it gets, the lower the frequency and you might also need to walk longer distances.
Good direct connections
For Hotel Luise: Walk to bus stop "Erlangen Anton-Bruckner-Str." (~4min), then take bus 287 to "Sebaldussiedlung" (11min). Line 287 runs every 30 minutes and the last departure from "Sebaldussiedlung" is Mo-Fr at 11:47 pm.
Where to get the tickets
You can buy the bus ticket directly online at https://www.vgn.de/en/ (or in the corresponding app "VGN Fahrplan & Tickets" or in the app of the german railway "DB Navigator") and download it as mobile ticket to show on your phone, or you can buy it from the bus driver (in cash, probably not possible in line 20). You need a ticket of Price level C (=Erlangen) which costs 2.42 € (online) or 2.80 € (bus driver).
Please let us know if you have any questions or problems. We wish you a safe journey and are looking forward to meeting you soon in Erlangen!
