Travel Information

By Air

 
To: Leipzig airport interactive map 
Berlin Airports
(Brandenburg and Schönefeld) Delegates may fly into one of Berlin’s airports and continue their journey to Leipzig by train. The train ride from Berlin Central Station to Leipzig takes one hour, and trains are leaving every hour during daytime.

Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)
Leipzig-Halle Airport features several daily connections to major German hubs like Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Cologne or Stuttgart, furthermore some direct connections to major European cities like Paris, Vienna, Brussels, Madrid, Barcelona or Lisbon. The Airport-City-Train runs every 30 minutes between the airport and Leipzig Central Railway Terminal. The journey to the city centre takes 15 minutes. 

By train

 
Leipzig Central Station is Europe’s largest railway terminal station. Besides being an impressive architectural highlight, the station puts Leipzig right into the centre of Germany’s, and in fact Europe’s railway network. The fast and comfortable ICE trains provide for good direct connections to all major cities in Germany. A ride to Berlin takes one hour, travel times to Frankfurt and Hamburg are 3 hours, and there is an hourly service. Even for some neighbouring European countries, the train may be an easy and attractive option for travelling to Leipzig. The travel time from Prague to Leipzig by train is 3:30 hours. Leipzig Central Station is located right in the heart of the historic city centre where most of the hotels are. A ride from there to the venue (by public transport or by car) takes approx. 15 minutes.
 

By car

 
Leipzig is easily accessibly by road. Three motorways intersect here and form a circle around the city.
 
The A9 motorway is Germany’s most important North-South connection and goes from Berlin to Munich.

The A14 motorway is an important East-West connection from Hannover to Dresden. Via two motorway exits it provides direct access to the venue, and it connects the venue with the Airport within 15 minutes.
 
The A 38 motorway, another East-West connection, starts in Leipzig and ends in Göttingen.
  

Getting around in Leipzig

 
Distances in Leipzig are short. The Travel time between the historic city centre with the official hotels and the congress venue is 15 minutes. Leipzig features an excellent and perfectly reliable public transport network which is mostly operated by LVB Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (the Leipzig Transport Company). Most traffic infrastructures have been completely modernised for the 2006 Football World Cup and live up to the most advanced standards.