Travel

Training Course Location

The 2010 Marie Curie Training Course will take place at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin (address: Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin), which is located in the south-western district of Berlin-Zehlendorf.

Location on a Map of Berlin

Local transport system

You can find information regarding the local transport system at: http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/index.html

subway map:
http://www.vbbonline.de/download/pdf/liniennetze/su_berlin.pdf

How to get to the Freie Universität Berlin

Arriving by plane:

There are two international airports in Berlin: Tegel (TXL) and Schönefeld (SXF). Both airports can be reached by public transportation.
From Tegel Airport, take the Airport Express Bus X9 to Station “Jakob-Kaiser-Platz”. Change to subway line U7 (direction “Rudow”) until “Fehrbelliner Platz”. There change to subway line U3 (direction “Krumme Lanke”). Get off at “Thielplatz”.
From Schönefeld Airport, take the metropolitan train (S-Bahn, marked by green “S” signs) S 45 (direction “S+U Hermannstraße”) to Station “S+U Neukölln”. From Station “S+U Neukölln”, take line S 41 (direction “Schöneberg”) until “Heidelberger Platz”. There change to subway line U3 (direction “Krumme Lanke”) and get off at “Thielplatz”.

Arriving by train:

DB Event Ticket for Participants of the Marie Curie Training Course

All trains arrive or stop at the new Hauptbahnhof (Central Station). If you travel by public transportation, take the city train S 75 (direction “Spandau Bhf”) to station “Berlin Zoologischer Garten”. Change to the subway line U9 (direction “Rathaus Steglitz”). At the station “Spichernstraße”, change to subway line U3 (direction “Krumme Lanke”) and get off at “Thielplatz”.

How to get to the “Metropolitan Hotel”

Hotel Metropolitan
Schaperstr. 36
10719 Berlin
Tel + 49-30-2360747-0
Fax +49-30-2360747-77
e-mail info@metropolitanhansa.com
website (engl.) www.metropolitanberlin.com

By public transport:

From the airport Schönefeld: take the S9 (direction “S+U Pankow) until “S Treptower Park”. Change there to the S 41 until “S+U Bundesplatz”. Change there to the U9 (direction “Osloer Straße”) and get off at “Spichernstraße”.

From the airport Tegel: take the bus TXL (direction “Alexanderplatz”) until “Turmstraße”. Change there to the U9 (direction “Rathaus Steglitz”) and get off at “Spicherstraße”

From the central station “Berlin Hauptbahnhof”: Take the S7 (direction “Potsdam Hauptbahnhof”) until “Zoologischer Garten”. Change there to the U9 (direction “Rathaus Steglitz”) and get off at “Spicherstraße”

How to get to the Training Course Location

From the hotel you can walk to the subway station “Augsburger Straße” within a few minutes. Take the U3 (direction “Krumme Lanke”) and get off at “Thielplatz”.