Travel to Jena
By plane
If you come from America, Asia, Africa and Australia, we recommend flights to Frankfurt International Airport. From there we recommend to take the very comfortable ICE express train leaving directly from the airport every hour. Alternatively you may take a connecting flight to Leipzig which is closer to Jena, but there are only 4-5 connections per day. If you come from Europe you have several flight options.
Frankfurt International Airport (305 km)
Take the ICE train from the airport ("Fernbahnhof") to Weimar and change to regional train from Weimar to Jena West. The trains run about every hour. The journey from Frankfurt airport to Jena takes about 3.5 hours.
Airport Leipzig (90 km)
Take the S-Bahn from the airport train station to Leipzig main train station and then an ICE train to Jena Paradies. The journey from Leipzig airport to Jena takes about 2 hours.
Airport Berlin Tegel (250 km)
Take the airport bus TXL from the airport to the main train station and then the ICE train to Munich which stops at Jena Paradies. The journey from Berlin Tegel to Jena takes about 3 hours.
Airport Berlin Schoenefeld (250 km)
This airport is in the South of Berlin and served by low cost flights (Easyjet, Ryanair, Germanwings), airlines from Northern Europe and from Russia. Take S-Bahn S9 to Berlin main train station and then the ICE train to Munich which stops in Jena Paradies. The journey from Berlin Schoenefeld to Jena takes about 3.5 hours.
Airport Nuremberg (225 km)
Take an underground train (U-Bahn U2) to the main train station and from here the ICE train to Berlin which stops at Jena Paradies. The journey from Nuremberg airport to Jena takes about 2.5 hours.
Leipzig-Altenburg Airport (75 km)
This airfield is only served by Ryanair from London Stansted. There is an airport shuttle to/from the train station Altenburg and from Altenburg take a regional train to Jena via Gera. The journey from Leipzig-Altenburg to Jena takes about 1.5 hours.
By car
From the Western part, Jena can be reached via the highways A5/A4 Frankfurt am Main/Dresden. Please follow directions Dresden until you reach the exit “Jena-Göschwitz”. Turn onto road B88. There is a roundabout after 8 km, where you need to take the second exit heading towards city centre. Cross the junction at the traffic lights and turn right then, heading to the backside of the Campus (Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3).
Please use the main highway A9 Berlin–Munich coming from the Northern or the Southern part. Follow the highway until reaching “Hermsdorferkreuz”', the main junction at Hermsdorf. Keep attention to the signs for Frankfurt–Erfurt until reaching the exit “Jena Zentrum”. Now follow the main road to the city centre and the signs for “GoetheGalerie”/”Steigenberger Esplanade” (both facilities offer underground parking) to get to the University Campus building (at a distance of a two minutes walk).
By train
Jena has two train stations: “Jena West" (directions Frankfurt/Dresden with a change in Weimar) and "Jena Paradies" (ICE train station, directions Munich, Berlin and Leipzig). Both stations are within walking distance from the hotels downtown and the conference venue.
Please note that ICE trains (high speed trains) tend to be fully booked, especially on Friday and Sunday afternoons. Seat reservation is highly recommended. For further information please refer to the Travel Service page of the Deutsche Bahn.
Travel Service page of the Deutsche Bahn
