Access

📍 Venue

The conference will take place at Campus “Finkenau” of the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg.

Address: Finkenau 35, 22081 Hamburg, Germany

The campus is very centrally located and easy to reach. It can be accessed from Hamburg Central Station (“Hamburg Hauptbahnhof”) by taking:

• Line U1 to stop “U Wartenau” – 3 stops, about 5 minutes
• Line U3 to stop “U Mundsburg” – 4 stops, about 6 minutes

Use the HVV journey planner to look up connections and fares within Hamburg’s public transport network.

🚆 By train

• Hamburg has five major stations: Hauptbahnhof (central), Altona, Dammtor, Harburg, Bergedorf.
• ICE high-speed trains connect Hamburg with most major German cities and Switzerland.
• Direct trains from Denmark, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovakia.
• Use the German railway's online trip planner to find connections and buy tickets.

🚗 By car

• A1 to/from Lübeck (NE) or Bremen, Cologne (SW)
• A7 to/from Flensburg, Kiel (N) or Hanover, Kassel (S)
• A23 to/from Heide
• A24 to/from Berlin
• Many P+R (Park+Ride) areas outside the city center for easy public transport access.
• Be prepared to pay for parking in the city.

✈️ By plane

• Hamburg Airport (HAM) – fifth-largest in Germany, many European connections.
• S-Bahn S1 connects airport to central station in ~30 minutes (every 10-20 min, €3.30).
• Note: Only the first three cars of S1 go to the airport from the city center.
• No trains between midnight and 4 AM, but a bus is available.
• Airport surrounded by parks and green spaces, popular for plane spotting.