From Cologne Bonn Airport:
Arrival at Cologne Bonn Airport
Please take either the overground line S-13 (departs every 20mins), a local train or an IC/ICE from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cologne Central Station (Köln Hauptbahnhof). The journey will take between 15-30 minutes.
To get to the venue from Cologne Central Station, please take either tram 16 or 18 (in the direction of ‘Bonn’ or ‘Brühl’) and get off at station ‘Neumarkt’. Once at Neumarkt, please change to trams 1 (in the direction of ‘Weiden West’ or ‘Junkersdorf’) or 7 (in the direction of ‘Frechen’ or ‘Braunsfeld’) and alight from the tram at ‘Universitätsstraße’, which is the third stop on either line. From there, it is about a 500m walk to the venue (see map below).
You can buy tram tickets on the platform, aboard the trams themselves or online via the KVB App (available in German only). Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cologne Central Station to the venue, which would cost you in the region of 15-20€.
Map from tram station ‘Universitätsstraße’ to venue
From Düsseldorf Airport:
Arrival at Düsseldorf Airport
Please take the suspended railway SkyTrain to ‘Düsseldorf Flughafen Bahnhof’ (Düsseldorf Airport station). Then, take a local train or an IC/ICE from there to Cologne Central Station. This journey will take ca. 40 minutes.
After you have arrived at Cologne Central Station, take either tram 16 or 18 (in the direction of ‘Bonn’ or ‘Brühl’) and get off at station ‘Neumarkt’. Once at Neumarkt, please change to trams 1 (in the direction of ‘Weiden West’ or ‘Junkersdorf’) or 7 (in the direction of ‘Frechen’ or ‘Braunsfeld’) and alight from the tram at ‘Universitätsstraße’, which is the third stop on either line. From there, it is about a 500m walk to the venue (see map below).
You can buy tram tickets on the platform, aboard the trams themselves or online via the KVB App (available in German only). Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cologne Central Station to the venue, which would cost you in the region of 15-20€.
Map from tram station ‘Universitätsstraße’ to venue
From Frankfurt Airport:
Arrival at Frankfurt Airport
Please take an IC or ICE from Frankfurt Airport to Cologne Central Station. The direct connection takes about 60 minutes.
After you have arrived at Cologne Central Station, take either tram 16 or 18 (in the direction of ‘Bonn’ or ‘Brühl’) and get off at station ‘Neumarkt’. Once at Neumarkt, please change to trams 1 (in the direction of ‘Weiden West’ or ‘Junkersdorf’) or 7 (in the direction of ‘Frechen’ or ‘Braunsfeld’) and alight from the tram at ‘Universitätsstraße’, which is the third stop on either line. From there, it is about a 500m walk to the venue (see map below).
You can buy tram tickets on the platform, aboard the trams themselves or online via the KVB App (available in German only). Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cologne Central Station to the venue, which would cost you in the region of 15-20€.
Map from tram station ‘Universitätsstraße’ to venue
From Düsseldorf/Weeze Airport:
Arrival at Airport Weeze
The easiest way to get from Airport Weeze, which is quite far out from any major city, to Cologne is to take the bus to Düsseldorf Main Station first. A single journey will cost from 5€ and takes about an hour and fifty minutes (1:50h). At Düsseldorf, things look a lot better. Here, you can take either a local train or an IC/ICE to Cologne Central Station. This leg of the journey will be much quicker and will take you between 25 and 35 minutes, depending on which type of train you use.
After you have arrived at Cologne Central Station, take either tram 16 or 18 (in the direction of ‘Bonn’ or ‘Brühl’) and get off at station ‘Neumarkt’. Once at Neumarkt, please change to trams 1 (in the direction of ‘Weiden West’ or ‘Junkersdorf’) or 7 (in the direction of ‘Frechen’ or ‘Braunsfeld’) and alight from the tram at ‘Universitätsstraße’, which is the third stop on either line. From there, it is about a 500m walk to the venue (see map below).
You can buy tram tickets on the platform, aboard the trams themselves or online via the KVB App (available in German only). Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cologne Central Station to the venue, which would cost you in the region of 15-20€.
Map from tram station ‘Universitätsstraße’ to venue
From Frankfurt Hahn Airport:
Arrival at Frankfurt Hahn Airport
Despite the name, Frankfurt Hahn Airport is not exactly in Frankfurt (or, in fact, anywhere near it). The “quickest” way to get from there to Cologne is to go to Frankfurt Main Station by bus and then take a train to Cologne Central Station. The bus takes about two hours and ten minutes (2:10h) and a further 85mins are required to get to Cologne.
After you have arrived at Cologne Central Station, take either tram 16 or 18 (in the direction of ‘Bonn’ or ‘Brühl’) and get off at station ‘Neumarkt’. Once at Neumarkt, please change to trams 1 (in the direction of ‘Weiden West’ or ‘Junkersdorf’) or 7 (in the direction of ‘Frechen’ or ‘Braunsfeld’) and alight from the tram at ‘Universitätsstraße’, which is the third stop on either line. From there, it is about a 500m walk to the venue (see map below).
You can buy tram tickets on the platform, aboard the trams themselves or online via the KVB App (available in German only). Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cologne Central Station to the venue, which would cost you in the region of 15-20€.
Map from tram station ‘Universitätsstraße’ to venue