The Workshop will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg located at

Koenigstuhl 17
69117 Heidelberg
Phone : +49 (0)6221 528 0
Fax : +49 (0) 6221 528 246

How to go from/to Heidelberg to/from MPIA :

BY BUS ORGANIZED BY THE WORKSHOP

A bus shuttle will be made available to transport the conference participants from/to Heidelberg to/from MPIA. The bus will be leaving from the IBIS hotel (see Accomodation), next to the central train station (Hauptbahnhof). There will be an additional stop at the parking lot next to a big shop called "Bauhaus" located at "Kurfuestenanlage n.11" (see map. 10 min. walk from the Neckar hotel and 2 min. from the Kohler hotel). The bus is scheduled :

- to leave the IBIS hotel and Bauhaus as follows:

       - Monday, September 25     : 7:45am (IBIS), 7:50am (Bauhaus)

       - Tuesday, September 26       : 8:15am (IBIS), 8:20am (Bauhaus)

      - Wednesday, September 27       : 8:15am (IBIS), 8:20am (Bauhaus)

       - Thursday, September 28       : 8:15am (IBIS), 8:20am (Bauhaus)

- to leave the MPIA to the IBIS hotel and Bauhaus in Heidelberg as follows :

        - Monday, September 25       : 6:15 pm

        - Tuesday, September 26       : 6:15 pm

        - Wednesday, September 27  : 5:30 pm

        - Thursday, September 28     : 6:15 pm


BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

From Bismarckplatz (city center main plaza), take bus no. 21 direction "Koenigstuhl". Several tramways leaving from the central train station (Hauptbahnhof) take you to Bismarckplatz. From there bus no. 21 will be leaving every hour on the hour to Koenigstuhl where MPIA is located,
with an additional bus at 8:15am:


- 7:00am, 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, etc.



Once you arrive at the bus stop "Koenigstuhl", follow the signs to walk to the Max-Planck Institute.


Bus no. 21 leaves every hour on half the hour from Koenigstuhl to Heidelberg as follows:

- 8:30 am, 9:00am,...,12:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, etc.



BY TAXI

Taxis are most likely waiting and available at the Hauptbahnhof, Bismarckplatz, and/or the Hotel Crowne Plaza (where you arrive with the Lufthansa Bus). The fare to MPIA is 16 to 22 Euro. Tel.: (6221) 3 76 76



BY CAR

Once at Bismarckplatz, which is considered the centre of town, follow signs direction "Schloss" (castle). The castle is represented by its symbol which is its silhouette. No other notations usually accompany this symbol. Then, follow the signs "Koenigstuhl". At the junction at the top of the hill, please follow the sign "Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie". Turn left. Stay on the main road and follow sign "Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie" on the left. After about 100m turn right and follow the access road to the MPIA. The MPIA gate is open on working days from 6:30h to 18:45h.



FROM THE AIRPORT TO HEIDELBERG

You may find driving directions about how to get from the airport to Heidelberg, as well as more information under :
How to get to Heidelberg and MPIA?