How to get the main campus from outside Berlin

By road

• Coming from the north - Hamburg/Rostock (A24 autobahn):

  At the motorway junction Oranienburg take the A111 to Berlin Zentrum, and at the motorway junction Charlottenburg turn onto the A 100. Leave at the Kaiserdamm exit, and turn left at the end of the slip road to turn onto the Kaiserdamm boulevard (later Bismarckstrasse). Continue over the traffic island into Strasse des 17 Juni, and the Main Building of the TU Berlin is on your right after 100 yards.

• From Hannover (A2) and Leipzig, Nuremberg:

  Take the motorway A10 (Berlin Ring) to the Drewitz motorway junction, then the AVUS (A 115) to Berlin-Zentrum. At the Funkturm follow the signs to Wedding, but then take the first exit to Kaiserdamm. Turn left at the end of the slip road to turn onto the Kaiserdamm boulevard (later Bismarckstrasse). Continue over the traffic island into Strasse des 17 Juni, and the Main Building of the TU Berlin is on your right after 100 yards.

Arriving by rail

The main campus is only a five minute walk from Zoologischer Garten railway station. If you arrive at a different station you can take the S-Bahn as described above.

Electronic timetable of the German railways (Deutsche Bahn AG)

Arriving by plane (Berlin has three airports)

• Tegel:

  The airport is very close to the Main Campus. Take the airport shuttle bus (X9) to Ernst-Reuter Platz (15 minutes) or take a taxi (10 minutes).

• Schönefeld:

  This is across the city, so a taxi is expensive unless you can share the costs. You have two alternatives at a lower price:

  1. Take a 171 bus to S-Bahnhof Schönefeld, then take a regional train or S-Bahn (Line 9 - end station Westkreuz) to Zoologischer Garten. From there you can walk down Hardenbergstrasse (five minutes), take a bus (145, 245, or X9), or take the U-Bahn one station to Ernst Reuter Platz. (Or you can stop a taxi and take a fixed rate short ride).
  2. As an alternative you can also go the underground station Rudow (by bus), and from there take the Line 7 (destination Spandau) to Möckernbrücke, then change onto the Line 2 (destination Ruhleben or Olympiastadion) and travel through to Ernst Reuter Platz.
  Both options take about an hour.
• Tempelhof:

  This city airport is fairly convenient. Take a 119 bus to Witternberg Platz, then take the underground U-Bahn Line 2 (destination Ruhleben or Olympiastadion) and travel through to Ernst Reuter Platz. Takes about 30 minutes.