General Information

VENUE WissenschaftsForum Markgrafenstr. 37 10117 Germany http://www.wissenschaftsforum-berlin.de/de/14490/index.html

From SCHÖNEFELD airport:

- S9 to ‘’, than direction to ‘’, get off at ‘Hausvogteiplatz’. (Duration: about 60 min.) Get off the metro direction ‘’. The main entrance to WissenschaftsForum is right on the corner next to the ‘Ampelmann’ store. http://www.berlin- airport.de/EN/ReisendeUndBesucher/AnUndAbreise/AnfahrtAuto/SXF.html

Link to the timetable of the airport express Schönefeld: http://www.bahn.de/regional/view/mdb/pv/deutschland_erleben/berlin_branden burg/regionales/pdf/2013/mdb_98299_airport_express_121123_prod.pdf

From TEGEL airport there are several options:

- ExpressBus TXL until ‚/Friedrichstrasse’, than walk up Friedrichstrasse until ‚Gendarmenmarkt’ and across the square. (Duration: about 50 – 60 min.)

- Bus 128 direction to ‚Osloerstraße’ until ‚Kurt-Schumacher-Platz’, than direction to Alt-Mariendorf until ‘Französische Strasse’ and from there simply walk across Gendarmenmarkt. (Duration: about 40 min.)

- Bus 109 or X9 direction to ‚Zoologischer Garten’, than U2 Richtung until ‚Hausvogteiplatz’. (Duration: about 40 – 45 min.) Get off the metro direction ‘Gendarmenmarkt’. The main entrance to WissenschaftsForum is right on the corner next to the ‘Ampelmann’ store. http://www.berlin- airport.de/EN/ReisendeUndBesucher/AnUndAbreise/AnfahrtAuto/TXL.html

From :

S5, S7, S9 or S75 until ‚Friedrichstrasse’, than walk up Friedrichstrasse until ‚Gendarmenmarkt’ and across the square. At ‘Friedrichstrasse’, you may as well change to U6 direction to Alt-Mariendorf until ‘Französische Strasse’ and from there simply walk across Gendarmenmarkt. (Duration: about 10 min.)

General links to route planners in Berlin: http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/17100/name/Means%2Bof%2BTransport%2B/articl e/77494.html http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Liniennetz/index?language=en http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/query.bin/en?ld=0.1&

HOTELS nearby:

ARCOTEL John F Werderscher Markt 11 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 405046-0 http://www.arcotelhotels.com/en/john_f_hotel_berlin/

Maritim ProArte Hotel Berlin Friedrichstrasse 151 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 20335 Mailto: info.bpa(at)maritim.de http://www.maritim.com/en/hotels/germany/proarte-hotel-berlin

Hotel Eurostars Berlin***** Friedrichstrasse 99 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 7017360 Mailto: info(at)eurostarsberlin.com http://www.eurostarsberlin.com/en/hotel.html

Winters Hotel Berlin – am Gendarmenmarkt *** Charlottenstrasse 66 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 206050-0 Mailto: gendarmenmarkt(at)winters.de http://www.winters.de/en/hotels/city/berlin/berlin_mitte_gendarmenmarkt/

The Westin Grand Berlin ***** Friedrichstrasse 158 – 164 10117 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 20270 http://www.theberlingrandhotel.com/default-en.html