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Visitors Guide 01 / 2020 VISITORS GUIDE 01 / 2020 AUTOSTADT EXPLORE THE VISITORS GUIDE 01 / 2020 – ALL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE 01/20 CONTENTS p. 4 p. 17 EXPLORE WHAT TO BUY THE AUTOSTADT p. 18 p. 8 AUTOSTADT EVENTS INDIVIDUAL ROUTES p. 19 p. 10 PARTNERS & EXCURSIONS AUTOSTADT GUIDED TOURS p. 20 p. 11 HOW TO GET THERE FAMILY OFFERS p. 21 p. 12 WHERE TO STAY DRIVING p. 22 ATTRACTIONS PRICES p. 14 WHERE TO EAT p. 23 INFORMATION p. 16 THE RITZ-CARLTON p. 24 RESTAURANTS SITE MAP PUBLISHING INFORMATION Visitors Guide Project Supervision Copy Editing Autostadt GmbH and Coordination LINGUA., Barsbüttel Stadtbrücke Astrid Rieck 38440 Wolfsburg Design / Art Directors Germany Assistant Project Manager / 3st kommunikation, Mainz Tel.: +49 (0)5361 40 0 Design Printing Fax: +49 (0)5361 40 1959 Britta Snatzke hofmann infocom GmbH, [email protected] Managing Editor Nuremberg Publisher / Editor-in-Chief delta eta, Frankfurt All rights reserved 2 Roland Clement © Autostadt GmbH, Claudius Colsman December 2019 PAGE PAGE 01/20 Introducing Autostadt Theme park, car exhibition, customer cen- tre? It’s not easy to explain what draws more than two million visitors to Autostadt in Wolfsburg each year. Because Autostadt fits into all these categories – and a few more 20 as well. On an area of 28 hectares Volkswa- gen has created a unique microcosm rang- years ing from historic automobiles like the Benz Patent-Motorwagen to the pavilions of the Group brands and the GroupForum, which looks at current topics relating to mobility and society. Autostadt is a place for the whole family – from the MobiVersum world of discovery 28 for children and families to restaurants with a focus on sustainability. The extensive park hectare and lagoon landscape is perfect for a lei- site surely stroll. Seasonal events and festivals are further highlights. The two 48-metre high CarTowers are Autostadt’s landmark and have earned an entry in the Guinness 500 Book of Records as “the world’s fastest vehicles automatic parking system”. As you can see, delivered there are many reasons to visit Autostadt! every day 2 million visitors a year 3 PAGE PAGE 01/20 Explore the Autostadt Explore the GroupForum, take the lift to the top of the CarTowers or pay a visit to the pavilions of the Volkswagen Group brands – there are no end of things to see and do at Autostadt. Let us give you a brief overview. 4 Photo: Anja Weber Anja Photo: PAGE PAGE GROUPWORLD The exhibition LEVEL GREEN is on the first floor of the GroupWorld. It features 01/20 26 exhibits illuminating the interaction between economic, ecological and social aspects for sustainable development. In addition, motor racing fans aged ten and over can put their driving skills to the test in a Blue Box at four “SIM MOBIL- ITY” race simulators. The second floor is devoted to the subject of electric mobil- ity with the exhibition “Get ready for ID.” NB: The exhibition “Get ready for ID.” is closed from the end of January to the end of March 2020. Photo: Nils Udo Geisler Nils Photo: CUSTOMERCENTER The oval CustomerCenter is right oppo- site the two car towers where up to 500 customers take delivery of their new cars every day. But the CustomerCenter is certainly worth a visit for other visi- Photo: Nele Martensen Nele Photo: tors to Autostadt: current models of the Photo: Nele ;Martensen Nele Photo: Volkswagen brand are displayed in the MOBIVERSUM central marketplace of the Customer- GROUPFORUM MobiVersum on the ground floor of the Center. With its welcome desk and the Ital- GroupWorld is Autostadt’s family area. ian-style piazza, the GroupForum is the This is where visitors can experience the entrance to the world of Autostadt. The topic of mobility together with their “Exosphere“, a wire globe with a diame- children. In addition, MobiVersum invites ter of 12 metres, hangs high above the children of all ages to create, learn and piazza. It was designed by artist Ingo play. Günther and, together with many smaller globes that can be seen under a glass floor, it thematises key questions affecting our planet. The Metropol shop is to the left of the piazza and leads to the GroupWorld. On the right is the Car- DeliveryCenter and the park landscape is straight ahead. Several restaurants also make the GroupForum a culinary epicen- Snatzke Janina Photo: tre. Last but not least, the panorama cinema in the GroupForum is also worth CARTOWERS a visit. It features a high-resolution The two 48-metre high car towers are the curved LED screen offering a 120-degree landmark of Autostadt and a storage facil- panoramic view. ity up to 800 new cars. A fully glazed, hot-dip galvanised steel skeleton con- WELCOMEDESK struction offers a look inside the fully The WelcomeDesk is the place to go for automatic high racks. The CarTowersAs- 5 tickets, bookings and any questions or cent is a special experience and takes requests. The service point can be found guests up to the top of the towers in an Photo: Silke Weinsheimer Silke Photo: in the central area of the GroupForum. air-conditioned panoramic cabin. PAGE 01/20 Photo: Werner Huthmacher Werner Photo: SEAT PAVILION The SEAT Pavilion has the form of a shin- Photo: Philipp Langenheim Philipp Photo: ing white sculpture. A wooden bridge guides visitors inside. The land and water AUDI PAVILION of the lagoon form the boundaries of The Audi Pavilion focuses on “Vorsprung the pavilion which is modelled on the durch Technik” and individual mobility geography of the Iberian peninsula. with the brand values of design and Design, dynamics, youth and efficiency dynamics. The exterior of the pavilion is are the values defining the presentation formed by four interlocking rings with a inside. rotunda at their intersection. A highlight is the Audi e-tron, the brand’s first all-electric SUV. Photo: Henrik Heutgens Henrik Photo: VOLKSWAGEN PAVILION Current models of the brand are exhib- ited in the Volkswagen Pavilion, for example the Golf 8 GTE hybrid vehicle, Müller Hendrik Nils Photo: which also has an all-electric mode. At the heart of the glass cube is the “Mark- enkern” (brand core) media sculpture – a 27-ton self-supporting construction. The approximately 700,000 LEDs on the outer skin form the “brandstream” and Modrow Jörg Photo: can make the sculpture shine in all the colours of the rainbow. What’s more, ŠKODA PAVILION films on the topics of driving, design and From a bird’s eye view the ŠKODA Pavil- technology are presented by Volkswagen ion looks like the winged arrow of the on the LED surface. ŠKODA brand logo used since 1926. The NB: the Volkswagen Pavilion is brand is presented in a light and inviting closed from the end of January atmosphere. The focus is on the brand until the end of March 2020. values “Human Touch” and Simply Clever” A play area has been created for children. Müller Hendrik Nils Photo: PORSCHE PAVILLON The Porsche Pavilion has a striking design. The sweeping, matt shimmering roof construction protrudes a long way over the water surface of the lagoon. Inside a swarm of 28 vehicle models take visitors on a journey through the devel- 6 opment of the sports car brand, starting with Ferry Porsche’s dream car – the 356 Photo: Henrik Heutgens Henrik Photo: Snatzke Janina Photo: PAGE PAGE No.1 from 1948. tury – the four-seater cabriolet with front-wheel drive and the SUV with all- wheel drive. Alfasud and DeLorean 01/20 belong to the same design family and owe their styling to Giorgetto Giugiaro – the designer of the 20th century. And there’s also something linking the duo Borgward Isabella and BMW 1500... In the exhibition “Design ICONS” visitors can explore more than 130 years of auto- motive history with 23 outstanding Photo: Michael Jungblut Michael Photo: designers. For example, the “classic for- malists” are represented by Jean Bugatti Photo: Anja Weber Anja Photo: LAMBORGHINI with his type 57 SC Atlantic and John PAVILION Blatchley, who designed the Bentley VOLKSWAGEN COM- The Lamborghini Pavilion welcomes you R-Type Continental. Battista Pinin Farina MERCIAL VEHICLES to the world of top technology and lux- was a long way ahead of his time with PAVILION urious Italian craftsmanship. The dark, the Cisitalia 202 as a sports coupé, as was Flaminio Bertoni with the Citroën DS There is plenty to experience in the mysterious interior reveals a Lamborgh- saloon. John Tjaarda and Malcolm Sayer Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand ini Aventador. Every 30 minutes there is are revealed as fans of streamlining with pavilion with its three levels “Lifestyle”, a dynamic show with typical sound the design milestones Lincoln Zephyr “Today” and “Tomorrow”. At the same effects. and Jaguar E-Type. time there is a focus on future topics such as electric mobility, fleet manage- Further highlights of the ZeitHaus ment, digitisation and autonomous driv- museum are art installations, special ing. Historic Bullis and the cult California exhibitions, a workshop and the “Zeitre- camper are emotional highlights. ise shop” with books, automobilia and vehicle models. NB: Please note current closing times due to events taking place. Photo: Nils Hendrik Müller Hendrik Nils Photo: ZEITHAUS MUSEUM On offset levels the three-storey ZeitHaus museum presents rarities of automotive history. More than 60 differ- ent brands from the world of the auto- mobile can be found here. The automotive milestones are presented in a glass letter case-like “rack” and give an Photo: Oliver Schulz Oliver Photo: overview of the different automotive eras. There are frequent changes to the PREMIUM vehicles on display as vehicles often take CLUBHOUSE part in classic rallies or outings.
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