Every participant needs to make his/her own travel arrangements to and from Offenburg, Germany.

Getting to Offenburg

By plane:

We have made a contract with the Star Alliance to get good deals for all of us who will be flying to Offenburg or other airports in Germany. It is our Official Airline Network and we hope you can make use of it.

Save up to 20% on Travel with the STAR ALLIANCE Network.

 

The Star Alliance member airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for Mission-Net.

To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts and for booking office information please visit www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus and:

• Choose ‘Delegate’
• Under ‘Delegates Login’ enter the conventions code LH36S13
• Choose one of the participating airlines listed
• Call the respective reservation contact listed and quote the conventions code: LH36S13

 

Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event can qualify for a discount of up to 20% depending on fare and class of travel booked.

 

The participating airlines for this event are:

Adria, Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Egyptair, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, Swiss, TAM, TAP Portugal, Thai, Turkish Airlines, United, U.S Airways.

 

Discounts are offered on most published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.

When making your travel plans please present confirmation of your registration or proof of attendance.

 

Alternatively you can fly into one of the major airports in Germany and then get a train to Offenburg (http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/dn?getstop=1). The webpage is also available in English.

 

German/French/Swiss Airports to Offenburg

City	Distance from Airport to Offenburg	Airport to Central Train Station (Hbf) (duration of journey)	Hbf à Offenburg (duration of journey)
Strasbourg (France) www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr	30 km	Shuttle train up to 4 times between Strasbourg Airport and Strasbourg Hbf (9 mins )	direct journey from Strasbourg Hbf to Offenburg Hbf (30 mins)
Frankfurt www.frankfurt-airport.de	200 km	S8, S9 (S-Bahn) go directly every ca. 15 mins, however, direct trains to Offenburg exist	direct ICE trains from Frankfurt Airport to Offenburg (1.5 hours)
Baden Airpark Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden www.baden-airpark.de	50 km	Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport – Karlsruhe Hbf: Bus + IRE / RE / S: 1h	Karlsruhe Hbf to Offenburg 30-45 mins
Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (Switzerland) www.euroairport.com	140 km	Basel Airport- Freiburg Hbf:  Bus + ICE 1hour	Freiburg Hbf to Offenburg 30-35mins
Zurich (Switzerland)	210 km	Zurich Airport to Zurich HB: Train/ S Bahn 15mins	Zurich HB to Offenburg: by train 2.5 hours
Stuttgart	150 km	Stuttgart Messe/Airport – Train Station: 27 mins S3 9 min walk	Stuttgart Hbf to Offenburg: 2- 2.5 hours
Düsseldorf	430 km	Düsseldorf Flughafen-Düsseldorf Hbf 10mins	Düsseldorf Hbf- Offenburg 3hours
Hamburg	720 km	Hamburg Airport - Hbf S1 – 25 min	Hamburg Hbf- Offenburg 5.5hours
Munich	370 km	Munich airport- Hbf 40mins	Munich Hbf- Offenburg 4 hours

By Train

All of Germany's Deutsche Bahn (DB) fast train lines (ICE, IC (Inter City) and EC (Euro City)) have stops in Offenburg.

The ICE (Inter-City Express) train is the fastest and best, and will take you from Frankfurt to Offenburg in about 1.5 hours. You can find all the travel information under www.bahn.de (English available).

 

We have negociated a special return ticket deal with DB for the Congress

• 2^nd class 99 Euros
• 1^st class 159 Euros

 

Be aware, this train deal can only be obtained up to 3 days before the Congess. After this date the deal is not valid anymore!

If you are flying from within Germany make sure you check the Rail and Fly option! This means that you can book a ticket with DB which allows you to take the train to your departure airport from anywhere within Germany.

Once you arrive at Offenburg Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) (= central station) you do not necessarily have to take a taxi or bus but if the weather and your luggage allows you can just walk (takes you about 20-30 minutes, depending on your luggage and speed of walking).

If walking is not possible, check out the next two possibilities of getting to Messe Offenburg.

By Taxi

From Offenburg Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) it will take about 5 minutes by taxi to get to the Messe Offenburg (exhibition center). Cost approximately 5-10 Euros.

Later at night or on Sunday when there are no buses, call the “Anruf-Sammel-Taxi (AST)” (call-collection-taxi) on +49 (0)781-22000 any time between 7.30am and 2.30am, but at least half an hour before wanting to leave.

Within Offenburg it costs 4€.

Departure times are as follows (+ maybe 15 minutes collection time):

MON – SUN: 1.00am, 9.00pm, 10.00pm, 11.00pm, 12.00am

SAT additionally: 2.00am, 3.00am, 8.00pm

SUN additionally: 2.00am, 3.00am, 8.00am, 9.00am, 10.00am, 11.00am, 8.00pm

http://www.offenburg.de/html/anruf_sammel_taxi_busersatzverkehr_in_den_abend_und_nachstund.html (sorry, only available in German)

 

By Bus

Buses in Offenburg are called “Schlüsselbuslinien” (key bus lines).

From Offenburg Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) you get on one of the following bus lines

S3 – direction “Schutterwälder Straße”,

S5 – direction “Printus”,

S6 – direction “Rathaus” or

7141 – direction “Lahr”

which all take you directly to Messe Offenburg in just 4 stops (Hauptbahnhof à (1) Stadtkirche à (2) Rathaus à (3) Burda à (4) Messe Offenburg), no need to change.

A single ticket for 1-2 zones costs 2.10€/person. A weekly ticket for 1-2 zones costs 14€/person.

By Car

Messe Offenburg is easily reached by car from every direction. There is a car park next to the Messe Offenburg which will probably cost 10 Euros for the whole congress. The parking ticket can be obtained at the info desk on arrival.

The address for your navigation system is as following:

Messe Offenburg

Schutterwälder Straße 3

77656 Offenburg

Germany

From the North:

• From Berlin/Leipzig along the A9 motorway as far as “Hermsdorfer Kreuz“, then along the A4 (becomes A5) motorway in the direction of Frankfurt/Basel as far es “Exit 55: Offenburg“ (follow signs for “Messe“)
• From Hamburg/Hannover/Kassel along the A7 motorway changing to A5 motorway in the direction of Frankfurt/Basel as far as “Exit 55: Offenburg“ (follow signs for “Messe“)

 

From the West:

• From Ruhrgebiet along the A3 Motorway as far as “Mönchhof Dreieck”, then along the A67 motorway followed by the A5 motorway in the direction of Basel as far as “Exit 55: Offenburg“ (follow signs for “Messe“)

 

From the South:

• From Munich/Nuremberg/Stuttgart along the A8 motorway as far as Karlsruhe, then along the A5 motorway in the direction of Basel as far as “Exit 55: Offenburg“ (follow signs for “Messe“)

 

From the East:

• From Dresden/Chemnitz along the A4 (becomes A5) motorway in the direction of Frankfurt/Basel as far as “Exit 55: Offenburg“ (follow signs for “Messe“)