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The venue location is located close to the center of Frankfurt, so that it is reachable by car, train and plane.
By Car edit
Coming from the north drive on highway 5 (A5) up to Bad Homburger Kreuz. Take the highway 661 (A661) in the direction of Offenbach and continue up to "Offenbach-Kaiserlei".
Coming from other directions, drive on the highway 3 (A3) up to Offenbacher Kreuz. Take the highway 661 (A661) in the direction of Offenbach and continue up to "Offenbach-Kaiserlei".
Leaving the highway, you will enter a roundabout traffic. Leave the roundabout in direction Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen, and drive along the river Main for approx. 3 km. The road makes a turn to the left and after approx. 500 m a turn to the right. Please use the right lane of the two turn off lanes After the next set of traffic lights (street: Deutschherrnufer) you will reach the Haus der Jugend after another 100 m.
Please note that free parking near the location is quite difficult.
By Public Transport edit
Leave the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) through the main exit. On the right hand side you will find the bus station. Take bus 46 in the direction of "Mühlberg". This bus runs every 20 minutes. Get off at the bus stop "Frankensteiner Platz". From there go on foot approx. 40 m back to the entrance of Haus der Jugend.
The bus does not run in the evening and quite infrequently at the week-end, so you should then take the tram 16 in the direction of "Offenbach Stadtgrenze" to stop "Lokalbahnhof". In the Dreieichstraße go in a northerly direction to the river Main. Take a left turn into the street "Deutschherrnufer", after approx. 100 m, you will reach the Youth-Hostel.
By Plane edit
At the Frankfurt Flughafen airport take the underground "S-Bahn" in the direction Hanau up to the main railway station of Frankfurt (3 stops). For further directions see section "by public transport" above.
At the Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn, which is located about 120 km west of Frankfurt, you have to take the bus to Frakfurt main railway station (Hauptbahnhof). The fare is 12€ and journey time is approx. 1:45 h. For further directions see section "by public transport" above.
Useful links edit
- Frankfurt International Airport: http://www.frankfurt-airport.com
- Airport Frankfurt Hahn: http://www.hahn-airport.de/
- German rail: Deutsche Bahn
- (english) - German Rail with online-ticketing. You can get special discounts up to 62,5% by booking in advance.
- Public transport: Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund