The following map will give you an overview of Hildesheim city center, the main station, relevant bus stations and cabs as well as the hotels.

Travelling by Plane

The nearest airport to Hildesheim is located in Hanover. There is the possibility to travel by train with the Deutsche Bahn to Hildesheim. As an alternative to the train it is also possible to rent a car at the airport.

The most convenient route is from Hanover airport and then either

• By cab to Hildesheim (~40 minutes; ~100 euro) or
• By local train to Hildesheim (~60-70 minutes; ~10 euro) and a cab from Hildesheim main station to the event location (~15 minutes, ~17-20 euro).

Hannover airport is not large, if you catch a direct connection (from Heathrow, Stanstead, Milano etc.) it is the fastest, though. Alternatively travel to

• Frankfurt airport and then
• High speed train (ICE) to Hildesheim (ca. 2:45 h, ca. 80 euro)

A detailed description of public transport in Hildesheim, e.g., if you do not want to take a cab from Hildesheim main station to your hotel or the workshop location, can be found below (Public Transport in Hildesheim).

 

Travelling by Train

You can reach Hildesheim by ICE or regional passenger train with approximately hourly connections. At the web sites of Deutsche Bahn you can find further information on traveling by train and you can book tickets online.

A detailed description of public transport in Hildesheim, e.g., if you do not want to take a cab from Hildesheim main station to your hotel or the workshop location, can be found below (Public Transport in Hildesheim).

 

Travelling by Car

From Hamburg – Hanover or Frankfurt – Kassel

Autobahn E4 / A7, exit at Hildesheim-Drispenstedt or Hildesheim and from there it takes only minutes to reach downtown Hildesheim.

From Berlin or the Ruhr Region

Autobahn A2 to the main junction at Hanover-East. Take Autobahn A7 towards Hildesheim-Kassel and exit at Hildesheim-Drispenstedt or Hildesheim.

 

Public Transport in Hildesheim (Bus)

Costs per ticket (single person): 2,30 euro (the ticket is valid for 60 minutes and can be bought from the bus driver).

Other types of tickets:

• Full-day-ticket (single person): 5,00 euro. It is valid until the end of the day
• Multi-ticket (5 at once, single person): 10,40 euro (=2,08 euro per ticket) at special shops, for instance at the tobacco shop inside Hildesheim main station. These tickets have to be stamped when entering the bus.
• Group ticket (up to 5 persons): 7,30 euro. It is valid up from 9:00am (Monday-Friday)

From main station to hotels (~5 minutes travel time)

At Hildesheim main station the bus stations are in front of the station building. The nearest bus station to the hotels is called:

• Theater if you take bus line 1, direction Hildesheim Himmelsthür (show details)
• Theaterstraße if you take bus line 21, direction Hildesheim Theaterstraße (show details)

Both stations are at the same location as the figure on top of this page shows.

In order to find the best time and bus for your arrival in Hildesheim, you can search for your bus connection at: www.efa.de

In the upper right corner you can fill in the places from where to which you want to go. The figure below illustrates such a search including the required information. You can use the same information as in the figure and just change the time (Uhrzeit) and date (Datum) of your arrival.

From main station to workshop location (~15 minutes travel time)

A timetable for the busses that drive from Hildesheim main station to the workshop location can be found here.

On the second page of that document you will find the connections from Hildesheim main station to station Itzum – Scharfe Ecke which is the nearest station to the workshop location Domäne Marienburg.

From hotels to workshop location

Starting from bus station Theater or Theaterstraße, you can take the following alternative connections to the workshop location (bus station Itzum Scharfe Ecke):

• Connection 1
  • Theater via bus line 5 (direction Stadtfeld-Ost) to Moltkestraße
  • Change from bus line 5 to bus line 3 at Moltkestraße
  • Moltkestraße via bus line 3 (direction Itzum Scharfe Ecke) to Itzum Scharfe Ecke
• Connection 2
  • Theater via bus line 1 (direction Bavenstedt) to Bahnhof (main station)
  • Change from bus line 1 to bus line 3 at Bahnhof (main station)
  • Bahnhof (main station) via bus line 3 (direction Itzum Scharfe Ecke) to Itzum Scharfe Ecke
• Connection 3
  • Theaterstraße via bus line 43 (direction Ochtersum Süd) to Hindenburgplatz
  • Change from bus line 43 to bus line 34 at Hindenburgplatz
  • Hindenburgplatz via bus line 34 (direction Hackenstedt) to Itzum Scharfe Ecke

In order to find the best time and bus for your arrival in Hildesheim, you can search for your bus connection at: www.efa.de. An example on how to search for a bus connection is given above (see figure “Searching for Bus Connections – Main Station to Hotels”).

From Itzum Scharfe Ecke to workshop location

You can go by foot from bus station Itzum Scharfe Ecke to the workshop location. Workshop signs will guide you the way. The following map will give you an overview of the workshop location as well as the bus station and the footpath (dashed orange arrow).