Travel information

Münster (lhttp://www.muenster.de/en/) is a city with 280,000 inhabitants. It has with a nice historic, medieval center with numerous churches and hosts Germany's fifth biggest university.

Münster is well connected by the airports:

Münster-Osnabrück (FMO) via 30-45 min bus ride with lines S50 and R51 every 30 min to Münster's central railway station "Hauptbahnhof"

Düsseldorf (DUS) via 1.5 hours train ride every hour to Münster's central railway station "Hauptbahnhof" starting 13 min after every full hour at Düsseldorf Airport railway station, e.g. 5:13 am, 6:13 am, 7:13 am, ...

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) vai 3 hours ride with ICE train every hour to Münster's central railway station "Hauptbahnhof"

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) via 2.5 hours car ride.

Other less well connected airports are possible only with a rental car:
Weeze (NRN), Paderborn (PAD), Dortmund (DTM)

Münster is well connected to the German high speed train system, please the train schedules under http://www.bahn.de/i/view/USA/en/index.shtml

The city has a highly frequent bus system. You pay usually the ticket at the driver when entering the bus. The main station and the city center are connected via busses every few minutes. Unfortunately there is a big reconstruction work going on near the hotel. Therefore the following bus lines are recommended:

  1. Central Railway Station ("Hauptbahnhof") -> Stadthotel:
    Take bus line 22 from central railway station, bay C1 (see map) in direction "Rüschhausweg" to bus stop "Klemensstr." walk 6 min to Stadthotel. The bus runs every 20 min, e.g. 8:10 am, 8:30 am, 8:50 am, 9:10 am, ...
    If you have heavy luggage a taxi is recommended.
  2. Stadthotel -> Central Railway Station ("Hauptbahnhof"):
    Walk 3 minutes to bus stop "Picasso-Museum" and enter bus number 11 or 22 direction "Hauptbahnhof"/"Tannenhof" to Hauptbahnhof. These buses run every 10 minutes, e.g. 8:07 am, 8:17 am, 8:27 am, ...
  3. Stadthotel -> Institut für Kernphysik:
    Walk to bus stop "Landgericht". Enter bus line 11, 12, 13 or 22 to “P+R Coesfelder Kreuz”. Leave the bus at bus stop "P+R Coesfelder Kreuz" and walk 2 min to the institute. These buses runs every 5 min. In addition, on January 15, we will offer to you a direct transport car from Stadthotel to the institute.
  4. Institut für Kernphysik -> Stadthotel:
    Take bus line 11, 12, 13 or 22 at bus stop "P+R Coesfelder Kreuz in direction "Hauptbahnhof and leave at bus station "Landgericht. The buses run every 5 min. Walk to the hotel (about 9 min).
  5. Central Railway Station ("Hauptbahnhof") -> Institut für Kernphysik:
    Take bus number 1, 5, or 12 at bay "B" to “P+R Coesfelder Kreuz” and walk 2 min to the institute. Each of the line runs every 20 min, e.g. bus line 1: 8:01 am, 8:21 am, 8:41 am, ...
    bus line   5: 8:02 am, 8:22 am, 8:42 am, ...,
    bus line 12: 8:10 am, 8:30 am, 8:50 am , ...
  6. Institut für Kernphysik -> Central Railway Station ("Hauptbahnhof"):
    Take bus lines 1, 5 or 12 from "P+R Coesfelder Kreuz to Hauptbahnhof. The buses run every 5 min.