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Travel Details

 

This section should give you an idea of prices for flights from around the world to the conference.  The closest airports to the venue are Cologne and Düsseldorf (more details on these below).     

Flying into Cologne
Connections from Cologne Airport - Cologne city centre (Maternushaus): 
There is a direct train service (line S 13) from the airport to Cologne Central Station (Koln Hbf) which runs at least twice an hour:
See http://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de/main.php?id=122&lang=2 for more information.
The airport is approx 10.5 miles (17 km) from Cologne City Centre, and will cost you approximately 30 Euros in a taxi.

Flying into Düsseldorf

Although further away from the venue than Cologne Airport, Düsseldorf is very well connected, and has a train station in the airport.  There is also a 'skytrain' that will take you from the terminal to the railway station.  Direct trains run from the station to Cologne Central Station (Koln Hbf) usually twice an hour.  See http://www.reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en for more details.  The journey will take somewhere between 30 - 40 minutes and the cost of the train will be between 10 - 20 Euros.