This page contains directions of how to find your way to Eurofurence by air, train or car. If the information on this web page is not sufficient for you, feel free to contact our travel department by email to travel@eurofurence.org. You can also contact the hotel for directions, however please only contact them about hotel or travel related issues ... they will not be able to answer any questions related to Eurofurence 13. Warning for navigation system users: Most navigation systems won't find the hotel address. Try "Am Himmelreich" instead. Upon reaching that road, don't enter it, but continue going uphill. Ringhotel Ringberg Suhl Ringberg 10 98527 Suhl GERMANY Tel: ++49-3681-389-0 Fax: ++49-3681-389-980

Arriving via Airport Nuremberg

The international airport nearest to the convention hotel is Nuremberg airport. This airport, however, is still roughly 160 km away from the convention itself, and you will be required to travel to the convention site on local trains. We recommend Nuremberg airport for visitors flying from the UK and Continental Europe, as it is served by low-cost carriers, for example Air Berlin. Travel from Nuremberg airport to the central railway station will take about 20 minutes by subway, there is a bi-hourly connection to Suhl from Nuremberg central station.

For travel information (with pre-set departure and arrival stations) we recommend using this search form provided by Deutsche Bahn, which will also allow you to purchase tickets for the railway journey up to 89 days in advance.

Arriving via Frankfurt International

Should you arrive from outside Europe, you should check with your travel agent whether flying directly into Nuremberg or Frankfurt International is more convenient for you. A return ticket from Frankfurt, Germany's main air hub, to the convention site is about € 120 per person, and it will take about 3.5 hours to travel from the airport to the convention. However, if you still want to travel to the convention from Frankfurt despite the disadvantages, we recommend using this search form provided by Deutsche Bahn to retrieve further railway information and ticket pricing. (Railway tickets can be booked up to 89 days in advance).

Suhl is located in the centre of Germany, but unfortunately not very close to long-distance train services, so you you will most likely have to change to a regional service at some point. There are several services available, some of them require additional changes, some of them are through services from Würzburg to Suhl. If you're travelling rom outside of Germany, wou will likely end up on a long-distance train to Leipzig or Eisenach, and then one of the regional services from either of these cities to Suhl.

To facilitate the search for connections, we've prepared this search form which will find a train connection for you directly from the database of Deutsche Bahn. It has the following presets:

• Arrival time Sep 05 2007, 14:00 CET
• Arriving at: Suhl station

You can just enter your station of departure (within Continental Europe and the UK) and search for a connection that fits your planned itinerary. If you are in possession of a valid credit card, it is possible to obtain domestic and selected international self-print tickets right at the web site up to 89 days in advance. We're currently trying to work out a way to provide transportation from Suhl railway station to the hotel.

Suhl is conveniently located near the A71 and A73 motorways. Please take note that these motorways were built relatively recent, and might not be included in maps published prior to 2005. The A71 is the main connection to Suhl, providing links to the cross-country routes A4 (near Gotha) and A7 (near Schweinfurt).

Coming from the north

Take A7 up to Kirchheimer Dreieck (exit 86). Change on A4 direction Eisenach/Erfurt. At Kreuz Erfurt (exit 45), change onto A71 direction Suhl.

Coming from the south

Take A7 to Kreuz Schweinfurt (exit 99) and change to A70. After a few kilometres, leave the A70 at Dreieck Werntal (exit 4) and merge onto A71 direction Suhl.

Coming from the east

From Berlin, take A9 unto Hermsdorfer Kreuz. Merge onto A4 direction Erfurt/Eisenach. From Dresden, just stay on A4 until you reach Kreuz Erfurt (exit 45). Change onto A71 there, heading toward Suhl.

Coming from the west

From southwestern Germany and France, the best way is to travel to Frankfurt am Main first, then get on the A5 northbound. The A5 will eventually become A4 at the junction Kirchheimer Dreieck.

If you are travelling from the Netherlands, Düsseldorf or Cologne, follow A3 until Limburg an der Lahn, leave the A3 at exit 42, then use the B49 to reach Gießen and the motorway ring around Gießen (A485 and A480) to reach the A5. Coming from Dortmund, you can use the A45 (Sauerlandlinie) to get to Gießen without the fuss.
Once you have reached the junction Kirchheimer Dreieck, please follow the instructions as laid out in the segment "coming from the north" above.

Common to all routes

Leave A71 at exit Suhl/Zella-Mehlis (exit number 19). Head southwards on B247 toward Suhl city centre for about 1.5 kilometres. Turn left onto Ilmenauer Straße, direction Schmiedefeld and follow the road uphill. After a while, the road will start a steep incline - which means you're almost there! The hotel will be located to the left of the main road, about 200 metres after you pass the second serpentine.

When using a navigation system

Most navigation systems won't find the hotel address because there is no actual road called "Ringberg". The word "Ringberg" in the postal address directly refers to the hill the hotel is built upon. If you plan on using your navigation system, please enter "Am Himmelreich" as the destination road, but instead of entering that road, continue to drive uphill to the hotel.

If you don't like going by train and do not want to rent a car by yourself, it may be a good idea to have a look at the ridesharing board to see if anyone is travelling when you are, or post a request yourself.