Travel & Site Information
Venue
BioTrends 2008 will be held in Dortmund at the Harenberg City Center (HCC) northwest of the city center, right next to the Main Train Station.
Built in the heart of the city, next to the Main Train Station, the Harenberg City Center catches the attention. This building sets the trend for the structural change in the Ruhr Area, as the people who work there experience and shape a bit of the future. They develop products and services for a modern world and communicate with their international colleagues all over the world.
Address of the venue:
Königswall 21, 44137 Dortmund
Telephone: +49 (0) 231 / 90 56 - 166
Name of the train station: Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof)
To see more pictures of the Harenberg City Center please click here
Travel to Dortmund and to the conference site is easy by plane or by train. The international airports of Dortmund (www.dortmund-airport.de), Düsseldorf (www.duesseldorf-international.de) and Köln Bonn (www.airport-cgn.de) are connected to the conference venue by public transport. Nearest train station is the Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof).
By plane
- Dortmund Airport
- Airport’s shuttle bus to the train station Holzwickede (every 15 minutes, time of travel 5 minutes)
- Regional train to the main train station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, every 30 minutes, time of travel 18 minutes)
- Taxi
- Düsseldorf Airport
Regional/Intercity (IC)/Intercity express (ICE) train to the Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, every 30 minutes, time of travel 40 minutes) - Köln-Bonn Airport
Regional train to the Main Train Station of Cologne (Köln Hauptbahnhof), Intercity (IC)/Intercity express (ICE) train to the Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, every 30 minutes, time of travel 90 minutes)
The Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is just a stone throw away from the venue. Follow the signs “Dortmund Stadtmitte/City”, as soon as you get out of the Main Train Station, turn right, in about 200 meters the Harenberg City Center is up front.
By train
- to the Main Train Station of Dortmund (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof)
- take the main exit towards the city
- turn right and walk along the Königswall street
- you will find the Harenberg City Center after 200 meters
By car
- A 45 exit DO-Hafen (the harbour of Dortmund), towards the city center (Richtung DO-Innenstadt)
- turn right at the second set of traffic lights
- follow under the railway underpass
- 80 meters after the railway underpass turn left to the parking site next to the Harenberg City Center
- Attention: To park you car during the conference, please use the multi-storey car park left to the main train station
