Travel Information


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Arrival by airplane

If you arrive by plane, the airports of Hamburg (HAM), Berlin (Tegel (TXL) and Schönefeld (SXF)), as well as Hamburg/Lübeck (LBC) or Rostock/Laage (RLG) will be your destinations. By train you need about 1.5 - 2.5 hours from Hamburg and about 2.5 - 3.5 hours from Berlin to Rostock. If you find your way to Rostock from Berlin by train, choosing the "Ostseeticket" (Baltic Sea ticket) may be a less expensive ticket than the regular train ticket. For conditions see the Deutsche Bahn website (unfortunately, in German only).

From Rostock Hbf the S-Bahn will bring you either to the AudiMax (conference hall) at the first train stop, called  Parkstrasse. The final station of the S-Bahn is Warnemünde where you find the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. 

  • Check train departures at: Deutsche Bahn
  • Check for local transport in Rostock: RSAG

Arrival by railway

From southern directions you probably pass Berlin or from western direction Hamburg to reach Rostock by train.

From Rostock Hbf the S-Bahn will bring you either to the AudiMax (conference hall) at the first train stop, called  Parkstrasse. The final station of the S-Bahn is Warnemünde where you find the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde.

  • Check train departures at: Deutsche Bahn
  • Check for local transport in Rostock: RSAG

Arrival by car

Coming from the south, or from the east and west

You arrive at Rostock either by autobahn A19 to A20 or A20 directly. The best exit will be Rostock-West.

For Warnemünde you just follow the 103 to Warnemünde and then via L12 to the IOW.

For the AudiMax conference hall you leave the 103 at the entrace to Rostock following the L10, L132, and Parkstrasse street.

Coming from the north (by ferry)

We recommend to leave the harbour via 105 (Warnow-Tunnel) and to reach either Warnemünde or the Audimax via 103 (see above).