VISITOR INFORMATION: ARRIVAL, TICKET PRE-SALES, TRAIN CONNECTIONS AND MORE
Planning a visit to Messe Freiburg? Or have you already got a date in your diary for a specific event? If so, you’ll find all the information you need about tickets, getting here, parking and accessibility here. Are you travelling to a specialist trade fair from outside the area? If so, we recommend the Deutsche Bahn event ticket der DB.
We wish you a pleasant journey.
TICKETS AND VOUCHERS
Tickets and vouchers for events taking place at Messe Freiburg are available online and at all Reservix points of sale: FWTM (Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG) online ticket shop der FWTM (Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG) or in the Messe Freiburg event calendar.
TICKET SELLERS IN FREIBURG
COMPANY |
ADDRESS |
PHONE |
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|---|---|---|---|
| FWTM tourist information | Rathausplatz 2-4 | +49 761 3881 880 | info@visit.freiburg.de |
| VAG Pluspunkt | Salzstraße 3 | +49 761 4511 500 | kundenservice@vagfr.de |
| FWTM Messe Freiburg | Neuer Messplatz 1 | +49 761 3881 02 | messe.freiburg@fwtm.de |
| BZ-Kartenservice Freiburg | Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 229 | +49 761 4964 960 | freiburg@badische-zeitung.de |
CLOAKROOM
At almost all specialist and public trade fairs, and all concerts and shows at Messe Freiburg, a cloakroom is available for €3 per coat or item of luggage.
We would also like to make you aware of the obligation to check in bags and rucksacks (larger than A4 size). Checks will be carried out at the entrance to Messe Freiburg. Many thanks in advance for your understanding!
FOOD & DRINK
During events at Messe Freiburg, food services provided by Business-Catering Freiburg and other partners will be available, and will vary depending on the event in question.
GETTING HERE
Connections between Messe Freiburg and national and international transport networks are excellent thanks to our proximity to airports, ICE lines and the motorway. This makes it very easy to reach Messe Freiburg using all methods of transport.
Detailed information on travelling to Freiburg can be found here (in German).
RAIL CONNECTIONS
Freiburg is on the Frankfurt – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel ICE/IC line. From the Freiburg main train station, you can reach Messe Freiburg in around ten minutes using public transport.
GREAT VALUE DEUTSCHE BAHN EVENT TICKET
In partnership with Deutsche Bahn, Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG offers an exclusive deal for the journey to and from your event at Messe Freiburg. Travel long-distance with Deutsche Bahn using 100% green energy.
Journey times:
Freiburg – Stuttgart: 2 hours
Freiburg – Frankfurt am Main: 2¼ hours
Freiburg – Cologne: 3¼ hours
LONG-DISTANCE COACH CONNECTIONS
There are numerous long-distance coach services connecting Freiburg with many German cities. The bus station is located right by the main train station, where you can get a taxi or public transport to Messe Freiburg in just ten minutes.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Messe Freiburg is ideally situated for public transport links. On train line 4, there is a train going to the Messe Freiburg stop every 7.5 minutes, which takes just ten minutes from the main train station.
Coming from the Black Forest and Kaiserstuhl, you can take the Breisgau S-Bahn (lines 1 and 11) to the Freiburg Messe/Universität station. From here, it’s then just an eight-minute walk to the Messe.
The congress ticket (event ticket) entitles the holder to free use of public transport. This initiative applies to the Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg (RVF), which comprises 20 city and regional transport companies.
You can also get timetable information and tickets from Freiburger Verkehrs AG (VAG).
TRAVELLING BY CAR
From the north and the south via the Rheintal motorway A5 Frankfurt-Basel, take the Freiburg-Mitte exit. It’s roughly a seven-minute drive from the Mitte motorway slip road to Messe Freiburg. The route is signposted.
From the east via the A81 Stuttgart-Singen and the B31 Donaueschingen, Titisee-Neustadt. For Schwarzwaldstrasse, follow in the direction of the Freiburg-Mitte slip road. The route to Messe Freiburg is signposted.
Please see our roadmap of the approach to the Messe Freiburg site to help get your bearings.
PARKING – CAR PARKS
If you’re making your own way here by car, we have parking available right in front of the entrance to Messe Freiburg, with parking charges of €5 per day.
TRAVELLING BY BIKE
The Freiburg bike sharing scheme Frelo has a hire point at the Messe Freiburg stop and at the Solar Info Center (Technische Fakultät stop).
For cyclists with their own bike, Messe Freiburg provides plenty of bike parking spaces right in front of the main entrance.
TRAVELLING BY PLANE
BASEL-MULHOUSE-FREIBURG AIRPORT (EUROAIRPORT)
It is possible to get to Freiburg from several airports: Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg airport (EuroAirport) is the closest airport at one hour’s drive away. It offers international scheduled and charter flights and can be reached from Freiburg via the Airport Bus and by bus and train with changes in Basel. By car, the airport can be reached via the A5 motorway in the direction of Basel, then at the Neuenburg interchange head towards Ottmarsheim/Mulhouse on the A35, or just before the Basel toll station, head towards Palmrheinbücke, Huningue and St. Louis.
FREIBURG AIRPORT (EDTF)
Located next to the Messe Freiburg events area and just 1.5 km (approx. 1 mile) from the city centre, Freiburg Airport (a customs airport) is a popular and direct flight connection for business travellers, traders and private pilots coming to the Messe Freiburg or the event-filled centre of Freiburg. The airport is authorised for aircraft up to 10,000 tonnes.
STRASBOURG AIRPORT (AÉROPORT INTERNATIONAL STRASBOURG)
Strasbourg Airport is located around 80 km (approx. 50 miles) from Freiburg, just south of Strasbourg (in Entzheim). You can get to Strasbourg using public transport (via Offenburg and Kehl); then there are many options for getting to the airport, such as the bus, tram or regional trains. By car, you can reach the airport on the A5 motorway and national roads in France.
KARLSRUHE/BADEN-BADEN AIRPORT
The airport is around 100 km (approx. 60 miles) north of Freiburg between Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe. You can reach the airport by rail on the Rheintal line with a connecting bus. There are also shuttle bus connections directly from Freiburg bus station. The airport can also be reached by car on the A5 (Baden-Baden exit).
ZURICH AIRPORT
Zurich Airport is around 150 km (approx. 95 miles) from Freiburg and there are very good direct ICE connections between the Zurich and Freiburg main railway stations.
STUTTGART AIRPORT
The airport is around 200 km (approx. 125 miles) from Freiburg and easily accessible by rail from the Freiburg main train station via Karlsruhe to Stuttgart, then from there to the airport by S-Bahn (city rail).
FRANKFURT AIRPORT
The airport is around 200 km (approx. 125 miles) from Freiburg and easily accessible by rail from the Freiburg main train station via Karlsruhe to Stuttgart, then from there to the airport by S-Bahn (city rail).