Travel to LinuxTag 2005

By car

The Congress Centre in the city of Karlsruhe is well-connected to the motorways A5, A8 and A65. Inside the city there are signs pointing to parking lots and underground garages.

KMK info: road plan

By train

Karlsruhe is on the ICE line Hamburg - Frankfurt - Basel. There also starts the west-east-line over Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Munich.

KMK info: travel by train

Karlsruhe central station (Hauptbahnhof) is in the southern city center next to Stadtgarten / Zoo. From there it is about a 10 minute walk to the congress centre.

With the tram it takes about 5 minutes on the following lines:

from central station / Hauptbahnhof: lines S1, S4, S11, 2

from city center / Stadtmitte: Linie, S1, S4, S11, 2, 5

By Plane

Karlsruhe located near several airports. As target airports we recommend Stuttgart or Frankfurt. Frankfurt/Main international airport is serviced by nearly every airline and is about 60 minutes away from Karlsruhe central station with the ICE. Train travel to Stuttgart airport takes approx. 1.5 to 2 hours.

KMK info: travel by plane