How to Get to LinuxTag
The Berlin fairgrounds are extremely easy to reach by any means of transport. Moreover, Berlin's local public transport network is dense and easy to use.
Within Berlin, public transportation is your best option to get to the fairgrounds and we thus recommend using them. It takes about 20 - 30 minutes from the city center (e. g. Alexanderplatz, Friedrichstraße, Central Station, Zoo Station) to the fairgrounds.
Travel Information
Put together your own itinerary with links to Berlin public transport, German railways and airports:
- Timetable inquiry page, Berlin public transport (BVG)
- Berlin local rail service (S-Bahn)
- Public transport to the fairgrounds (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- German Railways (DB) timetable inquiry
- Berlin Airports
Below we have compiled some of the most important transport connections to and from the Berlin fairgrounds and convention center:
From the Airports to the Fairgrounds
From Berlin Tegel (TXL) to fairgrounds/convention center
- Take Bus X9 (Express) or 109 towards Zoologischer Garten; get off at the S-Bahn station Jungfernheide. There take the train S42 (Ring) towards Westend and get off at Messe Nord/ICC.
- Or take a taxi: it's just a few minutes' drive from Tegel airport to the fairgrounds.
From Berlin Tempelhof (THF) to fairgrounds/convention center
- Take Bus 104 towards Neu-Westend/Brixplatz and get off at Haus des Rundfunks. From there it's just a short walk to the fairgrounds.
From Berlin Schönefeld (SXF) to fairgrounds/convention center
- Take the local train S45 towards Gesundbrunnen and get off at Messe Nord/ICC.
- Or take the S9 or S75 train towards Spandau and get off at Westkreuz or Messe Süd.
From the Railway Stations to the Fairgrounds
From Zoologischer Garten, Charlottenburg, Ostbahnhof or Lichtenberg station to the fairgrounds/convention center
- Take the local train S9 or S75 towards Spandau and get off at Westkreuz or Messe Süd.
From Schönefeld station to the fairgrounds/convention center
- Take the local train S45 towards Gesundbrunnen and get off at Messe Nord/ICC.
- Or take the S9 or S75 train towards Spandau and get off at Westkreuz or Messe Süd.
From Spandau station to fairgrounds/convention center
- Take local train S9 towards Schönefeld airport and get off at Messe Süd.
- Or take the S75 train towards Wartenberg and get off at Messe Süd.
From Potsdam central station to Berlin fairgrounds/convention center
- Take local train S1 towards Oranienburg and change at Wannsee for the S7 towards Ahrensfelde. Get off at Westkreuz.
From the City Center to the Fairgrounds
The Berlin fairgrounds are big, LinuxTag takes place in halls 12, 13, 14, and 15. Access is though entrance "Eingang Ost". Both landmarks Convention Center ICC as well as the "Funkturm" (radio tower) help orientating. Closest stations of public transportation are "Messe Nord/ICC" and "Kaiserdamm"; we also recommend to exit at "Westkreuz" as transferring for one station to "Messe Nord/ICC" does not pay off.
Berlin Public Transport (BVG)
- Take the underground line
U2 towards Ruhleben and get off at Kaiserdamm. From there it's a short walk to the fairgrounds.
- Or take the
S9 or S75 trains to Messe Süd (15 minutes walking distance).
- Or take the
S41, S42, or S46 to Messe Nord / ICC
- Or take the
S41, S42, S46, S5, S7, S9 or S75 to Westkreuz.
- Or take any of the bus lines
X34, X49, 104, 139, 149, 218 to the Messedamm, ZOB, or ICC stop.
By Car to the Berlin Fairgrounds
Most of the autobahns radiating from Berlin have three lanes in each direction. From the autobahn ring around Berlin, the A10, you can follow the "Messegelände" signs from the Drewitz, Oranienburg, Schönefelder Kreuz and Pankow junctions. These lead to the A111, A115 (or "Avus") and A100 autobahns into the city, which meet at the Funkturm junction. That's where you'll find the exit to the fairgrounds.
There is free parking for 5000 cars at the fairgrounds. We recommend the parking lot at Hammerskjöldplatz, which is closest to the entrance ("Eingang Ost").




