International Summer Course 2010

4. Arrival

August, 26 is the official arrival day. If you want to arrive earlier or depart later, you may contact the Course office on housing possibilities. In some instances it might be possible to stay in the room in the student hall of residence (additional fee incurs). If not, the organisation office can give you contact details of youth hostels and hotels.

Please note: As we start with the test on Friday, August 28, we urgently recommend not to arrive later than August, 27.

If you need a visa, please bear in mind that the application for a visa takes up to three months. Please contact your embassy or consulate as soon as possible.

Collection service: On Aug 27, the day of arrival we will receive you at our JLU stand on platform 1 of Giessen railway station between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm. We will hand you your room keys and personally accompany you to the hostel. Please inform us in advance of your exact time of arrival: sommerkurs-aaa@admin.uni-giessen.de. In case of emergency, please call our mobile phone number +49 (0) 151 55 40 77 97.

Travel Information:

Arrival by plane: It is recommended that you fly to Frankfurt/Main.

• Arrival at Terminal 1: Follow the signs to "Regionalbahnhof" = Local Railway Station.
• Arrival at Terminal 2: Follow signs "Bahnhöfe via Sky line" = train station via Sky Line. The free of charge Sky Line service runs from 05:00 am to 03:00 am.

Purchase a train ticket to Giessen in the "DB Reisezentrum" = DB Travel Center", which is located in Terminal 1, Level 0, Hall B. The cheapest ticket (by "RE"-train) to Giessen currently costs 12,50 Euro.

Take a "S-Bahn" = Rapid Transit Train to "Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof" = Frankfurt Main Station. The journey takes about 10 minutes.
You can either get on a S8-train heading to Hanau or a S9-train heading to Offenbach Ost; in both cases, please get off the "S-Bahn"-train at "Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof" = Frankfurt Main Station.

After getting off the "S-Bahn" at "Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof" = Frankfurt Main Station, go up to the ground level and take a train to Giessen. The journey from Frankfurt to Giessen takes about 45 minutes. For additional information on train timetables and ticket costs please visit the homepage of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbundes.

Various low-cost-airlines fly to the airport Frankfurt/Hahn. A bus-service connects the airport with the main train station of Frankfurt (the bus leaves once an hour; the journey takes about 1:45h). The bus stop is directly in front of the airport terminal; the bus ends on the south side of the train station. The bus ticket currently costs about 16 Euro. Please consult the homepage of Frankfurt/Hahn Airport for details. Once you arrive at the train station, take a train to Giessen (confer above).

Arrival by bus
Various bus lines link European cities with Giessen (the bus stop is in front of the train station) or Frankfurt.

Arrival by train: There are direct connections to Giessen from Kassel, Cologne and Frankfurt.

Arrival by c car: Giessen is surrounded by a ring-road, made up from the following highways: the A480 (in the north), the A485 (in the east), B429 (in the west) and the B49 (in the south). You can easily reach an destination in the city by taking one of the various exists of the ring-road.
If you intend to arrive by car, please come also to our meeting point at Giessen's station. There we will hand over the key to your room and provide you with all the information you need.