Location
Travel Guide: How to reach MPII
The Max-Planck-Institut
für Informatik is located on the campus of
the Universität des Saarlandes at some 5 km north-east
of the center of Saarbrücken in the forest close to Dudweiler.
Saarbrücken has its own
airport (Saarbrücken-Ensheim) and is tightly connected by train or shuttle bus
to the airports at Luxemburg and Frankfurt. Major railroads connect Saarbrücken every
hour within Germany and frequently to Metz, Nancy or Paris. Highways lead to Mannheim/Frankfurt,
Luxemburg/Trier/Köln, Strassbourg or Metz/Nancy/Paris.
The campus can be reached...
- from Saarbrücken-Ensheim, Airport
- by taxi approx. 20 min.; ca. EUR 20,--
- from Saarbrücken, Main Station
- by taxi approx. 15 min; ca. EUR 13,--
- by bus,
approx. 20 min., ca. EUR 2,50
- starting at: Hauptbahnhof, Saarbrücken
- heading to: Dudweiler-Dudoplatz or Universität Campus
- getting off the bus at: Universität Busterminal or Universität Mensa
- from Frankfurt or Mannheim via Autobahn A6
- by car
- leaving at exit St.Ingbert-West
- following the (white) signs Universität-Ost to the campus
- from Paris via Autobahn A4
- by car
- leaving at exit St.Ingbert-West
- following the (white) signs Universität-Ost to the campus
- from Trier via Autobahn A1, A8, A623 heading to Saarbrücken
The institute can be found on this campus map.