Accommodation & Travel
Accommodation
From small, cosy guest houses to big, modern hotels, some close to the centre and some in more quiet areas – Bielefeld has a variety of accommodations to offer. We contacted hotels and secured a contingent of rooms and for some even a discount. Please Please find the list with accommodations that offer contigents for the EFSM2025 here. In this table we also included the names and address of the accommodations, as well as their website and the deadline until which the contingents are available. Just contact the accommodation to book the room and mention the codeword “European Fire Salamander Meeting 2023” to get a room from the contingent and if available the discount.
Please contact efsm2025@uni-bielefeld.de using the subject “accommodation” for further assistance or questions.
Travelling to Bielefeld
Germany has a vast train system that can get you anywhere. Once you enter Germany, you can easily access Bielefeld from many different cities. Depending on where you come from, perhaps the best option is to take one direct flight to Germany and then a train to get to Bielefeld. You can easily book a train using the application from the German Railway “DB Navigator App” or their webpage via http://www.bahn.com/en – it works for trains in Germany and also in some neighbouring countries.
Below, you can find our airport selection, with the approximate travelling time by train from the respective Airport to Bielefeld main train station “Bielefeld Hbf”. Note that even the most distant airports in this list are less than 4 hours away from Bielefeld by train.
International airports that are well-connected to Bielefeld (time travelling with train):
- Dortmund (~1.30 hours)
- Düsseldorf international (~2.00 hours)
- Köln/Bonn (~2.30 hours)
- Bremen (~2.30 hours)
- Frankfurt (~3.00 hours)
- Berlin (~3.30 hours)
- Hamburg (~3.40 hours)
Additionally, you can also check these smaller and more remote airports (time travelling with train):
- Hannover-Langenhagen (~1.40 hours)
- Paderborn/Lippstadt (~2.20 hours)
- Münster/Osnabrück (~2.20 hours)
- Kassel-Calden (~3.00 hours)
How to get to University?
Public transport within the city is well developed. However, the best way to get to the University is to take the Tram line 4 (red line; direction Lohmannshof if you depart from the city centre), which stops directly at Bielefeld University campus (stop “Universität”).
Alternatively, Bielefeld has a dense grid of bus stops. There are several busses that go from several parts of the city to Bielefeld University. Just find the busstop closest to you and type it in the DB Navigator App or mobiel app (the app for public transport within Bielefeld) and it will give you the best route and departure times.
Please contact efms2025@uni-bielefeld.de using the subject “travel” for further assistance or questions.