Travel Information

The arrival and departure place have changed to Reutlingen (train station) due to a better transfer to the accomodation. We ask you now to travel to Reutlingen and not to Tübingen. An explanation why and what to do if you already booked the transportation to and from Tübingen can be found in this forum thread.

Visa and passport
Please remember to apply for your visa in time or check if you need one! Those who need a visa for Germany will receive an official invitation letter in German that they can hand over to the German embassy in their country. This letter will be sent to the contact person at your university via air mail soon so it may take a few weeks.
Please also make sure that you have a valid passport.

Trip by airplane:
The best destination with the shortest distance to Reutlingen/Tübingen is Airport Stuttgart (45 min to Reutlingen) by shuttle bus (schedule for Monday, schedule for Sunday). We will have staff on September 20 at Airport Stuttgart to help you with directions to the shuttle bus. If flights to Stuttgart are not available or too expensive, fly to Frankfurt or Munich (3-4h train ride). Flights to Zürich (Switzerland, 3- 4h train ride) or Paris (5-6h train ride) are an option as well and continue on the rail system.
Here we will not be able to help you at the airport but you can contact us beforehand to help you sort out train transportation.
(Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe = Stuttgart airport, Reutlingen Hbf = Reutlingen main train station)

Trip by train:
From every airport in Germany you can travel directly to “Reutlingen Bahnhof” via Stuttgart.

We were not able to get the train tickets sponsored. Please book them yourself.

Link to the German train service
If you want to check on available train connections you can look it up on the website of the “Deutsche Bahn” (German train service). They have a multilingual website available for example in French and Spanish.
As a help, we already inserted Reutlingen and the respective dates and times in the search query for you:

Arrival in Tübingen at 4pm on 20.09.2010
Departure from Reutlingen at 12am on 26.09.2010
(Departure from Tübingen at 3am on 26.09.2010)

You should plan to arrive at the train station in Reutlingen at the latest at 4 p.m., either via shuttle bus from Stuttgart airport or by train on September 20. From there on we will organize your further transport to the Summit’s accommodation. So please let us know when you are arriving as soon as you know.

Please arrange individual arrival by yourself, if you plan to arrive before September 20.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter any difficulties (forum)