Venue

Venue Address

Hasso Plattner Institute
Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3
14482 Potsdam, Germany

How to Get There?

Arrival from the Berlin airports

• From Tegel Airport take bus line 109, destination Bahnhof Zoo, to S Charlottenburg (travel time approx. 15 min). Switch to S-Bahn line S7, destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof, and travel to Potsdam-Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 20 min).
  Total travel time approx. 50 min; ticket for zones ABC required.
• From Schönefeld Airport, there is a footpath leading to the S-Bahn station S Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld DB (approx. 400 m).
  From the station, take Regionalbahn RB14, destination Nauen, to S+U Friedrichstraße or Regionalexpress RE22, destination Roßlau, to S Wannsee.
  Switch to line S7, destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof, and travel to Potsdam-Griebnitzsee.
  Total travel time 65 to 85 min; ticket for zones ABC required.

Taxi rides from either airport to HPI cost between 40 and 50 Euros and take 45 to 60 minutes.

Arrival by train

At Griebnitzsee metropolitan train (S-Bahn) station:

• From Berlin central station take S-Bahn line S7, destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof, and travel to Potsdam-Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 35 min), alternatively take RB21/22 (travel time approx. 20 min)

• From Berlin Zoologischer Garten take S-Bahn line S7, destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof, and travel to Potsdam-Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 25 min), alternatively take RB21/22 (travel time approx. 20 min)

• From Potsdam central station take S-Bahn line S7, destination Ahrensfelde, to Potsdam-Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 10 min)

Taxi rides from either station to HPI cost between 30 and 40 Euros and take approx. 45 minutes.
A taxi ride from Potsdam central station takes around 15 minutes and will cost approx. 10 Euros.

Arrival by car

• From the A10 (Berlin beltway), change onto the A115 at the intersection “Dreieck Nuthetal”.
• Leave the A115 at the Potsdam-Babelsberg exit (dual exit!) and continue in the direction of Potsdam-Babelsberg.
• Follow Nuthestraße towards the city center (“Zentrum”) and exit at Wetzlarer Straße (Medienstadt Babelsberg).
• Turn right, pass the BMW car dealer and turn left in the direction of Babelsberg.
• At the next intersection (Großbeerenstraße/Wetzlarer Straße) keep going straight onto August-Bebel-Straße.
• After approx. 1.5 km, just before the rail underpass, turn right onto Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße.At the end of the street (next to the bus loop) you will see the HPI on your right side.

PS: In case your car navigation system cannot identify Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße, please enter the following address instead: Stahnsdorfer Straße 156A, 14482 Potsdam.

Directions from Griebnitzsee station

• To the main building: Leave the underpass in the direction of “Universität” (university), turn left at the bus loop, pass the level crossing and keep walking straight, the main building is located at the end.
• To the auditorium building: Leave the underpass in the direction of “Universität” (university), turn left at the bus loop, pass the level crossing and keep walking straight, the auditorium building is located on the left, opposite of the lake.