How to get to Karlsruhe:
Opening hours: Wednesdays: 9am-18pm | Thursdays: 9am-17pm
Address:
Messe Karlsruhe
Messeallee 1
D-76287 Rheinstetten
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City: Karlsruhe
POI or special destinations: Karlsruhe Trade Fair
If you need help or have any questions, call: T +49 721 3720-5000
Arriving by car
Coming from the A5/A8, please take exit 48 "Karlsruhe-Süd." Coming from the A65/B10, please take exit 8. Follow the signs for "Messe."
Parking spaces:
On the exhibition grounds you will find a total of 7.000 parking spaces in 3 parking lots (P1, P2, and P3) as well as a parking lot for VIP/press.
To access via the main entrance, select car park P1. The P2 and P3 parking spaces are suitable for access via the east entrance.
By plane
The Karlsruhe exhibition center can be easily reached via four airports: via Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (approx. 30 minutes by car to get to Karlsruhe)
as well as the international airports of Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50 – 60 minutes by car).
By train
Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio connections and is directly on the ICE route from Hamburg via Frankfurt to Basel. The west-east axis from Karlsruhe via Stuttgart to Munich also begins from here. From Paris you can reach Karlsruhe in just 2,5 hours with the TGV.
Please note that you can use the free trade fair shuttle “Messe-Express” from Karlsruhe main station to the Karlsruhe Trade Fair. The Messe-Express leaves from the station forecourt and takes you directly in front of the Messe Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Trade Fair).
Trade fair shuttle timetable: The timetable will be available here from November.
With public transport
City center: Line S2, direction Rheinstetten (stop Messe/Leichtsandstraße). Main station: Line 6 (direction Daxlanden/Rappenwörth) or line 4 (direction Waldstadt) to Europaplatz; Change to line S2, direction Rheinstetten (stop Messe/Leichtsandstraße). Durlacher Tor: Line S2.
Please note that you can use the free trade fair shuttle “Messe-Express” from Karlsruhe main station to the Messe Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Trade Fair). The Messe-Express leaves from the station forecourt and takes you directly in front of the Messe Karlsruhe.
Overnight stays
Here you will find several portals through which you can book an overnight stay. Please book this in good time: