How to reach CFEL:
1. How to get to the DESY campus
How to reach the DESY main gate:
(walking distance from main gate to CFEL roughly 1km)
By train
To Hamburg Altona station
Continue by taxi, traveling time approx. 15-20 min.
Or continue by bus line 1 (direction ‘Schenefelder Holt’ or ‘Rissen …’) directly to the main
entrance of DESY (bus stop ‘Zum Hünengrab/DESY’), traveling time approx. 25 min (5
Stations).
Alternative: continue by S-Bahn (local city train) line S1 or S11 (direction Blankenese/Wedel) to
Othmarschen (2 stations). Then go on with bus line 1 (direction ‘Schenefelder Holt’ or ‘Rissen
…’) to bus station ‘Zum Hühnengrab/DESY’ (5 stations).
On foot: leave the city train station at the Waitzstrasse exit, turn right at the bottom of the
stairs, turn left onto Waitzstrasse, right onto Gross Flottbeker Strasse and follow that road
directly to DESY (after crossing Osdorfer Landstrasse it’s called ‘Hühnengrab’), walking time
approx. 25 min.
If the train only stops at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (main station) continue with S-Bahn (local
city train) line S1 or S11 (direction Blankenese/Wedel) to Othmarschen and follow the
instructions above.
By plane
From the Hamburg airport Fuhlsbüttel:
Continue by taxi, traveling time approx. 40-50 min.
Or continue with city train line S1 (direction Blankenese/Wedel) to Othmarschen station). Then
go on with bus line 1 (direction ‘Schenefelder Holt’ or ‘Rissen …’) to bus station ‘Zum
Hühnengrab/DESY’ (5 stations), traveling time approx. 60 min.
By car
Exit the Autobahn (A7) at HH-Bahrenfeld. Arriving in Hamburg from the South: turn left onto
the main road (Osdorfer Landstraße). Arriving in Hamburg from the North: turn right onto the
main road (Osdorfer Landstraße). Then turn right onto Notkestraße. The main entrance of
DESY is the second road on the left.
How to reach the DESY side entrance
The side entrance of DESY is located on Luruper Chaussee. The bus line 2 stops there (bus stop
DESY). The side entrance is open for motorists from Monday till Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and
closed on weekends. It is open for pedestrians and cyclists at all times.
If you come by plane or train and use the S-Bahn (metro) to ‘Othmarschen’, you can
continue with bus line 1 (direction ‘Schenefelder Holt’ or ‘Rissen …’) to ‘Trabrennbahn’ (3
Stations) and walk from there to the side gate (5 min.).
2. From the entrances please use the DESY area map.
Note: The CFEL building is located closer to the Side Gate than to the main gate of DESY.
Unfortunately the side gate is only open for motorists from Monday till Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
and closed on weekends. (in the future opening times may change due to construction
activities).It is open for pedestrians and cyclists at all times.
Condensed Matter Division,
Max Planck Research Department for Structural Dynamics
at the University of Hamburg (MPSD),
Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
c/o DESY, Bldg. 99
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg, Germany
Office, (Rm. 02.083):
Regina Brodowski
Phone: +49 (0)40 8998 5356
Fax: +49 (0)40 8998 1958
Email: [email protected]