How to get here

Closest Airport: FRA

If you cannot travel by train and have to fly, we recommend booking a flight to Frankfurt Airport (FRA).

A flight to Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) is not advisable, as the bus ride to Darmstadt takes two and a half hours!

From Frankfurt Airport to Darmstadt

The best way to get from Frankfurt Airport to Darmstadt is to take the bus “AIR” to Darmstadt and get off at “Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (central station)”. The bus “AIR” departs from terminal 1 and the journey takes about half an hour.

A one-way ticket can be purchased cashless (occasionally also in cash) from the bus driver for €10.40. Holders of a Deutschland-Ticket pay €3.80.

From Darmstadt Central to Maritim Hotel

Please leave Darmstadt Central Railway Station (Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof) through the main exit (towards the city). Turn right and walk towards a big light-brown building, which is Maritim Hotel: Rheinstraße 105.

Guest artists, guests and tutors of the of the Summer Course will go directly to the hotel reception to check in.

Summer Course participants will find a separate check-in desk at the Maritim Hotel on 19 July where our team provides you with information and welcome materials. It will be open from 11.00 am. Even if you have not booked a room at Maritim, please come by on 19 July for the festival check-in.

Parking your car

If you are coming by car, please note that there are only a few free parking spaces near the Maritim. However, there are plenty of parking spaces near the Lichtenbergschule campus.

Most distances in Darmstadt are short. You can get easily everywhere by bus or by tram.

Public transport schedules: https://www.rmv.de
The RMVgo App is very useful for schedule information and ticket purchase.

There is also a bike rental system in Darmstadt: Call a Bike. One of many Call a Bike stations is located between Darmstadt Central and the Maritim Hotel.

There are also several apps (Voi, Lime, Bolt, dott/Tier) you can use to rent an e-scooter. Please be particularly careful when you are out and about on an e-scooter. In Darmstadt, there are many tramway rails that can be very dangerous for bicycles and e-scooters.

Please find here an overview of all relevant places:

CAMPUS

During the Darmstadt Summer Course, we will have a festival office at Lichtenbergschule which will be open daily from 20 July to 2 August 2025.

Most of the course activities during the day will take place at Akademie für Tonkunst and Lichtenbergschule.

The fastest way to get to Lichtenbergschule or Akademie für Tonkunst from Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof / Central Railway Station is the bus R (direction: Böllenfalltor). Please get off at “Ludwigshöhstraße” and from there follow Ludwigshöhstraße 200m in southern direction to Lichtenbergschule. The ride takes about 15 minutes.
You can also take tram line 3 or 7, but the journey takes a few minutes longer.

Lichtenbergschule
Ludwigshöhstraße 105
Bus line R, stop “Ludwigshöhstraße”
Tram line 3 or 7, last stop “Lichtenbergschule”
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Akademie für Tonkunst
Ludwigshöhstraße 120
Bus line R, stop “Ludwigshöhstraße”
Tram line 3 or 7, last stop “Lichtenbergschule”
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Bessunger Knabenschule
Ludwigshöhstraße 42
Tram line 3 or 7, stop “Knabenschule”
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Edith-Stein-Schule
Seekatzstraße 18 – 22
Tram line 3 or 7, stop “Orangerie”
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