German eROSITA Consortium Meeting
Potsdam, March 4-7, 2019
Meeting venues
The meeting will be opened on the afternoon of Monday (March 4) on the Babelsberg Campus of the AIP (Schwarzschildhaus). It will be continued (Mar 5-7) at the Campus Neues Palais of the University of Potsdam.
Accommodation
Hotels in Potsdam
Hotel Wyndham Garden Potsdam
Forststraße 80
14471 Potsdam
+49 331 981 2 0
https://www.wyndhamgardenpotsdam.com/de
Location: this is the hotel closest to the meeting venue "Neues Palais"
Hotel Mercure
Lange Brücke
14467 Potsdam
https://www.mercure-potsdam.com/
Location: close to Potsdam main station and city centre
Hotel Steigenberger Potsdam
Allee nach Sanssouci 1
14471 Potsdam
+49 331 9091-0
https://www.steigenberger.com/potsdam/
Location: close to Park Sanssouci and city centre
B & B Hotel Potsdam
Babelsberger Straße 24
14473 Potsdam
+49 (0) 331 / 62644-0
https://www.hotelbb.de/de/map/hotel/potsdam
Location: close to Potsdam main station
There are many other small hotels and guest houses in the city centre, check e.g.
https://www.booking.com or https://www.hrs.de/
Lunch breaks
The University campus Neues Palais has a mensa in house 12 which offers a choice of 3-4 meals including a vegetarian option. A cafeteria is available in house 8. No lunch is offered on Monday. The canteen on the AIP campus is crowded and may run out of food rather early. Better to take care for yourself.
Directions:
From Tegel airport to Potsdam:
Take one the buses 109, X9, or TXL, which connect the airport to various stations of the Berlin S-bahn system.
Potsdam ist served by the S-Bahn S7. For the AIP leave the train at "Griebnitzsee" or "Babelsberg" and take
the bus 616 to "Sternwarte".
Ticket: Berlin ABC (3,40)
From Schoenefeld airport to Potsdam:
Take the train RB22 direction Potsdam/Golm, in Golm stay on the train which continues
as RB 21 to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. For "Neues Palais" or the Wyndham hotel, leave the train RB 21
at "Park Sanssouci Bhf"
Ticket: Berlin BC (3,10), for alternative routes via Berlin: Berlin ABC
From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to AIP:
Take Bus 694 (direction Stern-Center/Gerlachstr.), change at "Rathaus Babelsberg" to
Bus 616 (direction S Griebnitzsee) to "Sternwarte".
Ticket: Potsdam AB (2,10)
From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to "Neues Palais":
The campus "Neues Palais" is served by the bus lines X5 and 606.
You can also take a regional train (RB 20, RB 21, RE1) to "Park Sanssouci",
from there you can either walk or take the bus (X5, 606) to the campus.
Ticket: Potsdam AB (2,10)
During daytime you can also take a walk through the Park Sanssouci from the
city centre to the "Neues Palais" (~ 35 min).
Public transport information:
Berlin: https://www.bvg.de/en/Travel-information
Potsdam: https://www.swp-potsdam.de/de/verkehr/
Public transport maps:
AIP: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4042&mlon=13.1012#map=14/52.4042/13.1012&layers=T
Neues Palais: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4008&mlon=13.0121#map=14/52.4008/13.0121&layers=T