Local Information
Directions
The meeting will be held at the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, at its Campus Potsdam-Babelsberg.
Plenary session will be held in the lecture hall of the Schwarzschildhaus. A Map of the AIP campus can be found here.
For detailed travel advice, see our website.
The current timetable of the bus 694, connecting the train stations (Deutsche Bahn and S-Bahn) and the institute, can be downloaded as PDF file via this link. If you are travelling by train / S-Bahn, please allow some extra time due to ongoing construction work along the line Berlin – Potsdam.
Dinner Tuesday evening
This list is non-exhaustive, but all restaurants were tested by AIP-staff and can be recommended. The first two are in the higher price segment.
Wein-Bistro Lewy, Dortustrasse 17, 14467 Potsdam, 11am - 11pm (very small, but very good kitchen)
Restaurant Walhalla, Dortustrasse 5, 14467 Potsdam (Irish live music on Tuesday evening)
Osteria La Maiella, Gutenbergstrasse 90, 14467 Potsdam, 12am - 12pm
Brasserie zu Gutenberg, Jägerstrasse 10, 14467 Potsdam, 12am - 12pm
Accomodation
Please consider booking early: Potsdam is a very touristy place.
Hotels within 15 min walking distance to the institute / 3 min by bus 694:
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 69,– incl. breakfast |
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double room > 50,– per person |
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 26, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 49,– excl. breakfast (+7,90) |
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double room > 31,– per person |
Rudolf-Breitscheit-Str. 64, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 49,- incl. breakfast |
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double room > 40,- per person |
Hotels within 20–30 min walking distance to the institute / 10 min by bus 694:
Lessingstraße 35, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 65,– incl. breakfast |
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double room > 45,– per person |
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße 190–192, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 99,– incl. breakfast |
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double room > 65,– per person |
August-Bier-Straße 9, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 79,– incl. breakfast |
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double room > 49,– per person |
Großbeerenstraße 75, 14482 Potsdam |
single room > 45,- incl. breakfast |
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double room > 67,- per person |
Lange Brücke, 14467 Potsdam |
single room > 100,- incl. breakfast |
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double room > 55,- per person |
Hotel within 25 min by bus 694 and tram 94:
Dortustraße 9-10, 14467 Potsdam |
single room > 66,- excl breakfast (+ 5,00) |
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double room > 50,- per person |
All hotels within walking distance to the S-Bahn train stations Babelsberg and / or Griebnitzsee. More hotels in Potsdam-Babelsberg via the online booking form of the Potsdam Tourism Service.
Hotels labeled TMS* are contained in the TMS-Hotelliste. The German federal Travel Management Service (TMS) supports German civil servants by providing this list of hotels with booking codes to get reduced prices. Please have a look at the list to also get an overview of further hotels in Potsdam than those mentioned above in the vicinity of the AIP.