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Travel to ALTENPFLEGE

Address of the Exhibition Centre

MESSE ESSEN
Messeplatz 1
45131 Essen

Arrival by car - for maximum flexibility

North Rhine-Westphalia’s excellent motorway network plan makes travel by car easy and comfortable and allows you to enjoy maximum flexibility on site. Take the major Rhine-Ruhr motorways A52, A3, A40 and A42 to reach MESSE ESSEN. The signs for the exhibition centre will guide you easily to our site where you find ample parking spaces. From there, you can reach MESSE ESSEN easily on foot or with the exhibition centre bus.

Address for navigation systems:
Messeplatz 1, 45131 Essen

Parking fees:
Outside the trade fair and event periods, the parking fee is 2.00 €/hour or 12.00 €/day.

Please note that parking spaces P1, P3, P5, P6 and P9 have a height limit of 1.90 m. P2 is suitable for vehicles over 1.90 m.

Affordable and environmentally friendly without your own car

During our trade fairs and events, many people have the same destination. Online car sharing agencies are the ideal way to organise carpools quickly and easily. This allows you to travel comfortably and cost-effectively while protecting the environment.

This online portal facilitates carpooling:

Mitfahrzentrale

Arrival by rail - comfortable and flexible

You can reach us quickly by rail - with no environmental impact - and make good use of your travel time. The ideally connected Essen Central Railway Station is a hub for over 120 daily ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio connections in all directions. From there, you can reach us in only 5 minutes with the Underground line 11.

 

Regional and City Tickets

Book your public transport ticket here

 

Long-distance and local public transportation

DB [German Rail] tickets and schedules

Environmentally friendly train travel to Essen Central Station.

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U 11 schedule

Take public transportation directly to the exhibition entrances Messe East/ Grugahalle, Messe West and Messe South.

Schedule Information

Attention - Night Network

The last U 11 leaves at 11:30 p.m. However, after this time, you can use the Ruhrbahn Night Network.

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Always a goog move: Travel by train to your event

For our event participants exclusively: Travel comfortable, sustainable and affordable throughout Germany by train.

DB event offers provide you with several benefits:

  • Attractive prices: low entry price from just EUR 16.19
  • Flexible combination: apply additional BahnCard discount
  • Sustainability guaranteed: arrival and departure on Deutsche Bahn trains using 100% renewable power
  • Use your time effectively: work or relax on your journey

FAQ (German only): www.bahn.de/eventangebote-teilnehmende

Book online now, discover all DB event offers for your preferred route and secure your discounted ticket.

Arrival by plane - fast and convenient

Excellent connections to Düsseldorf Airport enable quick and convenient travel, even from afar. Düsseldorf Airport is only 20 minutes' drive from the Essen exhibition grounds and is also well-connected by rail. With more than 500 daily departures and arrivals, it offers flights to over 170 cities in Germany and abroad. There is a separate information counter for MESSE ESSEN in the middle of the arrivals level of Terminal B.

The Essen/Mülheim Airport is available in addition to the Düsseldorf Airport. From there, MESSE ESSEN can be reached in 10 minutes by car or taxi.

 

Departure and arrival information

Düsseldorf Airport

Phone: +49 (0)211 4210
Webseite

Essen Mülheim Airport

Info-Tel. +49 (0)208 9923-30
Webseite

Hotelzimmer

Hotel booking

Book your hotel for your time in Essen easily right here.

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FAQ on ALTENPFLEGE

If you still haven't found all the information you need, please note that we have summarised all the answers to the most frequently asked questions about ALTENPFLEGE for you in our FAQ section.

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Accessibility on the exhibition grounds

The ALTENPFLEGE site offers barrier-free facilities for people with disabilities. All services as well as useful information for people with disabilities on how to get to the exhibition can be found here.

Enjoy barrier-free access to ALTENPFLEGE