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The following are available options for getting to the Estrel Berlin hotel, directly adjacent to the Estrel Berlin Convention center where VIS will be hosted this year. The Estrel Berlin Convention Center is located 13 kilometers from Berlin Schönefeld Airport and about 21 kilometers from Airport Tegel. Guests flying to Berlin have multiple transportation options, including taxis, buses or the metro, called S-Bahn, with stops located right in front of the hotel.
The Estrel Berlin is located at: Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 30 6831 0

Airport transfer

Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL)
Public transport: Take the X9 bus line from the airport to bus stop “Jungfernheide”. Then transfer to the S42 S-Bahn commuter train line (Ringbahn) until you reach the stop “Sonnenallee”.
Ticket AB, price 2.80 euros, travel time roughly 45 minutes.
Taxi drive: price about 40 euros, travel time roughly 30 minutes.

Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF)
Public transport: Take the 171 bus line until you reach the bus stop “Sonnenallee”.
Ticket ABC, price 3.40 euros, travel time roughly 50 minutes.
Taxi drive: price about 35 euros, travel time roughly 15 minutes.

Public transport

Berlin has a public transportation infrastructure providing diverse modes of urban mobility. There is the metro (S-Bahn) and the suburban railway system (U-Bahn), buses, trams and ferries. The S-Bahn is operated by Deutsche Bahn, the other transport systems by BVG. They are joined together in a traffic network (VBB), with a common tariff and ticket system.

The city of Berlin and the surrounding suburbs are divided into three tariff zones:

  • Zone A is Berlin’s inner city up to and including the S-Bahn ring.
  • Zone B is outside the S-Bahn ring up to the city boundary; Airport Berlin Tegel TXL is located in this zone.
  • Zone C is the outside of Berlin (approx. 15 km around the city of Berlin), including the Airport Berlin Schönefeld SFX and the city of Potsdam.

You can buy tickets for the combined zones AB, BC or ABC, as needed. Additionally there are short-distance tickets, valid for a journey of 3 stations with the S- or U-Bahn (with transfer possibility) or of up to 6 stops with bus or tram (without transfer possibility).

Tickets are valid for all public transport in Berlin: S-Bahn, U-Bahn, buses, trams and ferries. Adults pay a regular fare (AB: 2.80 euros, BC: 3.10 euros, ABC: 3.40 euros); the reduced fare is valid for children aged 6 to 14. Children under 6 do not need tickets. There are a number of further ticket options (4-trip tickets, day passes, group tickets, …) and also tourist tickets (Berlin Welcome Card).

For route planning you will most likely use some online app (which is also recommended in view of the complexity of the transport network in Berlin). Maps (U-Bahn, S-Bahn) can be downloaded here: route map of Berlin, route map of Greater Berlin. More detailed information can be found at the BVG webpage (U-Bahn, bus, tram, ferries) and the S-Bahn webpage.

Starting point: Berlin Central Train Station (Hauptbahnhof)
Public transport: Take the M41 bus line until you reach the stop “Ziegrastraße”.
Ticket AB, price 2.80 euros, travel time roughly 40 minutes.
Taxi drive: price about 20 euros, travel time roughly 20 minutes.

Starting point: Südkreuz Station
Public transport: Take the S42 S-Bahn commuter train line (Ringbahn) until you reach the stop “Sonnenallee”.
Ticket AB, price 2.80 euros, travel time roughly 10 minutes.
Taxi drive: price about 18 euros, travel time roughly 14 minutes.

Starting point: Ostbahnhof Station
Public transport: Take either one of the S5, S75 or S9 S-Bahn commuter train lines until you reach the “Ostkreuz” station. Then transfer to the S41 S-Bahn line (Ringbahn) and continue until you reach the stop “Sonnenallee”.
Ticket AB, price 2.80 euros, travel time roughly 15 minutes.
Taxi drive: price about 16 euros, travel time roughly 15 minutes.

Public transport tickets
To reach the Estrel using Berlin’s public transport facilities, you need a one way ticket for the AB zone, costing 2.80 euros for adults (exception: when travelling from the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport SXF, you need a one-way ABC zone ticket, costing 3.40 euros for adults). You can purchase tickets at the BVG service counters, the ticket vending machines located in the S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations or on busses directly from the driver (please have change ready for bus drivers).

Travelling by car

From the West / South
When approaching Berlin from autobahn A2 or A9, switch on to A10 / Berliner Ring, then onto A115 and afterwards onto A100 in direction Wilmersdorf / Kurfürstendamm / Flughafen Schönefeld.Take exit 26 “Grenzallee” and follow the construction detour signs that will take you via Bergiusstraße, Haberstraße and Neuköllnische Allee and bring you onto Grenzallee. At the traffic light intersection that follows, turn left on Sonnenallee. After approximately 500 meters, the Estrel is on the right hand side.

From the North
Take the autobahn A24 interchange “Dreieck Havelland” onto A10 / Berliner Ring toward Berlin, then change onto A111 in direction Flughafen Tegel / Berlin-Zentrum / Berlin-Reinickendorf. Shortly afterwards take the A100 . Take exit 26 “Grenzallee“ and follow the construction detour signs that will take you via Bergiusstraße, Haberstraße and Neuköllnische Allee and bring you onto Grenzallee. At the traffic light intersection that follows, turn left on Sonnenallee. After approximately 500 meters, the Estrel is on the right hand side.

From the East
When approaching Berlin from autobahn A13 or A12 / A10, take the interchange “Schönefelder Kreuz” onto A113 toward Berlin-Zentrum. Take exit 26 “Grenzallee“ and follow the construction detour signs that will take you via Bergiusstraße, Haberstraße and Neuköllnische Allee and bring you onto Grenzallee. At the traffic light intersection that follows, turn left on Sonnenallee. After approximately 500 meters, the Estrel is on the right hand side.

From Berlin Tegel Airport TXL
Take the exit “Saatwinkler Damm” onto autobahn A111 toward Dresden / Magdeburg / Leipzig / Zentrum, which becomes the A100. Take exit 26 “Grenzallee“ and follow the construction detour signs that will take you via Bergiusstraße, Haberstraße and Neuköllnische Allee and bring you onto Grenzallee. At the traffic light intersection that follows, turn left on Sonnenallee. After approximately 500 meters, the Estrel is on the right hand side.

From Berlin Schönefeld Airport SXF
When leaving the airport turn right onto “Am Seegraben” / B96a, then left onto autobahn A113 toward Berlin-Zentrum. Take exit 26 “Grenzallee“ and follow the construction detour signs that will take you via Bergiusstraße, Haberstraße and Neuköllnische Allee and bring you onto Grenzallee. At the traffic light intersection that follows, turn left on Sonnenallee. After approximately 500 meters, the Estrel is on the right hand side.

Parking
The hotel has its own underground parking garage offering 450 parking spaces (18 euros per day). For more information on the convention center please visit: https://www.estrel.com/en/convention-center.html