Elke Graffam
Institute of Biodiversity
Bundesallee 65
38116 Braunschweig
Phone: +49 531 596 2502
Fax: +49 531 596 2599
bd@thuenen.de
Travel to the Institute The headquarters of the Thünen Institute (TI) are located on the western limits of the city of Braunschweig (Bundesallee 50, Tel.: +49 531 596 0).
Travelling by car
Braunschweig is accessible from both the German Autobahn A 2 Berlin-Dortmund (East-West) and the A 39 Braunschweig-Salzgitter (North-South).
Travelling by train
Travel to the Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof (main train station). Travel Information for the German Railroad is available here.
Continue your trip from the main train station with a taxi or public transportation (public buses require about 30 minutes).
The bus lines M11 towards "Lamme" and the 461 towards the "PTB" run regularly from Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof. Exit the bus at the "Bundesallee" stop. The bus stop is located directly at the entrance to the TI. Since the TI headquarters are very large, either plan for a long walk or arrange for your host to pick you up a the main entrance. A walk from the main entrance to Forum, the main location for events, requires about 15 minutes.
Schedules for the public buses of Braunschweig can be found here.
Travelling by plane
Hannover Airport, transfer to main train station and then continue by train (hourly ICE and IC connections to Braunschweig).
Berlin Tegel or Berlin Schönefeld, transfer to main train station and then continue by train (hourly ICE connections to Braunschweig).
Map of the Thünen campus in Braunschweig (PDF Download)