Please note, Tuesday, October 3rd is the national holiday of Germany (“Day of German Unity”). Hence, most shops including grocery stores and supermarkets will be closed on that day.

Accommodation

Invited Speakers:
Accommodation will be arranged by the University of Leipzig for all invited speakers. An e-mail with detailed arrival and accommodation information will be sent to you approximately two weeks prior to your arrival.

Other Participants:
In the following, please find some suggestions on accommodation in Leipzig:
 

Novotel Leipzig  Radisson Blu Hotel pentahotel Leipzig Hotel Am Bayrischen Platz Mercure Hotel Leipzig Hotel Michaelis Motel One Leipzig Pension Schlaf-gut Leipzig Galerie-Hotel Leipziger Hof

Overview Hotels Hostels: Guest House of the University Central Globetrotter Sleepy Lion

City Information
 

Discover Leipzig - the city with no limits Official Website of the City of Leipzig Bach Museum Leipzig Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Foundation Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

Visa Information

For information on German visa regulations, please see the website of the Federal Forein Office.

Travel Information

Leipzig's Public Transport System in General:
  The city of Leipzig and its surrounding areas are part of MDV local public transport association. It consists of tram and bus lines as well as a metro-like railway called "S-Bahn" (and some regional trains). Trams and buses are operated by the LVB, while the S-Bahn is operated by DB (Deutsche Bahn). However, they all share the same ticket system. Ticket fees are distance-based (zones). Here are some examples:

• "Kurzstrecken-Fahrkarte" (short distance ticket) is valid for a maximum of four stops with tram or bus within the city of Leipzig (zone 110) without interchange option or for a maximum of one stop with the S-Bahn (fee 1.80 EUR).
• "Einzelfahrkarte - 1 Zone Stadt Leipzig" (full single ticket for 1 zone city of Leipzig) is valid for 1 hour for travel within the city of Leipzig (zone 110) with the option to interchange to any other tram, bus, and S-Bahn lines (fee 2.60 EUR).
• There also options for day or week tickets which are also distance-based.

General information on Leipzig's public transportation system, timetables, and a connection planner can be found at www.lvb.de. There, you also find network maps for day and night.

One word of warning to avoid confusion: DB (Deutsche Bahn) also operates regional and inter-city rail trains (IC and ICE) which are not included in the MDV local public transport association. These trains have a separate ticket system. DB ticket machines offer both, MDV tickets and DB tickets. So be careful what you choose when using DB machines. LVB and MDV ticket machines, on the other hand, offer MDV tickets only.

Arrival by Airplane at Leipzig-Halle Airport:
After your arrival with airplane at Leipzig-Halle airport, go to the airport's train platform where you can take either an S-Bahn train, an RE train, or an RB train to the city center of Leipzig. (You may also take an IC train or an ICE train, but they are more expensive because they are inter-city rail trains.)
You can by tickets at the ticket machine on the platform. For S-Bahn, RE, or RB trains, you by a light rail ticket (called "MDV ticket" for 3 zones, 4.40 EUR) which has to be validated by yourself at the stamping machine on the platform before entering the train.
There are two stops, one at the big exhibition hall ("Neuwiederitzsch / Neue Messe") and the other (yours!) in the city center at the main train station ("Leipzig Hbf - Hauptbahnhof"), which will be reached after approximately 15 min.

Arrival by Train at Leipzig Main Station:
Outside the main train station of Leipzig ("Leipzig Hbf - Hauptbahnhof"), there is a major tram stop. Since you will travel less than five stops, you can buy a "short distance ticket" ("Kurzstrecken-Fahrkarte", 1.80 EUR) at an automat on the platform. If you already arrived via airplane and took a S-Bahn, RE, or RB train to the main train station, your "MDV ticket" is also valid for changing to the tram (within a time frame of 2 hours). In this case, you do not need to buy a separate ticket.
Take tram line 16 in direction "Lößnig". (With the main train station in your back, the proper direction of the tram is to your left.) After six stops you will
arrive at our destination "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek" (German National Library) at "Deutscher Platz". At your target stop you the Russian Memorial
Church and the book tower and new building of the German National Library.

After your arrival at the German National Library, use the map on the Location page for your oriantation to find the "Max Planck Centre for Evolutionary Anthropology" and the "Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ)" where the conference is to take place.

Arrival by Car:
You can reach Leipzig by car via autobahn A9 (Berlin - Nürnberg) or A14 (Halle - Dresden), see map below. In case you are on A9 coming either from north or south to the interchange "Schkeudizer Kreuz", change to A14 in direction Dresden. Leave the autobahn at the exit "Leipzig-Mitte". Follow the B2 in direction to the "Alte Messe" (old trade fairground) and "Deutsche Bücherei" (German National Library) at "Deutscher Platz".
You may look up the conference location directly in Google Maps to get detailed directions. There is the possiblity of parking at Deutscher Platz. Please let us know, we will be glad to make a reservation for you.
 

Map of Leipzig and its neighborhood showing the autobahn network (in red) around the city and Leipzig-Halle airport at the upper-left. The city center of Leipzig is marked by the rectangle in the middle of the map.