How to get to the HRK Secretariat in Bonn

Address
German Rectors´ Conference/Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK)
Ahrstraße 39
53175 Bonn

Interactive map of Bonn

By rail
From the main railway station in Bonn (Hauptbahnhof) take Underground (U-Bahn) line 63 or line 16 towards Bad Godesberg. Get off at Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn (takes approximately 12 minutes from the main railway station). From there, walk down Kennedyallee (which branches to the left from the Underground line, seen from the direction of travel). After approximately 700 m turn right into Ahrstraße. Passing the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, continue for 250 m until you reach the HRK.

By air
Take bus Airport Express SB 60 from Köln-Bonn Airport to the main railway station in Bonn (Hauptbahnhof). Buses leave every 20-30 minutes and the journey takes approximately 27 minutes. Continue from the main railway station as described above under "By rail".

Tip
For information about the public transport system in Bonn and for more timetables, please go to the Stadtwerke Bonn (Bonn City Utilities) website.

By road

  • Coming from the right-hand side of the Rhine, take the A59 (if you are coming from the north) or the B42 (if you are coming from the south) and at the Bonn Ost interchange take the A562 (towards Bad Godesberg). Cross the Rhine and leave the motorway at the first exit after the bridge (towards Rheinaue/Bad Godesberg) and continue straight on for approximately 1.4 km in the direction of Bad Godesberg. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights (including the traffic lights at the motorway exit) into Kennedyallee. Ahrstraße is on the left after approximately 300 m. (Tip: follow the signs to the Deutsches Museum Bonn or to the Wissenschaftszentrum). After turning into Ahrstraße, carry on for approximately 250 m to the HRK (where Ahrstraße takes a 90° bend).
  • Approaching on the left-hand bank of the Rhine from the South, leave the A565 at the Meckenheim-Merl exit and follow the signs to Bad Godesberg or Bonn. In the centre of Bad Godesberg, turn left onto the B9 (towards Bonn). After approximately 1.5km, an Underground line comes to the surface to the left of the road. At the traffic lights by this station (Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn) turn right into Kennedyallee (tip: from here, follow the signs to the Deutsches Museum Bonn or the Wissenschaftszentrum). After approximately 700 m turn right into Ahrstraße. After turning into Ahrstraße, carry on for approximately 250 m to the HRK.
  • Coming from the north on the left-hand side of the Rhine, leave the A565 at the Bonn-Poppelsdorf exit and take the road towards Bad Godesberg. Now drive several kilometres on the main road to Bad Godesberg. At the surface level Underground station Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum (identified by its arched roof), turn left into Kennedyallee (tip: from here, follow the signs to Deutsches Museum Bonn or the Wissenschaftszentrum). After approximately 700 m turn right into Ahrstraße. After turning into Ahrstraße, carry on for approximately 250 m to the HRK (where Ahrstraße takes a 90° bend).