Address and route planner Bremerhaven
Main building E and buildings ABC
Am Handelshafen 12
27570 Bremerhaven
Phone: +49 (0) 471 4831 0
Postal Address
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
P.O. Box 12 01 61
27515 Bremerhaven
Visiting and delivery address
- Former main building (D)
Am Alten Hafen 26
27568 Bremerhaven
- Building F
Bussestrasse 24
27570 Bremerhaven
- Guesthouse
Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse 209
27568 Bremerhaven
Phone: +49 (0) 471 309 669-0
- Bathymetry
Van-Ronzelen-Strasse 2
27568 Bremerhaven
- Harbour Storage
Brückenstrasse 25
27568 Bremerhaven
- Clothing Storage
Elbe-Weser-Werkstätten
Heinrich-Brauns-Strasse 8
27578 Bremerhaven
How to find the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is situated in North-western Germany, north of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. You can reach Bremerhaven easily via Bremen or Hamburg by local and long-distance trains and by car.
Arrival by train
Trains of the Deutsche Bahn and the Elbe-Weser-Bahn ply regularly from Bremen and Hamburg to Bremerhaven. At the central station Bremerhaven, use bus lines 502, 505, 506, 508 or 509 and exit at the bus stop “Hochschule Bremerhaven”. The trip takes three to five minutes. From here, it only takes a few minutes to the different buildings of the institute.
Arrival by car
You can reach Bremerhaven by car on the Federal autobahn A27 which leads from Bremen to Bremerhaven. Please take exit number 7 “Bremerhaven-Mitte” to reach the different locations of the Alfred Wegener Institute.




