Travel Information
Location of Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is located in the Northern Part of Germany right at the mouth of river Weser.
By Air:
Nearest airports are Bremen (connections to London, Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, etc.), Hamburg, and Hannover.
From there take a train to Bremerhaven.
By train:
Bremerhaven train station is connected to Bremen at least hourly during daytime. The ride takes between 35 and 55 Minutes depending on the train (Regionalexpress RE is faster than Regionalbahn RB). For train schedules and tickets, look at www.bahn.de.
By car:
Drive to Bremen, then take A27 to Bremerhaven. It takes approx. 45 Minutes by car from Bremen to Bremerhaven.
To get to AWI:
Click here to get the printable map. (PDF)
Location of Workshop:
The workshop will take place in Historical Museum Bremerhaven (Morgenstern Museum).
See http://www.historisches-museum-bremerhaven.de
http://www.historisches-museum-bremerhaven.de/index.php?id=295
Hotel Information
We have reserved a number of rooms for a special rate of 69 EUR (regular single room) in
within walking distance from the conference location and AWI. If you want to make hotel reservations yourself, please indicate that you are participant of the Tsunami Workshop at Alfred Wegener Institute. We are happy to make reservations on your behalf.
Other hotels are available and also within walking distance:
In case of emergency
Right before the conference we will have a contact person which might help you, in case you got lost, have problems or simply want to be sure with your itinerary.
Local emergency number in Germany is 110 (police), or 112 (emergency).
Emergency contact: Dr. Olga Startseva.