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Kirchzarten is easily accessible by train from the Freiburg main station, which in turn is connected to the European train network. For those arriving by air, Germany’s largest airport Frankfurt is just a two-hour train ride away.


Sustainable travel
The organizers of the workshop aim to bring tourism transport and mobility towards a more sustainable level. Given the purpose of the workshop and to reduce the carbon footprint of all participants, we would highly recommend travelling to the workshop by train and/or bus, where available.


How to get there
By rail from all of Europe please check timetables and book at the DB website.

Some example travel times up to Kirchzarten:

  • Frankfurt a/M: 2.00 hrs
  • Paris: 3.00  hrs
  • Amsterdam 6.45 hrs
  • London: 7.20  hrs
  • Brussels: 6.00 hrs
  • Berlin: 6.50 hrs
  • Marseille: 8.45 hrs
  • Rome: 9.30 hrs
  • Barcelona: 13.30 hrs
  • Copenhagen: 12.45 hrs
  • Vienna: 9.00 hrs
By rail from Freiburg: A railway-time table (PDF) for going from Freiburg to Kirchzarten (and back) can be found here. You can also use the time table information of local public transport.

By car (from Freiburg): Exit Freiburg-Mitte, proceed in direction Donaueschingen/Titisee-Neustadt, you are reaching Kirchzarten after roughly twelve kilometers, after crossing Freiburg.

From Frankfurt International airport (Germany): There is a railway station at the airport. Take the train towards Basel. The train takes roughly 2 hours to Freiburg railway station.

From Basel airport (Switzerland): The airport has a Swiss and a French exit. Leave the baggage area via the exit marked France (do not take the one marked Switzerland). At the outside of the Airport building (French side) take the Bus to the Freiburg - railway station. The bus ride takes one hour.

At Freiburg railway station: take either a taxi (about 25,- EUR) or take the train to Kirchzarten (towards Titisee), leave at the third station. The ride takes about 12 minutes. In case that you do not have a long-distance train ticket to Kirchzarten you have to obtain a ticket for the local transport services at the train station. It is not possible to buy such a ticket in the train. There are ticket machines on the platforms, you will need a "zone 2" ticket. The train generally leaves from platform 7.

More information can be found at the website of the tourist information center. This link provides traveling information, including a route-planner.