... with car.
Please note that the number of parking spots near the institute is very limited.
… from Frankfurt Airport
From Frankfurt airport take the AirLiner bus (AIR) ( to “Darmstadt Luisenplatz”. The bus leaves every 30 min, takes approximately 30 min and costs about 9 €. From the Luisenplatz you can directly walk to the Theory Center or take a tram/bus to “Willy-Brandt-Platz” and walk from there to the Theory Center (see the item below).
… from Darmstadt Main Station
At Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof, take
- tram number 3 to “Lichtenbergschule”.
Detailed schedules can be found on the webpages of RMV.
Exit the tram/bus at the stop: “Willy-Brandt-Platz”. From there you can reach us within five minutes by foot: Follow the Bismarckstraße in east direction and walk straight through the large park (Herrngarten). After leaving the park you are in the Hochschulstraße and you can see both to your left and to your right old red-brick university buildings. Follow this street for about 100m until you reach a small square (Kantplatz). Turn to the left and follow the Schlossgartenstraße for another 100m. The Institute for Nuclear Physics is the second building on the lright-hand side (building number S2|14).