Getting There/Around

Getting There

Air

The Dusseldorf International Airport is one of Germany's major airports. It consists of three terminals (A, B, C) each possessing ample shopping opportunities (including duty free), numerous restaurants, info booths, currency exchange centers, and ATMs. Abundant short-term parking is located outside each terminal.

Dusseldorf International Airport (DUS)
+49 211 4216 5220
http://www.duesseldorf-international.de/

Airlines include:

Air Berlin (+01805 37 800 / http://www.airberlin.com/)
Air France (+1 800 237 2747 / http://www.airfrance.com/)
British Airways (+1800 626 747 / http://www.ba.com/)
Condor (+01803 0 02 90 / http://www.condor.com/)
Fly Me ( +46 770 790 790 / http://www.flyme.com/)
German Express (+01805 737 100 / http://www.gxx.ge/)
German Wings (+01 865 0125 / http://www.germanwings.com/)
Hapag Lloyd Express (+0818 210018 / http://www.hlx.com/eg)
LTU (+0211 94 18 08 / http://www.ltu.de/)
Lufthansa (+01 844 5544 / http://www.lufthansa.com/)
Spanair (+0034 902 131415 / http://www.spanair.com/en)
United Airlines (+069 500 703 87 / http://www.usairlines.com/)

From the Airport

Rental Cars:
Rental car stations are readily available in both the domestic and international arrival halls. Companies include:

Avis (+1 800 230 4898 / http://www.avis.com/)
Europcar (+39 06 6501 0879 / http://www.europcar.com/)
Hertz (+1 800 654 3131 / http://www.hertz.com/)
Budget Car Rental (+01 844 5150 / http://www.budget.de/)
National Alamo (+49 211 421 77755 / http://www.alamo.de/)
Sixt (01 844 4199 / http://wwwirishcarrentals.com/)

Taxi:
Taxis are always ready and waiting for you in front of the central arrivals. Companies include:

Taxi Düsseldorf (+49 211 33333)
Rhein Taxi (+49 211 212121)

Bus:
The bus station is located in front of the central arrivals. The Route 760 from/to Ratingen Ost via Düsseldorf-Unterrath and Lichtenbroich stops at the central arrivals in front of the terminal. For exhibitions and fairs in Düsseldorf and Essen, specially chartered buses transport passengers directly to each particular exhibition or fair. Passengers board these buses directly in front of central arrivals. The following bus routes drive via "Airport Administration", approximately 3 min. footway to the terminal:
Route SB51 from/to Kaarst-Rathaus via Düsseldorf-Nordfriedhof, Meerbusch
Route SB52 from/to Meerbusch-Haus Meer via Meerbusch and Messe Düsseldorf
Route 721 from/to Tannenhof/Gothaer Weg via main rail station
Airport-Aixpress from/to Aachen bus station
Another bus station is located at the Düsseldorf Airport rail station (see airport map).
The following regional buses stop at the airport rail station:
Route 729 from/to Theodor-Heuss-Brücke (Düsseldorf-Golzheim)
Route 759 from/to Ratingen Ost
Route 776 from/to Mercedesstraße (Düsseldorf-Derendorf)


Train

Dusseldorf offers train services to and from Bonn, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich and more. If your visit to Dusseldorf is part of a larger trip, it may be cheaper to buy a rail pass than point-to-point tickets. For non-European citizens, there are a range of passes available, depending on whether you are visiting Germany only or other countries in Europe as well. Information about the different passes and train travel in Europe can be found at http://www.europrail.net/. Europeans can buy an Interrail pass instead - it is cheaper to buy one in your own country, so call your local train station for more information.

Bus

Eurolines (+49 8 89 89 513 / http://www.eurolines.com/) is a popular international bus service that has a stop in Dusseldorf.

Car

Dusseldorf is encircled by the following highways: A44 Aachen-Velbert and A52 Essen-Düsseldorf in the north, A46 Heinsberg-Hagen and A59 in the south, the A52 Düsseldorf-Roemond and the A57 Köln-Nimwegen in the west, as well as the A3 Frankfurt am Main-Oberhausen in the east.


Getting Around

Public Transport

The public transport network (KRR) (http://www.vrr.de/) is the most convenient way to get around via bus or tram. Daily or 3-day passes are worthwhile if you plan on traveling much throughout the city. To explore Dusseldorf’s surroundings the convenient S-Bahn (urban railway).

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