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Accomodation

We have not arranged hotel block reservations and instead recommend to use the usual hotel booking sites (e.g., HRS or Expedia) as they often have far better prices.

Local Transport

The conference site (MPIK) is accessible by bus lines 39 and 39A (both running via Heidelberg's main bus hub: "Heidelberg, Bismarckplatz". The buses depart from "Steig G". From "Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof"/main station, there are only some direct connections departing on week days from Steig L, which is in parallel to the main entrance of the railway station). The bus line 39 stops directly at the MPIK stop: "Heidelberg, MPI Kernphysik". The line 39A stops approximately 50 metres away from the MPIK main entrance at the stop: "Bierhelderhof". Alternatively, the bus line 39A continues to the EMBL campus, which is connected to the MPIK site.

Single tickets can be obtained from vending machines or the bus driver. If you intend to use local transport several times during your stay in Heidelberg, we recommend buying either day tickets ("Tages-Ticket", EUR 7,70, valid within 24 hours after validation), or a 5-day ticket ("5-Tage-ticket", EUR 30,80-). Note that 5-day tickets can only be bought at RNV servicestores, e.g. in front of Heidelberg's main station.

Detailed information on timetables and tickets can be obtained on the regional transportation network webpages.

Getting to Heidelberg

Heidelberg is located in central Germany, approximately 80km south of Frankfurt and is easily accessible by plane, train, or car.

By Plane

Frankfurt Airport

The closest international airport (80 km, 1 hour by car) is Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt) with a wide selection of national and international connections. There are two terminals at the airport, with Terminal 1 occupied by Lufthansa and its partners and Terminal 2 for all other airlines.

Transportation between the airport and Heidelberg is available by a regular train service. Frankfurt Airport is directly connected to the German long-distance rail system by its own train station (without need to use local transportation to Frankfurt Main station first), with most connections to Heidelberg's main train station (Hauptbahnhof) involving a change to a regional train (S-Bahn) in Mannheim. One way price: ICE 33.60 EUR , journey time: approx. 1 hour.
Additional modes of transportation to Heidelberg include a dedicated Frankfurt Airport Shuttle Service (depature: Terminal 1, Exit 3; journey time approx. 75 min; return ticket for 58.- Euro; please make sure that you have a reservation) and individual (usually more expensive) shuttle services like TLS.

Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart Airport is located approximately 125 km (1.5 hours by car) from Heidelberg and has regular European connections including several low-cost airlines. It does not have direct access to the long-distance rail network, but is connected by local transport to Stuttgart Main Station (Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof) with regular train service to Heidelberg.

Other Airports

Many low-cost flights are available to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (which is not actually in Frankfurt). The distance to Heidelberg is approximately 150 km. The airport is serviced by a regular bus to Mainz or Frankfurt, where trains to Heidelberg can be taken.

Several low-cost connections are as well available to the Airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden which is about 90 km (1 hour by car) south of Heidelberg. Travel options to Heidelberg can be found on the airport webpage.

By Train

Heidelberg Main Station (Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof) is linked regularly to most German and European destinations by long-distance train service. Information on schedules is available on the homepage of Deutsche Bahn.

Visa

Please familiarise yourself with the Visa regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany. Official information is provided by the German Federal Foreign Office.

EU nationals do not require a Visa to enter Germany.

Generally speaking, all other foreigners require a Visa for stays in Germany. A Visa is not required for semi-annual visits of up to three months for nationals of those countries for which the European Community has abolished the Visa requirement.

Table of countries whose citizens require/do not require visas to enter Germany.

The organizers are committed to making this meeting productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality or religion. We will not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Please follow these guidelines:

• Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or religion.
• All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
• Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.

Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the organizers without a refund of any charge.

Any participant who wishes to report a violation of this policy is asked to speak, in confidence, to the organisers or to email MPIK-CDY24 [at] mpi-hd.mpg.de.

This code of conduct is based on the “London Code of Conduct“, as originally designed for the conference “Accurate Astrophysics. Correct Cosmology”, held in London in July 2015. The London Code of Conduct was adapted with permission by Andrew Pontzen and Hiranya Peiris from a document by Software Carpentry (http://software-carpentry.org/conduct.html), which itself derives from original Creative Commons documents by PyCon and Geek Feminism. It is released under a CC-Zero licence for reuse. To help track people’s improvements and best practice, please retain this acknowledgement, and log your re-use or modification of this policy at https://github.com/apontzen/london_cc.

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