How to access PTB

The PTB campus in Berlin-Charlottenburg is not far from the railway and subway station “Zoologischer Garten” (walking distance: 15 minutes). It is a three-minute walk from the subway station “Ernst-Reuter-Platz”.

From the main train station “Berlin Hauptbahnhof”, where long-distance trains stop, take any S-Bahn going west (destination “Potsdam Hauptbahnhof” or “Spandau”).

Berlin has two major airports. Airport “Berlin-Tegel” is connected to “Ernst-Reuter-Platz” and to the train station “Berlin Zoologischer Garten” by express bus X9. Airport “Berlin-Schönefeld” is connected to the train station “Berlin Zoologischer Garten” by railway (Express train RE) and by the S-Bahn No. S 9 (due to construction work currently with change at Ostkreuz station).The best access by car is via Autobahn 100.

For further information, you may visit the following site:

https://www.ptb.de/cms/en/about-us-careers/about-us/sites-in-berlin/access-to-the-ptb-in-berlin-charlottenburg.html

Accomodation

You will find a lot of hotels in any category in the Charlottenburg area. An excerpt is given in this list Berliner Hotels Umgeb 2015.pdf. There are no special rates available regarding this seminar.

Weather

During October in Berlin, the daily high temperatures fall from 17 °C to 11 °C over the course of the month. However, night temperatures usually do not fall below 5 °C, Although the Berlin skies can be somehow dreary, the weather usually is dry.