Approximate flight times
From London to Hamburg Bremen or Hannover is 1 hour 20 minutes; to Cologne/Bonn is 1 hour 10 minutes; to Frankfurt/M is 1 hour 25 minutes; to Nuremberg is 2 hours 30 minutes (with one stop); and to Munich is 1 hour 40 minutes. From Los Angeles to Frankfurt/M is 14 hours 50 minutes from New York is 8 hours 20 minutes from Singapore is 14 hours 5 minutes and from Sydney is 24 hours 55 minutes.

International airports

· Berlin-Tegel (TXL) (Otto Lilienthal) is 8km (5 miles) northwest of the city (travel time 20 minutes). Bus nos. 109 and X9 go to the city every 5-10 minutes from 0500-2400; return is from Bahnhof Zoo or Budapester Strasse. Airport facilities include duty-free shop bank/bureau de change left luggage (0530-2200) 24-hour medical facilities post office (0630-2100) restaurant (0600-2200) bars (0600-2300) snack bar (0515-2300) shops tourist information conference rooms hotel reservation and car hire.

· Berlin-Schnefeld (SXF) is 20km (12 miles) southeast of the city (travel time 1 hour). S-Bahn no. S9 departs to the city (to Westkreuz) via Alexanderplatz and Bahnhof Zoo; S45 (every 20 minutes to Westend). Further connections with the regional train services R1 R2 and R12 are available at the same tariff as the S-Bahn. Bus no. 17 runs between U-Bahn Station Rudow (Line 7) and the airport. 24-hour taxi service is available to the city. Airport facilities include duty-free shop bank/bureau de change post office (0800-1800) restaurant (0730-2200 Monday to Friday 0600-2200 Saturday and Sunday) 24-hour left luggage medical facilities (0600-2200) 24-hour nursery 24-hour snack bar 24-hour hotel reservation 24-hour tourist information and car hire (0900-2000). A main line railway station is a 10-minute walk from the airport; from here connections to major German cities and to Basel Budapest Prague and Vienna are possible.

· Berlin-Tempelhof (THF) is 6km (4 miles) southeast of the city centre (travel time 20 minutes). Bus no. 119 departs every 10 minutes to the city. The underground lines 6 and 7 run every 2-10 minutes (travel time 15 minutes). Taxis are available. Airport facilities include duty-free shop left luggage (0600-2200) 24-hour medical facilities bank/bureau de change snack bar other shops and car hire.

· Bremen (BRE) (Neuenland)is 3km (2 miles) from the city (travel time 10 minutes). Tram no. 5 takes approximately 12 minutes to the city centre (main railway station). Services run every 5-15 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 15-30 minutes Sunday. There is a 24-hour taxi service. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop bank bureau de change conference centre car hire and hotel reservation.

· Cologne (Kln/Bonn) (CGN) (Wahn) (Web site: http://www.airport-cgn.de) is 14km (9 miles) southeast of Cologne and 21km (13 miles) northeast of Bonn (travel time 25 and 35 minutes respectively). Express bus no. 170 goes to Cologne every 15-30 minutes. Express bus no. 670 goes to Bonn every 20 minutes. Return is from Stadthaltestelle am Hauptbahnhof (bus station near the main railway station). There is a 24-hour taxi service at the airport. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop tourist information conference centre car hire restaurant (1100-2000) bar (0600-2300) bank/building society and shops.

· Dresden (DRS) (Klotsche) is 10km (6 miles) from Dresden (travel time 25 minutes). Daily bus services are available to the city.

· Dsseldorf (DUS) (Lohausen) (Web site: http://www.dusseldorf-airport.de) is 8km (5 miles) north of the city. Trains depart to the city every 20 minutes (the airport station is under the arrival hall). Return is from Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) every 30 minutes. An S-Bahn connection (S7) every 20-30 minutes and bus no. 727 are available as well. Taxis run a 24-hour service to Dsseldorf. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop (0430-2130) bank (0630-2130) medical facilities post office restaurant (0600-2359) bars snack bar (0430-2130) tourist information car hire and conference rooms.

· Frankfurt/M (FRA) (Rhein/Main) (Web site: http://www.frankfurt-airport.de/) is 9km (6 miles) southwest of the city. Travel to and from the city is by buses no. 61 and 62 every 20 minutes returning from Hauptbahnhof. Line S8 goes to the city (the station is underneath the arrival hall). S-Bahn S8 also goes directly to Mainz and Wiesbaden (travel time 40 minutes). There is a 24-hour taxi service to Frankfurt. The airport has its own InterCity train station which also offers international services (Switzerland Austria and Hungary). The Lufthansa Courtesy Airport Bus connects with Mannheim (travel time 1 hour) Heidelberg (travel time 1 hour) and Talheim (travel time 2 hours). Japan Airlines also operate a bus service to Dsseldorf (travel time 2 hours 30 minutes). Long-distance bus services from the airport include the T271 to Ostrava in the Czech Republic (travel time 4 hours) and the CHECK LINE bus to Strasbourg in France (travel time 3 hours). Airport facilities include left luggage 24-hour medical facilities duty-free shops banks restaurants bars snack bars shops Airport Conference Centre (23 conference rooms) post office (0600-2200) tourist information and car hire.

· Hamburg (HAM) (Hamburg-Fuhlsbttel) (Web site: http://www.airport.de) is 9km (5 miles) north of the city centre (travel time 25 minutes). Coaches go to the city every 20 minutes returning from Zentral Omnibus Bahnhof KirchenAllee. The Airport City Line bus runs every 20 minutes to the railway station from 0500-2300. Express bus no. 110 runs every 10 minutes to Ohlsdorf station (travel time 9 minutes). A taxi service is available. Airport facilities include duty-free shop bank (0600-2200) shops restaurants (0530-2200) snack bar post office and tourist information.

· Hannover (HAJ) (Langenhagen) is 11km (7 miles) north of the city (travel time 30 minutes). Express bus no. 60 goes to the city every 20-30 minutes returning from the city air terminal at the main railway station (Ernst-August-Platz). A 24-hour taxi service runs to Hannover. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop 24-hour luggage lockers 24-hour medical facilities banks/bureau de change (0630-2100 Mon-Fri 0900-1730 Sat-Sun) bars (0600-1900) snack bar post office restaurants and car hire.

· Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) (Web site: http://www.leipzig.com/verkehr/flug) is 12km (7 miles) northwest of the city (travel time 30 minutes). Coaches depart to the city. Return is from the main railway station and major hotels. 24-hour taxi services are available to the city. Airport facilities include duty-free shop conference centre bank (0800-2000) post office (0730-2100 Monday to Friday 0800-1200 Saturday and Sunday) snack bar (0600-2200) medical facilities (0600-2230) tourist information and restaurant (0700-2100).

· Munich (MUC) (Franz Joseph Strauss) (Web site: http://www.munich-airport.de) is 28.5km (18 miles) northeast of the city (travel time 38 minutes). Direct link with the S-Bahn S8 runs every 20 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (0313-0042; return 0355-0115). The Airport City Bus runs every 20 minutes from 0650-1930 to the Hauptbahnhof and every 30 minutes from 0755-2055; further bus services are available. Coach Oberbayern runs every 10 minutes to the city centre. Airport facilities include duty-free shop 24-hour left luggage 24-hour medical facilities snack bar restaurants post office banks conference centre car hire and bars.

· Mnster-Osnabrck (FMO) is 25km (16 miles) from the city. Buses go to Mnster (travel time 30 minutes) and Osnabrck (travel time 35 minutes). Taxis take 40 minutes. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop. Nuremberg (NUE) is 7km (4 miles) north of the city centre. The Airport Express runs every 30 minutes to the Hauptbahnhof 0500-2330. There is a 24-hour taxi service. Bus no. 32 goes to Thon with interchanging bus no. 30 to Erlangen (travel time 20 minutes) as well as trams no. 4 and 9. Taxis are available. Airport facilities include a duty-free shop 24-hour luggage lockers business centre 24-hour medical facilities bars (0500-2000) snack bar (0430-2000) post office (0630-1730 Mon-Fri 0630-1200 Sat) restaurants (1100-2300) and car hire.

· Saarbrcken (SCN) (Ensheim) is 16km (10 miles) from the city centre. There is an hourly bus service to the city and taxis are also available.

· Stuttgart (STR) (Echterdingen) is 14km (9 miles) south of the city (travel time 35 minutes). Express bus connection (Line A) goes direct to the main station every 20 minutes. Return is from the city Air Terminal. An S-Bahn link (lines S2 and S3) is available with trains running at 10-minute intervals. Bus nos. 33 7600 and 7556 also connect with the city. There is a 24-hour taxi service to Stuttgart. Airport facilities include duty-free shops (0430-2359) 24-hour luggage lockers conference centre 24-hour medical facilities bank/bureau de change (0730-2100) bars (0530-2359) post office restaurant (0530-2300) and car hire.

In 1998 Deutsche Bahn extended their international network eastwards and it now connects with 13 European countries including Hungary Slovenia and Croatia. For more information contact Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) in London at 18 Conduit Street London W1R 9TD (opening hours 0900-1700 Monday to Friday). Tel: (0171) 317 0919 or (0171) 317 0918. Fax: (0171) 491 4689 (Web site: http://www.bahn.de).

Road
Germany is connected to all surrounding countries by a first-class network of motorways and trunk roads. For regular coach services from the UK to Berlin Cologne Frankfurt/M Dortmund Hannover Munich and other destinations in the Federal Republic of Germany contact: Eurolines. Tel (0171) 730 8235 or (01582) 404 511. Fax: (0171) 730 8721 (for credit card bookings at less than 7 days' notice); or (01582) 400 694. Agents in the UK are National Express. Tel: (0990) 80 80 80. Fax: (121) 456 1397 (Web site: http://www.nationalexpress.co.uk); or

Transline. Tel: (01708) 864 911. Fax: (01708) 865 715 (E-mail: coaches@haris/travel.com).

In every major city there are Mitfahrerzentralen (car sharing agencies see Yellow Pages) which offer shared car travelling to all European cities on the basis of shared costs; an agency fee is charged. See Travel - International section for information on

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