The Planetary

Directions

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Arrival by public transport

From the central station

• Take the underground line 5 (direction Ossendorf) until the Friesenplatz stop, then switch into the underground lines 12 (direction Merkenich) or 15 (direction Chorweiler) until the Christophstr./Mediapark stop. (Travelling time: 9 minutes). Turn left into the Hermann-Becker-Straße, cross the bridge and go to building number 7.
• You can also use suburban trains (S-Bahn): Take the S-Bahn 6 (direction Nippes), or S11 (direction Düsseldorf) or the S 12 (direction Hansaring) until the Hansaring stop. (Travelling time: 5 minutes). From there you have to walk about 10 minutes until arriving at the Mediapark Cologne, building number 7.

From the airport

• Take the S-Bahn S13 until the station Hansaring. (Travelling time: about 18 minutes) From there you have to walk about 10 minutes until arriving at the Mediapark Cologne, building number 7.

Arrival by car

• From the North: A57/Neuss in direction ‘Köln-Zentrum’. At the end of the motorway, range in the middle track and drive on until the exit ‘Zentrum’. The entrance to the underground by-pass is directly behind the railway bridge. There you can enter the central underground car park Media Park (‘Parkhaus Zentral’ – PZ)
• Form the East: A4/Olpe until motorway junction ‘Köln-Ost’, then in direction ‘Zoobrücke/Köln-Zentrum’. Follow this road over the bridge ‘Zoobrücke’ (ca. 3 km) to the television tower (left-hand). Having passed the first traffic light after the television tower, turn around. Then, turn right and after the traffic light turn left into the tunnel leading to the ring road and the parking blocks of the Media Park.
• From the South: A1/ Euskirchen/Koblenz until motorway junction ‘Köln-Nord’, change to A57 in direction ‘Köln-Zentrum’ – then A57/Neuss (follow directions from the North). A3/Frankfurt until motorway junction ‘Köln-Ost’ – then A4/Olpe. (follow directions from the East). A59/ Köln-Bonn Airport until motorway junction ‘Heumar’, then change to A3 until motorway junction ‘Köln-Ost’ – then A4/ Olpe. (follow directions from the East)
• From the West: A4/Aachen until motorway junction ‘Köln-West’, then change to A1 in direction ‘Wuppertal/Dortmund’ until motorway junction ‘Köln-Nord’, then change to A57 in direction ‘Köln-Zentrum’ – then A57/Neuss.

From Cologne city centre

• North: Drive from ‘Ebertplatz’ to ‘Hansaring’. After 900m turn right into the road ‘Am Kümpchenshof’. From there, you can go on straight on to the parking block.
• South: From the ‘Barbarossaplatz’ to the ‘Hohenstaufenring’ (B9): Drive past ‘Rudolfplatz’ und go straight on to ‘Hohenzollernring’. Drive past ‘Friesenplatz’ and go straight on ‘Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring’ leading into the ‘Hansaring’ street. After 400m follow the the signage ‘Media Park’.

Parking

• You can reach the central underground car park Media Park Cologne from both entries, they are marked with PZ. The central place can be reached by various stairways and elevators. Every building has a car park. You can reach it by both entries, too.