From Hauptbahnhof Koeln (U-Bahn) use the U19 in direction to Klettenbergpark. Get out at the station Neumarkt and change to the Strassenbahn 1 (direction Weiden) which you have to leave at Rudolfplatz.
Get out of the station via exit Hohenstaufenring, on which you walk on (directed to Zuelpicher Platz) for about 800m where you find the Mozartstraße on your right side. Follow it for 200 more meters and turn right in to the Engelbertstrasse where you find the MEININGER City Hostel & Hotel Cologne after 15m lefthanded.
Taxi: Ride time about 10 minutes / Costs ca. €8.
From Messe Koeln you take the Strassenbahn 1 at the station Messe/Deutz. Get out of it at the station Rudolfplatz.
Now you can follow the direction as aforementioned from Hauptbahnhof Koeln.
Taxi: Ride time about 15 minutes / Costs ca. €13.
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From airport Cologne-Bonn take the S13 line to the final stop, Cologne-Hansaring. There, change to the U15 (direction Cologne-Ubierring), U12 (direction Zollstock), U16 (direction Bonn/Bad-Godesberg) or U18 (direction Bonn Main Station) and take it to Rudolfplatz. From there, follow the directions as outlined above (i.e. in “From the Main Station”).
Taxi: Ride time about 20-30 minutes / Costs ca. €25.
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Ten motorway axes from all directions run together to the beltway of Cologne city.
From A1 Euskirchen / A61 Koblenz / A4 Aachen
Take the As Frechen (104) exit off A1 in direction Frechen/B264. Merge onto Duerener Strasse (B264) and drive for about 5km. Turn right onto Hans-Sachs-Strasse. Stay on this road for 260m and then turn left onto Bachemer Strasse. Drive 810m. Bachemer Strasse will become Lindenstrasse. Stay on Lindenstrasse for 180m before turning right onto Roonstrasse (B55). Drive 230m and then turn left onto Beethovenstrasse. Stay on Beethovenstrasse for 150m before turning left onto Engelbertstrasse. Drive 20m and you will arrive at our ho(s)tel.
From A57 Duesseldorf / A1 Dortmund / A3 Duesseldorf / A4 Olpe
Take the Ehrenfeld (30) exit off A57 in direction Zentrum/ Zoobruecke/Lindenthal and merge onto K4. Drive 1.5km before turning right onto Herkulesstrasse. Continue for 340m. Turn left onto Subbelrather Strasse and drive 20m. Subbelrather Strasse becomes Gladbacher Strasse. Continue on Gladbacher Strasse for 520m and then turn right onto Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring (B9). Continue for 270m. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring (B9) will become Hohenzollernring (B9); continue on Hohenzollernring for another 700m. Leave Beethovenstrasse and turn right into Engelbertstrasse. Stay on for 20m. Leave Habsburgerring (B9) and head straightforward onto Hohenstaufenring (B9). Stay on for 180m. Leave Hohenstaufenring (B9) and turn right into Beethovenstrasse. Stay on for 100m. Leave Hohenzollernring (B9) and head straight forward onto Habsburgerring (B9). Stay on for 200m. You have arrived at our ho(s)tel. Hohenzollernring will then become Habsburgerring (B9), which will then become Hohenstaufenring (B9). After driving about 380m on this road, turn right onto Beethovenstrasse. Continue for 100m before turning right onto Engelbertstrasse. Drive for 20m and you will arrive at our ho(s)tel.
From Cologne Messe (Fairs and Exhibition Centre) / A3 Frankfurt / A59 Airport / A555 Bonn
At the intersection Ad Dreieck Porz (33), change from A59 onto A559 in direction Cologne/Aachen/Cologne-Porz-Gremberghoven. Follow A559 for 8.2km and then merge onto Oestliche Zubringerstraße (L124). Continue for 100m before turning left onto Deutz-Kalker Strasse (L111). After 20m, Deutz-Kalker Strasse (L111) becomes simply Deutz-Kalker Strasse. Drive 260m and then turn left onto Gotenring (L188). After 650m, Gotenring (L188) becomes Gotenring (B55). After another 15m, Gotenring (B55) becomes Severinsbruecke (B55), which, after 1.3km, becomes Perlengraben (B55). Drive 360m on Perlengraben before turning left onto Rothgerberbach (B55). After 300m, Rothgerberbach (B55) becomes Neue Weyerstraße (B55). Drive 400m before turning right onto Hohenstaufenring (B9). Stay on Hohenstaufenring for 430m and then turn left onto Beethovenstrasse. Continue for 100m before turning right onto Engelbertstrasse. Drive 20m and you will arrive at our ho(s)tel.
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COLOGNE: Engelbertstraße 33-35/50674 Cologne