Directions

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) site in Cologne is in the south-west of Cologne, very near to Cologne Bonn Airport. To get there:

Train (S-Bahn) and bus
Take the S 12 or S 13 S-Bahn from Cologne's Hauptbahnhof, Troisdorf or Siegburg and get off at the "Porz-Wahn" S-Bahn station. The S 13 S-Bahn line also stops at
Cologne/Bonn Airport. Both lines run at 20-minute intervals, i.e., one of the two runs every 10 minutes. Then, from the "Porz-Wahn" S-Bahn station, take the KVB bus
number 160 to the "DLR" terminus.

Please note: Bus number 160 has several different routes. Be careful that you
take the one with the "DLR" sign. From Cologne's Hauptbahnhof, the journey
time is 45 to 60 minutes.

Taxi
At Cologne's Hauptbahnhof, there are taxi stands at both exits. Tell the driver
you want to go to "Porz-Wahnheide, DLR". The phone number for Cologne's
Taxi Ruf service is 19410. When traffic is flowing freely, the fare should cost
around 35 euros.

Car
See map: Coming from Frankfurt (A3) or from Bonn (A59), follow the sign
"Flughafen Köln/Bonn" (A59) and - before the airport - take the "Porz-
Wahn/Wahnheide" exit, keep to the right and follow the "DLR" signs.
Coming from Cologne (A59) or from Oberhausen/Duesseldorf (A3), likewise
follow the "Flughafen Köln/Bonn" sign, but at the "Flughafen" junction carry
straight on and take the next exit, "Porz-Wahn/Wahnheide", keep to the left
and follow the "DLR" signs.
Please note: If you are using a navigation system, enter "Planitzweg" rather
than Linder Höhe.

Plane
If you fly into Cologne Bonn airport you have two options. Either take a taxi
(journey takes 5 to 10 minutes). Tell the driver you want to go to "Porz-
Wahnheide, DLR". Or, from the "Köln/Bonn Flughafen" station in the lower
level at the airport, take the S 13 S-Bahn towards "Troisdorf" and get off at
the "Porz-Wahn" station (the first stop). It should take 30 to 45 minutes. See
also "Train (S-Bahn) and bus".