Directions to DIMDI - Waisenhausgasse

Directions to DIMDI

German Institute of
Medical Documentation and Information
Waisenhausgasse 36-38a
50676 Cologne
Germany

Phone: +49 221 4724-1
Fax: +49 221 4724-444
E-mail: Central Mailbox

DIMDI is barrier-free: the access to pathways and rooms is without barrier for handicapped people. more »

Coming to DIMDI by train

• exit the Cologne Main Station at the Cathedral site (Dom)
• go downstairs to the subway
• either take line 16 direction Appellhofplatz/Neumarkt
  or line 18 direction Appellhofplatz/Neumarkt
  (travel time approx. 5 minutes)
• get off at the station Poststraße
• go up first flight of stairs, walk straight ahead in the direction of the second flight of stairs (sign "Rothgerberbach"). Walk outside by these stairs. Cross over to the right hand side to the pedestrian bridge. Walk over bridge in the direction Pantaleonsstraße until you reach Waisenhausgasse
• bear right after the street junction and you will find the (yellow) DIMDI building on the right hand side, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a (directly opposite Martinsgasse)
• you alternatively reach DIMDI by the subway station Eifelstraße (lines 12, 15, 16): walk down Waisenhausgasse, after 300 m you will find DIMDI on the left hand side (this way is recommended for handicapped people)
• Travel Service Deutsche Bahn (DB)
• Time Table information of the KVB

Coming to DIMDI by car

Please use the parking garages in the vicinity because we do not have enough parking lots near DIMDI.

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Coming from Leverkusen (A3)

• Intersection (Autobahnkreuz) Köln-Ost in the direction Köln-Zentrum
• after Zoobrücke take exit Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer on the right hand side in the direction Dom
• after the underpass, take second turnoff to the right (Filzengraben) and follow street straight ahead (Filzengraben, Mühlenbach, Blaubach, Rothgerberbach)
• take the first possible turn on the Rothgerberbach (on level of Griechenpforte) and drive back 300 m
• at the next traffic light in the sharp right hand bend, on the spot turn right into Waisenhausgasse
• behind the junction to Pantaleonsstraße, on the right-hand side, you will find the (yellow) DIMDI building, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a (directly opposite Martinsgasse)

Coming from Bonn (A555)

• at the junction (Autobahndreieck) Heumar A4 in the direction Aachen
• take the exit Köln-Klettenberg
• turn right on B265 Luxemburgerstraße, drive in the direction Köln Zentrum and follow street straight ahead approx. 6 km (Luxemburger-, Trierer-, Pfälzer-, Weyerstraße, Rothgerberbach)
• at the first traffic light after the pedestrian crossing within the sharp right hand bend, on the spot turn right into Waisenhausgasse
• after the junction to Pantaleonsstraße, on the right hand side, you will find the (yellow) DIMDI building, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a (directly opposite Martinsgasse)

Coming from Frankfurt/Main

• at the junction (Autobahndreieck) Heumar A4 in the direction Aachen
• take the exit Köln-Klettenberg
• turn right on B265 Luxemburgerstraße, drive in the direction Köln Zentrum and follow street straight ahead approx. 6 km (Luxemburger-, Trierer-, Pfälzer-, Weyersstraße, Rothgerberbach)
• at the first traffic light after the pedestrian crossing within the sharp right hand bend, on the spot turn right into Waisenhausgasse
• after the junction to Pantaleonsstraße, on the right hand side, you will find the (yellow) DIMDI building, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a (directly opposite Martinsgasse)

Coming from Aachen

• at the intersection (Autobahnkreuz) Köln-West A4 in the direction Olpe, Köln
• take exit Köln-Klettenberg
• turn right on B265 Luxemburgerstraße, drive in the direction Köln Zentrum and follow street straight ahead approx. 6 km (Luxemburger-, Trierer-, Pfälzer-, Weyersstraße, Rothgerberbach)
• at the first traffic light after the pedestrian crossing within the sharp right hand bend, on the spot turn right into Waisenhausgasse
• after the junction to Pantaleonsstraße, on the right hand side, you will find the (yellow) DIMDI building, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a (directly opposite Martinsgasse)

Coming to DIMDI by plane

At Airport Köln/Bonn, take the public transportation Airport train (S 13) to Köln-Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), than proceed as described under "Coming to DIMDI by train"

At Airport Köln/Bonn by car at intersection (Autobahnkreuz) Köln-Gremberg A4 in the direction Aachen, Köln-Süd. From the exit Köln-Klettenberg proceed as described under "Coming to DIMDI by car - from Frankfurt/Main".

We wish you a good trip!

Booking hotels

If you need assistance with hotel reservations please contact the KölnTourismus GmbH , Phone: +49 221 221-30400. Since there are a lot of fairs and events in Cologne early booking of hotels is recommended.