There is also a “toilet for everyone” at the trade fair. This toilet is specially conceived for use by people with multiple handicaps. It is additionally equipped with a lifter and an emergency-call mechanism. This toilet is open during the regular opening hours of the current event on the trade fair’s campus.

Wheelchairs:

• Free service for your visit to the fair. Please contact the colleagues of the DRK on site on the relevant day of your visit by calling 0721 3720 5230.
• A wheelchair (without electric drive) will be brought to you for the duration of your visit to the fair (subject to availability). Please choose the main entrance of the fair for this purpose.

Free WLAN access

As a registered LEARNTEC App user, wireless Internet access is available for you free of charge throughout the entire campus during the trade fair.

Free WLAN on the trade fair’s campus

You will need a WLAN-capable device of your own with a Web browser function.

Please note the following details:

• To use the free WLAN, you need a WLAN-capable device with the globally common WLAN Standard IEEE 802.11 n/ac..

• When there are large numbers of simultaneous users, reception is not guaranteed at every location on the campus.

• The bandwidth per device is maximally 8 Mbit/sec. However, depending on the momentary traffic in the hall, the bandwidth may be less than this maximum.

Premium Wi-FI

If you need higher bandwidth, we recommend that you order our premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth restriction). A fee will be charged for this service. You may purchase it either online or in the Business Centre at Entrance West.

How do I connect to the WLAN?

Karlsruhe Trade Fair makes available for its visitors an EC automat directly on the fair’s campus. The automat is located in the Events Hall at the main entrance.

This automat dispenses cash without a fee for customers with accounts at Volksbank. This is also true for customers of savings banks in the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not for customers of savings banks outside this district or customers of other banks.

On the exhibition grounds, there is a charge of 2 euros for the use of the checkroom service for items of clothing, and 3 euros for items of luggage. Lockers are available in the basement using a 1 euro deposit coin.

You will find digital lockers in the entrance area (main entrance) on the left-hand side.

12 of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the possibility to charge batteries of mobile devices. After opening the LiveLocker, you will find

• a 220V/16A socket to connect your own power supply units, e.g. for charging laptops or bicycle batteries, and,
• a USB type A and a USB type C socket with a combined output of 18W.

You can reserve them in advance for your stay at live-locker.com

There is a charge of 5 euros per day for their use.

Four charging stations for electric vehicles (type 2 plugs up to 22 kW) are available to visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre in car park P1; charging costs €6. Please note: There is a charge for access to car park P1. The charging stations cannot be reserved.

Lost and dropped off items are collected by our control room.

Phone: +49 721 3720 5222

If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact the Lost and found office of the city of Rheinstetten, Phone: + 49 7242 9514 350.

Or to the

Lost and Found Office of the City of Karlsruhe, Phone: + 49 721 133 3310.

• Use the app to have meetings and contacts on site.
• Get an overview and find your way around the digital hall plan.
• Chat with other participants.
• Find suitable exhibitors & products quickly.

• Keep in touch with interesting trade fair participants and network with the community.
• Continue to use the exhibitor and product lists.

Wheelchairs reservations

Free service for your visit to the fair: Please contact the colleagues from the DRK on site on the relevant day of the fair by calling 0721-3720 5230.

A wheelchair will then be brought to you for the duration of your visit to the fair. Please choose the main entrance of the fair.

Carparks

Carparks are available for you in the first row of the P1 carpark.

Trade-fair shuttle bus service

A complementary barrier-free shuttle bus service operates between the central railway station and the trade fair for the duration of the event. More information about getting to the trade fair grounds by public transport can be found here .

Public transport

Information on the KVV’s reduced-mobility itinerary planning is available here, or please call 0721/6107-5886 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Deutsche Bahn

Please use the following service for more information about Deutsche Bahn’s rail links and train attendants:

• Telephone number: 030 65212888
• Fax number: 030 65212899
• Email: msz@deutschebahn.com

You can also reach the exhibition grounds easily and in an environmentally friendly way with KVV.nextbike - the public bike and e-bike rental system of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV). The rental station near the exhibition grounds is located at the tram stop Messe/ Leichtsandstraße (line S2).

Rental stations

This is how easy it is to use the KVV.nextbike: Select the bike at www.kvv-nextbike.de or at a rental station, scan it and off you go. Please note that the number of KVV.nextbikes available is limited.

Cost of the KVV.nextbike rental bike at the basic rate:

• 1 € per 30 min (normal)
• 2 € per 30 min (e-bike)

The exhibition grounds are easily accessible via a well-developed and signposted network of cycle paths:

• Karlsruhe main station: 5.5 km
• Karlsruhe city centre: 6.3 km
• Ettlingen centre: 7 km

Further information at www.kvv-nextbike.de.

Bicycle breakdown service

With our bicycle breakdown service, we offer you a basic set of tools and aids for quickly solving a breakdown. Be it a punctured tyre, a defective inner tube, a jammed brake or simply too little air: help can be called up and equipment borrowed via the service hotline 0721 3720-5222.

Tickets for the FareZone 100 apply for travel to the Messe/Leichtsandstraße tram and bus stop when a trade fair is on.

By tram

Messe/Leichtsandstraße or Messe Nord tram stops

From the city centre:

• Underground Line S2 (destination Rheinstetten).

From Karlsruhe central station:

• From the main train station, you can take various trains to the city center to change at the Europaplatz subway station:
  • Line S1/S11 in the direction of Neureut or Hochstetten
  • Line 2 direction Knielingen Nord
  • Line 3 direction Daxlanden or Rappenwörth

• At Europaplatz, change to Underground Line S2, direction Rheinstetten (stop Messe/Leichtsandstraße).

From Durlacher Tor:

• Line S2 (destination Rheinstetten).

By bus

Messe Nord or Messe/Leichtsandstraße bus stop

From Ettlingen:

• no change: Bus Line 106 (destination Neuburgweier Breslauer Str.)

From Rastatt:

• Change at the Silberstreifen stop to bus route 106 in the direction of Neuburgweier Breslauer Str.

More information including fares and departure times can be found on the KVV website.

Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west line Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train takes you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.

The best way to get there.

Pay as little as EUR 55.90 (one-way) with the Event Ticket.

Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH has partnered up with Deutsche Bahn to create an exclusive deal that allows you to travel conveniently to and from your Fairs and Congresses.

Take advantage and make the journey time yours. Use your outward and return journeys to work, read or relax. Whatever you decide to do, your travel with the Event Ticket will be powered by 100% renewable energy.

That special extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide price, available at every DB station.

• Event Ticket for a single journey, for use only on one specific connection (subject to availability):
  • 2nd Class EUR 55.90
  • 1st Class EUR 89.90

• Event Ticket for single journey, for use on all connections (always available):
  • 2nd Class EUR 77.90
  • 1st Class EUR 112.90

This offer is valid until 2024-Dec-14.

Click here to buy your ticket

When you click on the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.

You can make the most of your travel time by using your journeys to and from your destination for work, relaxation or enjoying our on-board services. You can also rest assured that your long-distance travel is completely powered by electricity generated by renewable resources.

Click here forfurther information.

Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH and Deutsche Bahn wish you a pleasant journey!

The event ticket provided by Deutscher Bahn does not include the ticket for access to the trade fair or congress event of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH.

From the A5/A8 motorway (Autobahn):

Coming along the A8 from Stuttgart, drive south onto the A5, following signs for Basel. Leave the A5 at junction 48 for Karlsruhe-Süd and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten.

From the A65 motorway (Autobahn):

The A65 merges with the B10. Leave the B10 at junction 8 and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten

Carparks

A total of 7000 parking spaces are available in 2 carparks on the trade-fair grounds along with a VIP/press carpark. Parking fee: € 8.00 per day. Please use P1 or P2 for LEARNTEC.

Book Parking ticket here

Are you travelling with a camper van or trailer and would like to stay overnight directly at the fair? We offer you the opportunity to do so on our parking lot P3. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time.

Please use the following formula to book your parking space up to 14 days before the fair begins. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time:

camper van parking space order

Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has excellent connections to at least 4 airports:

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (approx. 30 minutes by road) and other major international airports such as Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50–60 minutes by road).

We recommend you the arrival via Frankfurt Airport.