The Global GIGA-Casting Congress 2025 will take place in the Campus Center of the University of Kassel at "Holländischer Platz":

University of Kassel - Campus Center, Moritzstraße 18, D-34127 Kassel

Thanks to its central location in Germany, the city of Kassel is easily accessible from all directions. There is a good public transport network, especially in the city centre.

Traveling by bus and train

Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ICE railway station is served by a number of local and long-distance north-south and east-west services and is also served by FlixBus.

If you arrive at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, take tram line 1 (Vellmar) or bus line 52 (Sandershausen) or 100 (Calden Airport) to the Holländischer Platz/Universität stop. These will take you directly to the university campus.

If you arrive in Kassel by public transport, you can choose between the regional tram RT1 (Holländische Straße) and the bus lines 30 (Hann. Münden), 52 (Sandershausen) and 110 (Holländischer Platz).

You can find the relevant connections on the local public transport website.

Traveling by car

Kassel is easily accessible via the A5, A7, A44 and A49 motorways. Frequent connections include

  • A7 Flensburg - Hamburg - Kassel - Frankfurt/Würzburg
  • A44 Cologne / Dortmund - Kassel - (Eisenach) - Erfurt
  • A 49 Kassel - Marburg / Gießen motorway

There are also several Park & Ride car parks in and around Kassel from which you can reach the campus by public transport.

Traveling by airplane

The nearest airports are: Kassel-Calden, Frankfurt, Hannover and Paderborn. From Kassel-Calden, you can get to Kassel city center by cab or bus line 130. You can get the exact timetable on the website of the Kasseler Verkehrsgesellschaft. There are train connections to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe from Frankfurt, Hannover and Paderborn.

From Frankfurt Airport, there is a direct train connection to Kassel-Wihelmshöhe. It takes about 90 minutes by InterCityExpress (ICE) trains and about 120 minutes by local trains.

From Hannover airport or Hamburg airport, shuttle busses or trams take you to the respective train stations within 20-25 minutes. ICE trains to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe from Hamburg take about 140 minutes and from Hannover about 50 minutes.

On the campus

The congress itself will take place in the CampusCenter. The easiest way to get there is from the "Holländischer Platz" bus stop by walking across the campus via the "Diagonale". You can find directions as a PDF under the following link:

You can also view the map of the University of Kassel on an interactive map. Under the following link you will find the map of the location "Holländischer Platz", marked is the conference venue, the CampusCenter.