From Berlin take B1 from Berlin-Wannsee or the motorway "Autobahn" A115 to Hannover/Leipzig, exit "Potsdam-Babelsberg"; follow the signs to "Zentrum" and "GeoForschungsZentrum".

From Hannover or Leipzig on motorway "Autobahn" A110/E30, take exit "Potsdam-Süd/Michendorf", to Potsdam follow the B2 northbound, turn right at "Am Brauhausberg" till "Albert-Einstein-Straße".

From Hamburg or Rostock on motorway A10/E55, take exit "Marquardt" to Potsdam along B273, follow in Potsdam the signs "Zentrum" to "Albert-Einstein-Straße".

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Departure Ostbahnhof / Berlin-Hauptbahnhof / Berlin Friedrichstraße / Zoologischer Garten / Berlin Charlottenburg / Berlin Wannsee:

• Regionalexpress RE1 (direction: Magdeburg Hbf or Brandenburg Hbf) or S Bahn S7 (direction Potsdam Hbf), final stop Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof.

Departure S Steglitz:

• S-Bahn S1 (direction: Berlin Wannsee) till station Berlin Wannsee, change there to RE1 or S7 to Potsdam Hbf (see above).

From Potsdam Main Station (Potsdam Hauptbahnhof) take the bus line 691 to GFZ Campus on Telegrafenberg (final stop). Or alternatively you could walk to GFZ (duration circa 15 minutes).

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Departure Airport Berlin Brandenburg (BER), Terminals 1-2:

• Take the Regionalbahn RB22 (direction: Potsdam Griebnitzsee) till Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof
• or Regionalbahn RB10 (direction: Nauen), change in Berlin Südkreuz to S-Bahn S41 and change again in Berlin Westkreuz to S7 (direction Potsdam Hauptbahnhof); alternatively: change from RB10 in Berlin Hauptbahnhof to S7 (direction Potsdam Hauptbahnhof)
• or RE7 (direction: Dessau) and change in Berlin Wannsee to S7 (direction Potsdam Hauptbahnhof)
• or bus BER2 to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof (subject to surcharge).

From Potsdam Main Station (Potsdam Hauptbahnhof) take the bus line 691 to GFZ Campus on Telegrafenberg (final stop). Or alternatively you could walk to GFZ (duration circa 15 minutes).

Airport Berlin Brandenburg (BER)
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