Hanover has significant experience as a host of international major events and presents itself as a cosmopolitan state capital. With exciting package arrangements, a wide range of accommodations and perfect links, Hanover offers many good reasons for a visit.
Attractive sights in Hanover ensure unforgettable highlights all year long. Whether walking through the Eilenriede, dinner at a restaurant or a shopping tour through the city center, Hanover scores with variety and holds many surprises for you.
Learn moreHotels and accommodations in the immediate vicinity of the exhibition center as well as in the center of Hanover offer you a wide selection of options for during your event. On the linked site, you can get an overview about the offer and about upcoming exhibition dates.
Hotel reservation
Various events, shows, seasonal events and typical Hanoverian events await you in the free time you spend here. Inside the package arrangements of the city of Hanover you will find many offers and the highlights for the next months.
Discover package arrangementsThe A2 allows a comfortable and fast journey from North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin. It goes directly to Hannover via the A7 motorway – whether from Hamburg or Munich.
Please enter the destination of your journey: Location: Hannover Street: Hermesallee Postcode: 30521 In the region of Hannover, please follow exclusively the signpost “Messe” to the fairground.
Hannover is an emission zone city, to be achieved through a reduced particulate pollution. The zone encompasses large areas of the city around the center within the ring road and is indicated by signs. In this zone, only cars that have an emissions sticker or fulfil the exceptions can enter this zone.
Taxi
The travel time between the exhibition ground and the airport is about 30 minutes, depending on traffic. Taxi orders: Hallo Taxi 3811 – Hotline: +49 (0) 511-3811
During the fairs, up to 22 charging poles are available for you to use close from the entrances. They are distributed as follows:
Arrival by public transport
At the central stops “Hauptbahnhof”, “Kröpcke” and “Aegidientorplatz” (node points in the railway network) there are elevators available to the subway stations. The final stop Messe/Nord is a high platform.
For the journey from the central railway station to the exhibition center, the tram line 8 or 18 to the entrance Nord is optimal for mobility-impaired visitors. On this route the new silver tram lines are running, which ensure by an automatic height adjustment of the entrances that wheelchair users can comfortably access the tram without needing assistance. The wide double doors are without any middle barriers and in each wagon there are two open areas (with folding seats) for wheelchair users.
Blind fair visitors have facilitated access to the subways by a tactile guide strip system and tactile squares in the underground stations Hauptbahnhof and Kröpcke. In addition, acoustic train destination announcements are installed.
Directions from airport
Whether the arrival and departure take place with your own car or taxi – the parking areas for the vehicles are located directly in front of the entrance and exit doors of the terminals A, B and C. The doors have a sufficient width for wheelchair users, are always self-opening and without a threshold. The kerbs are flattened at key crossing points. The stop of the Shuttle Bus, Airport – exhibition center, which commutes between the airport and the central station, is also located directly in front of the passenger terminal, on the arrivals level between Terminals A and B. In addition, you can take the S-Bahn line 5 from the airport to the central station and then change into lines 8 or 18.
Parking Spaces
A part of the parking spaces outside the fairgrounds are reserved as special parking spaces for visitors with limited mobility. These special parking spaces are always close to whatever entrances are in operation for the fairs and exhibitions, and are marked accordingly.