There is a "toilet for all" on the exhibition grounds that is specially designed for use by people with multiple disabilities. It is also equipped with a lift and an emergency call system. This toilet is open during the respective opening hours of the event on the exhibition grounds.

Wheelchairs:

• Free service for your visit to the fair. Please contact the colleagues of the DRK on site on the respective 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).

Free WLAN access

During the fair, as a registered user, wireless internet access is available free of charge in the hall area of our exhibition grounds.

Free W-LAN on the exhibition grounds

You will need your own WLAN-enabled terminal with a web browser function.

Please note the following information:

• To use the W-LAN, you need a WLAN-capable end device with the worldwide common WLAN standard IEEE 802.11 n/ac.
• Area-wide reception may not be guaranteed if there are a large number of users.
• The maximum bandwidth is 2Mbit/s per end device. Depending on the hall load, the bandwidth may be lower.
• A user/end device can go online for a maximum of 30 minutes with a mobile end device.
• Premium Wi-Fi

If you need a higher bandwidth, we advise you to order our Premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth limitation) for a fee (buy online or in the Business Center Entrance West).

HOW DO I CONNECT TO THE WIFI?

Messe Karlsruhe provides its visitors with an EC cash machine directly on the exhibition grounds. This is located in the action hall near the main entrance.

Cash withdrawals from these machines are free of charge for Volksbank customers. This also applies to savings bank customers of the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not to savings bank customers outside this district and other banks.

On the exhibition grounds, a fee of 2 euros is charged for the use of the cloakroom 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 out of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the option of charging batteries from 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 power of 18W.

You can book these in advance for your stay at live-locker.com

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

Visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre can use the charging stations for electric vehicles in car park P1, one charge costs 6 euros. A type 2 plug is required. Please note: Vehicular entrance to P1 is subject to a fee. The charging stations cannot be reserved.

Die Messe Karlsruhe gestattet keine Tiere auf dem Messegelände.

Ausnahmen sind Führhunde für Menschen mit Behinderungen, Blindenhunde und Diensthunde.

Our control room collects lost and handed-in items.

Phone: +49 721 3720 5222

If you do not find what you are looking for here, please contact the

lost property office of the city of Rheinstetten, phone: + 49 7242 9514 350.

Or to the

lost property office of the city of Karlsruhe, phone: + 49 721 133 3310.

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).

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.

Messe Karlsruhe is barrier-free and therefore handicapped accessible. All halls and entrances are at ground level, so there are no access restrictions.

Reserve a wheelchair

• Free service for your visit to the fair: Please contact the colleagues of the German Red Cross on site on the respective day of the fair under the telephone number: 0721-3720 5230.
• A wheelchair will then be brought to you for the duration of your visit. Please use the main entrance of the fair.

Parking spaces

• Parking spaces are available in the first rows in car park P1.

Trade fair shuttle

• During the event, a barrier-free trade fair shuttle will be available to you free of charge between the main railway station and the Exhibition Centre.
• Further information on how to get to the fair by local transport can be found below.

Local transport

• You can find information about the KVV travel plan for people with reduced mobility here, or by telephone from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 0721/6107-5886.

German Railways

• Information on connections and Deutsche Bahn services and discounts for mobility-impaired travellers can be obtained from the following contact details:
  • Telephone number: 030 65212888
  • Fax number: 030 65212899
  • E-mail: msz@deutschebahn.com

On the days of the fair, tickets for tariff zone 100 are valid to the Messe/Leichtsandstraße stop.

By tram

Stop Messe/Leichtsandstraße or also Messe Nord

FROM THE CITY CENTRE / DURLACHER TOR:

Line S2 (underground), direction Rheinstetten

FROM THE MAIN STATION:

• From the main station, you can take various trains to the city centre to change at the Europaplatz underground station:
  • Line S1/S11 in the direction of Neureut or Hochstetten.
  • Line 2 direction Knielingen Nord
  • Line 3 direction Daxlanden or Rappenwörth
• At Europaplatz, take the S2 underground line in the direction of Rheinstetten (Messe/Leichtsandstraße stop).

By bus

Bus stop Messe Nord or Messe/Leichtsandstraße

FROM ETTLINGEN CHANGEFREE:

Bus line 106 (direction Neuburgweier Breslauer Str.).

All KVV bus route maps can be found here.

TIMETABLE MESSE-EXPRESS

FROM RASTATT:

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

Further information on departure times and prices can be found on the KVV website.

Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio connections and lies directly on the ICE route from Hamburg via Frankfurt to Basel. The west-east axis from Karlsruhe via Stuttgart to Munich also starts from here. From Paris, you can reach Karlsruhe in just about three hours by TGV.

Arrive successfully.

From €59,00 (one way) with the event ticket.

In cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH offers you an exclusive package for your comfortable arrival and departure to trade fairs and congresses in Karlsruhe.

This way, travel time quickly becomes your time. Simply use your outward and return journey to work, read or relax. Whatever you choose, you will always travel with the Deutsche Bahn event ticket using 100 % green electricity.

The extra for you as a visitor! Your event ticket at a fixed price nationwide, from any DB station.

The price for your event ticket one-way is:

• With train connection (while stocks last)
  • 2.class 59,00 €
  • 1st class 95,00 €
• Fully flexible (always available)
  • 2.class 82,00 €
  • 1st class 119,00 €

The offer is valid until 2025-JUN-30.

Click here to book

By clicking the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.

Please note that the ticket no longer contains any invoice-relevant data. If you require an invoice, please enter the desired invoice address in the booking process under personal data.

Make travel time your time and use your journey to work, relax or enjoy yourself - with 100% green electricity on long-distance services.

Click herefor further information.

We wish you a pleasant journey.

The Deutsche Bahn event ticket does NOT include the admission ticket to the trade fair or congress.

From the A5 / A8 motorway:

On the A8 from Stuttgart follow the A5 in the direction of "Basel", there leave the A5 at exit no. 48 "Karlsruhe-Süd" and follow the signs "Messe".

From the A65 motorway:

The A65 becomes the B10. Leave the B10 at exit no. 8 and follow the signs to "Messe".

Parking spaces

On the exhibition grounds you will find a total of 7,000 parking spaces in 2 car parks as well as a car park for VIPs/press. Parking fee: 9,00 €/day. (On site at the box office 10€) Please use P1 or P3/Peter-Gross-Bau Areal during NEW WORK EVOLUTION.

book park ticket here

Are you travelling with a motorhome or caravan and would like to stay overnight directly at the trade fair? We offer you the opportunity to do so at our car park P3. Electricity connection can only be guaranteed if ordered in good time.

Please book your parking space using the following form up to 14 days before the start of the fair. Electricity can only be guaranteed if ordered in good time:

MOTORHOME PARKING ORDER

Messe Karlsruhe can be easily reached via 4 airports:

The flight to Stuttgart from metropolises such as Brussels, Milan and Vienna takes little more than 1 hour.

The excellent rail connections ensure a fast onward journey to Karlsruhe.

From Baden-Airpark you can reach the exhibition centre in just 30 minutes by car.

Via Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport (approx. 30 minutes by car) as well as the international airports of Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50-60 minutes by car).

We recommend that you travel via Frankfurt Airport.