Elmshorn - Our Location
The 4th official TYPO3 Developer Days will take place in Elmshorn, Germany. Elmshorn is approx. 30km northwest of Hamburg and can be reached by train, airplane and car.
NORDAKADEMIE, Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Köllner Chaussee 11, D-25337 Elmshorn
Please have a look at the following directions, then you will find our location without problems. In addition to the written directions, we prepared a map giving you an overview of Elmshorn and Hamburg including all locations and all kind of hints like bike rental, supermarkets, cash machines...
There will be
- a shuttle service from 8-11 am and pm, consisting of one bus (10 persons) circulating between our location, the THW hostel and the hotel. If you don't leave in time or everybody tries to catch the same bus this might get crowded. If you want to be independent you can rent a bike or walk.
- the possibility to rent a bike: If you want to know more read the T3DD mailing list
- the free decision to take a walk of about 20-25 minutes
Travelling by airplane
Since a few months there is a new S-Bahn station at the the airport, so you can reach Elmshorn by suburban rail network.
The S-Bahn line S1 (Station Hamburg Airport (Flughafen)) is directly in front of the terminals and is easily reached by lift, escalator or stairs. It operates every 10 minutes between Hamburg Airport and Hamburg’s main railway station.
At the Hamburg main station (Hamburg Hbf) please take the train to Elmshorn, there are lots of (e.g. R60 or R70), please have a look here.
A one-way ticket is 4,40 EUR and the whole trip will take about 1 hour.
Please see the directions in the next section for the way from the railway station Elmshorn to our location.
Travelling by train
Most long distance trains will bring you to Hamburg main station. From there you can reach Elmshorn in approx. 25 minutes by train. From the railway station Elmshorn to our location (Nordakademie), you have to walk for about 10-15 Minutes.
There are lots of trains going from Hamburg main station (Hamburg Hbf) to Elmshorn, please have a look here. A one-way ticket is 4,40 EUR, available at a ticket machine or at the counter.
Trains from the south (e.g. Hamburg) arrive in Elmshorn at platform #1. Walk downstairs and then to the right.
Trains from the north arrive in Elmshorn at platform #2 or #3. Search downstairs for a small yellow sign Arbeitsamt/Finanzamt/Berufsschulen and a blue sign Mühlenstraße - this is your direction!
Leave the tunnel straight ahead into the Mühlenstraße (on your left hand side you'll find the nice restaurant Mario's). After about a 100m, walk straight over the crossing and follow the Mühlenstraße until you reach the Mühlendamm. Cross the street at the lights, turn right into the Mühlendamm and stay on the left side of the road.
Cross the bridge, pass the white villa on your left hand side and after another 75 metres look for a small footpath on your left hand side (on the left side of the way there is a stone ANNO 1789). Follow the footpath and keep left (on your left you'll see a swimming pool). After about 250m look for the Nordakademie on your right hand side - this is where the conference will take place.
If you didn't manage to find the small footpath, keep left (Langelohe) until you reach a roundabout. Turn left into the Köllner Chaussee and after about 100m you'll find the Nordakademie on your left hand side - this is where the conference will take place.
Travelling by car
- Get somehow onto the A7 (E45). Please don't leave this freeway in Hamburg but go on until the interchange Hamburg Nordwest and choose the A23 there.
- Leave the A23 at the Elmshorn exit (No.14). At the end of the exit slip road, turn right and follow this road.
- At the second set of traffic lights (large crossroads) drive into the right-hand lane and turn off to your right. Follow the road – it leads you past the petrol station.
- At the next crossroads (traffic lights, sign for FH NORDAKADEMIE) turn left into Köllner Chaussee.
- After approximately 600 metres you will reach FH NORDAKADEMIE on your right.
Parking situation
There is a car park in front of the Nordakademie, but as the T3DD will take place during the terms, there might be not enough place for all cars. Attention: the gate in front of the car park will be closed at 22:00, there is no possibility to open this gate afterwards.
You can use the car park of the indoor swimming pool Elmshorn which is located a few minutes from the Nordakademie. If you drive the upper described way, the car park is located 150m in front of the Nordakademie on the same side.
Where to put your camper?
There are three possibilities to put you camper over night:
