How to reach us

We urgently point out that you should NOT use the L264 to get to Hambacher Tor. This happens, for example, if you enter only "Forschungszentrum Jülich" or "Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße" on Google Maps from the direction of Düsseldorf/Cologne/Bonn.

Please always approach via the L253 (see below). In Google Maps, it is best to enter "Leo-Brandt-Straße". Once there, the research center is already well signposted. At the end of Leo-Brandt-Straße, you will pass the Mechatronics Center of the German Armed Forces, then the street turns into Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße and you will reach the traffic circle in front of the main entrance. If you take the first exit, you will drive onto the bus and car parking lots, where you can park and report to the reception building.

Coming from Cologne (Köln) take the A 4 motorway (Cologne – Aachen), leave the motorway at the Düren exit, and then turn right towards Jülich (B 56). After about 10 km, turn off to the right onto the L 253, and follow the signs for "Forschungszentrum".

Coming from Aachen take the A 44 motorway (Aachen – Düsseldorf) and leave the motorway at the Jülich-West exit. At the first roundabout turn left towards Jülich, and at the second roundabout turn right towards Düren (B 56). After about 5 km, turn left onto the L 253 and follow the signs to "Forschungszentrum".

Coming from Düsseldorf Airport take the A 52 motorway (towards Düsseldorf/Mönchengladbach), followed by the A 57 (towards Cologne). Turn off at Neuss-West, and continue on the A 46 until you reach the crossroads "Kreuz Holz" and change there to the A 44/61 toward Aachen/Koblenz. At the Jackerath interchange, where you should take the A 44 (towards Aachen). Continue as described in "Coming from Düsseldorf".

Coming from Düsseldorf on the A44 motorway (Düsseldorf – Aachen) you have two options:

1. (Shorter route but more traffic) turn right at the Jülich-Ost exit onto the B 55n, which you should follow for approx. 500 m before turning right towards Jülich. After 200 m turn left and continue until you reach the "Merscher Höhe" roundabout. Turn left here, drive past the Solar Campus belonging to the University of Applied Sciences and continue straight along Brunnenstrasse. Cross the Römerstrasse junction, continue straight ahead onto Wiesenstrasse and then after the roundabout and the caravan dealers, turn left towards "Forschungszentrum" (signposted).
2. (Longer but quicker route) drive until you reach the "Jülich-West" exit. At the first roundabout turn left towards Jülich, and at the second roundabout turn right towards Düren (B 56). After about 5 km, turn left onto the L 253 and follow the signs to "Forschungszentrum".

In your navigation system, enter your destination as "Leo-Brandt-Straße". From there, it is only a few hundred metres to the main entrance – simply follow the signs. The research centre itself is not part of the network of public roads and is therefore not recognised by navigation systems.

From Cologne Bonn Airport

From the railway station at the airport, please take the overground line S 12 ("S-Bahn") to Düren.
Continue from Düren as described in "By train".

From Düsseldorf International Airport

From the railway station at the airport, travel to Cologne main train station and then continue on to Düren. Some trains go directly to Düren whereas other connections involve a change at Cologne main train station.
Continue from Düren as described in "By train".

Take the train from Aachen or Cologne to the train station in Düren. From here, take the local train ("Rurtalbahn" [RTB]) for Jülich and get out at the "Forschungszentrum" stop. To make sure that the train stops at "Forschungszentrum" you should press the request stop button (Haltewunsch) in good time after the "Selgersdorf" stop.

From the train stop, a shuttle service will bring you to the campus (for all trains arriving between 6 am and 7 pm, for the timetables, please see "Aachen - Jülich bus connections" below).

Shuttle bus timetable of line 219 between Rurtalbahn stop and Research Centre (PDF, 23 kB)

If you walk, it will take you approximately 20 minutes to reach the main entrance. The distance is about 1.3 kilometres.

Timetables Rurtalbahnn

The SB 20, SB 35 and the 220 bus lines connect Forschungszentrum Jülich to the local public transport system.

time tables:

Bus SB 20 Aachen - Forschungszentrum Jülich (PDF, 56 kB)

Bus SB 35 Schnellbus Merzenich – Forschungszentrum – Merzenich, über Niederzier (PDF, 22 kB)

Bus 220 Aachen – Mariadorf – Aldenhoven – Jülich – FZ Jülich (PDF, 206 kB)

AVV website with timetables for bus routes (please chose "SB 20", "SB 35" or "220" in the field "Linie" to get the time tables of the buses to Jülich)