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Getting to Kassel by plane
These are the airports closest to Kassel:
Kassel airport,
Frankfurt am Main airport,
Hannover airport
and Paderborn-Lippstadt airport.
From Kassel airport, you can get to Kassel:
by taxi
or by bus.
You can find the bus timetable on the KVG website: www.kvg.de
KVG is Kassel’s public transportation company.
By clicking the globe symbol in the upper right corner of the website,
you can set the website’s language to English.
A public transportation company owns many:
buses,
trains
and streetcars.
People can use these to travel to other places.
From Frankfurt airport, you can take the ICE train
to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe.
That is Kassel’s ICE station.
ICE is short for: Intercity Express.
That’s a special kind of train in Germany.
From Hannover airport, you can take the S-Bahn
to Hannover main station.
From there, you can take the ICE train to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe.
The S-Bahn is another kind of train in Germany.
These trains travel:
in the area around a city,
within a city
or between cities which are very close to each other.
From Paderborn-Lippstadt airport, you can take a bus
to Paderborn main station.
From there, you can take the ICE train to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe.
You can find all rail connections
on the website of Deutsche Bahn:
www.bahn.de
Rail connection means:
People can travel from one place to another place by train.
Getting to Kassel by train
You can take a train to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe.
That is Kassel’s ICE station.
From Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, you can continue:
by bus
or by streetcar.
You can find all timetables on the KVG website: www.kvg.de
KVG is Kassel’s public transportation company.
By clicking the globe symbol in the upper right corner of the website,
you can set the website’s language to English.
Getting to Kassel by car
If you are coming from the north or from the east,
you are probably using the freeway: A7.
Then you need to take the exit: Kassel-Nord.
If you are coming from the south,
you are probably using the freeway: A49.
Then you need to take the exit: Kassel Auestadion.
If you are coming from the west,
you are probably using the freeway: A44.
Then you need to take the exit: Südkreuz
to switch to the freeway: A49.
After that, you need to take the exit: Kassel Auestadion.
North, east, south and west are the 4 cardinal directions.
Once you arrive at Kassel,
you might have some questions.
Or you might be looking for a hotel room.
The staff of the Kassel Marketing GmbH company
can help you then.
They are located at the city center’s Tourist Information Office.
The address is:
Wilhelmstraße 23
34117 Kassel
Phone: +49 561 70 77 07
E-mail address: booking@kassel-marketing.de
The Tourist Information Office is open from Monday to Saturday,
10 AM to 6 PM.
If you have questions
for the documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH,
the company’s employees can help you.
The address is:
documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
Friedrichsplatz 18
34117 Kassel
Phone: +49 561 70 72 70
E-mail address: office@documenta.de
A gGmbH is a special kind of company in Germany.
All the money it earns may only be used for certain things.
These things must be good for all people,
such as a museum.