How To Reach Us

• Ana Vila Verde's office is located at (see also map): Lotharstr. 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany, building MF, office 246 (2nd floor). Make sure you input both street and postal code when you use navigation systems, because there is another Lotharstrasse in Duisburg that is 17 km away!

• • Campus map:

• Getting here:
  • By car: "Carl-Benz-Strasse 201 parking, 47057 Duisburg, Germany" in Google Maps will lead you to the University parking lot.
  • By train/public transportation/taxi: Take a train to Duisburg Hbf (schedules in the Deutsche Bahn website), exit the train station on the West side (walk towards platform 1), then take a taxi (about 20 EUR) or take Tram 901 and exit at station "Zoo/Uni".
    • Walking from Duisburg HBf to my office (~25 mins): exit the train station on the East side (walk towards platform 13), then follow this route.
  • By plane:
    • Flying to Düsseldorf ("DUS") airport is convenient; the train connections from the airport to Duisburg Hbf are very frequent (multiple per hour).
      • To get to Duisburg HBf from Düsseldorf airport, buy a VRR “B” train ticket for a single ride ("Eizelnticket"; about 7 EUR) at the VRR or Deutsche Bahn machines. This ticket gives you access to all the RE and S trains, but NOT the ICE trains.
      • The ticket machines are on the floor above the train platforms, if memory does not fail me.
      • The machine gives you the option of buying it already with a time stamp, or without a time stamp. If you take the second option, remember to validate it before you enter the train in the validation box next to the ticket machine.
      • You cannot buy tickets or validate them inside the train.
    • Flying into Frankfurt ("FRA"), and then taking an ICE train from the airport to Duisburg Hbf also works very well. In particular, Lufthansa offers combined flight+train tickets between Düsseldorf Hbf and Frankfurt airport; in this case, your destination "airport" should be "QDU" (in "airport code"), corresponding to Düsseldorf Hbf.
      • The combined ticket is advantageous because the train part of the trip functions as another flight (eg., in case of delays or cancellations).
      • Sometimes, the ICE from Frankfurt to QDU actually continues all the way to Duisburg Hbf. Unfortunately, Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn try their absolute best to hide this information; there's no good way to check online. However, you can go to the Deutsche Bahn customer service desk in Duisburg Hbf or FRA and just ask. If the ICE train going between FRA and QDU also stops in Duisburg Hbf, just buy the extra ticket for the QDU-Duisburg part.