Travel to Oldenburg

Visit the green and modern city in Lower Saxony

CHIWork 2023 will take place in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, a green and modern university city and Germany’s City of Science 2009 in North West Germany. In spite of its modern orientation, Oldenburg is still very proud of its historical roots and buildings, delightful traditions and warm, friendly charm. It is also a cycling city and famous for kale tour (‘Kohlfahrt’). The closest major airport is Bremen Airport, reachable within an approximately half an hour drive or train ride (about 50 km or 31 miles).

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Venue

The ACM CHIWork 2023 will take place in the OFFIS Institute for Information Technology. OFFIS is a research institute located in the industrial area of Oldenburg. It is an application-oriented research and development institute and a center of excellence for selected areas of information technology and its fields of application. The institute is divided into four research divisions: Energy, Health, Manufacturing and Society, that includes the competence center of Human-Machine Interaction. It works closely together with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, which is one of the important and highly regarded educational facilities in northwestern Germany.

© OFFIS e. V. Oldenburg

General Planning Information

Getting to Oldenburg

OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology

Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg

phone +49 441 9722-0

https://www.offis.de/en/index.html

Arriving by plane

The closest airport to Oldenburg and OFFIS (where CHIWork 2023 will be held) is Bremen Airport. If you’re flying to Bremen, here are three options to get from the airport to Oldenburg (and vice versa):

Arriving by public transit

If you plan to arrive by train, it takes about 20 minutes from the airport with the tram to the central station of Bremen (Bremen Hbf), then approx. 30 minutes by train to Oldenburg. By the way, it is Oldenburg in Lower Saxony (Oldenburg in Oldb, not in Schleswig-Holstein). You can check train schedules and prebook tickets here: bahn.com
The tram station is opposite to Terminal 1/2.

Arriving by airport shuttle

The easiest and most convenient way is to go by airport shuttle. They pick you up at the airport and bring you to the hotel or OFFIS as you wish and vice versa (return included). The fill-out form is available online and in English: luftibus.de

Arriving by rental car

Of course you can book a rental car at the Bremen airport. Some options include: RentalCars or Sixt or EuropCar

OFFIS is located about 3km from the Oldenburg central train station. You can go by taxi or by bus. By bus, take the 308 from central station to stop “Industriestraße” (Ticket information: VBN).

Finally, be aware that we have two buildings, the main building where we are located, and a second building. The main building is located on Escherweg 2, and should be easily identifiable using Google Maps.

Oh, and just in case you’re wondering, there’s no Uber in Bremen or Oldenburg :-).

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Getting around Oldenburg 

Sharing of Kickscooters (E-Scooter)

Kickscooters can be rented for short trips within the city of Oldenburg. Anyone wishing to use the service must be at least 18 years old. It is not necessary to have a driver’s license. Wearing a bicycle helmet is strongly recommended. 

Registration for use takes place in the respective smartphone applications, where a means of payment must also be deposited. Information on the various rates and prices can also be found there.

Further information and the one-time registration for electric scooter rental can be found on the websites of the providers:

Scooter of the provider TIER Mobility:

https://www.tier.app/de/

Scooter of the provider Lime Bikes:

https://www.li.me/de-de/

Scooter of the provider Bolt:

https://bolt.eu/de-de/scooters/

Public bicycle rental system OLi-Bike 

If you prefer to travel by bicycle, the city of Oldenburg also offers a bicycle rental service. This allows anyone who doesn’t have their own bike at the moment to get around all over Oldenburg in a flexible and environmentally friendly way at any time.

You can find more information and usage instructions for the app on the providers’ websites:

https://www.oli-bike.de/de/

Public bus system 

If you would like to use the public transport system, you can purchase a day ticket from the service, from the vending machines in the vehicles or from the vending machines in the city center area.

Note: If you travel by train from Bremen on the day of arrival with the Niedersachsen Ticket, you can use the public transport system in Oldenburg and Bremen free of charge within the validity period of the Niedersachsen Ticket!

Tickets at the service 

Mobility center at the Lappan

Staulinie 1, 26122 Oldenburg

Phone: 0441 / 93 66 – 800

Opening hours:

Monday – Friday 09:00 – 18:00 hrs

Saturday 10:00 – 14:00

E-mail to mobilitaetszentrale@vwg.de 

Web: https://www.vwg.de/Service-Kundencenter-und-Vorverkaufsstellen.html 

Tickets in the vehicles (vending machines)

SingleTickets (single tickets), TagesTickets (day tickets), NachtTickets (night tickets), AnschlussTickets (connection tickets), Fahrrad-TagesTickets bicycle day tickets), Niedersachsen-Tickets (Lower Saxony tickets) and Schönes-Wochenende-Tickets (weekend tickets) are available. 

These tickets are valid immediately.

Tickets at vending machines in the city center

You can purchase one-way tickets, day tickets, connection tickets and bicycle day tickets, 7-day tickets and monthly tickets for adults at all price levels from the self-service ticket machines. 

Payment is possible in cash, by credit card or by EC card. You must validate these tickets yourself in the vehicle if no dating is available.

Further information around the public bus system: 

https://www.vbn.de/tickets/handyticket

https://www.vwg.de/Ticketinfos.html