Travel & Accommodation

Frankfurt Central Station is located just a few hundred meters from the Frankfurt Trade Fair. Its central location offers a variety of travel options to our exhibition grounds.

The RMV offers helpful information for your barrier-free journey using public transport.

By Taxi

Take a taxi directly to the "City Entrance"/Festival Hall, "Portal House Entrance", "Galleria Entrance", as well as to the Congress Center and Cape Europa.

By Subway

Take subway line 4 (towards Bockenheimer Warte) one stop to "Festhalle/Messe". From there you can directly reach the "City Entrance", the Festhalle, the Congress Center and the Kap Europa Congress Center.

By S-Bahn

Take the S-Bahn lines S3 (towards Bad Soden), S4 (towards Kronberg), S5 (towards Bad Homburg/Friedrichsdorf) or S6 (towards Friedberg/Groß Karben) two stops to the S-Bahn station “Frankfurt (Main) Messe”, then to the entrance “Torhaus”.

Accessibility: People with reduced mobility can check the current availability of elevators at DB (Deutsche Bahn) .

By Tram

To reach the tram stop, take the main exit and cross the station forecourt. Then take tram lines 16 (towards Ginnheim) or 17 (towards Rebstockbad) for three stops to the "Festhalle/Messe" stop. From there, you can directly access the "City Entrance", the Festhalle (festival hall), the Congress Center, and Kap Europa.

On foot

You can reach us on foot in 10 minutes from Düsseldorfer Straße via Platz der Republik and Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage. The Messeturm (trade fair tower) with its pyramid-shaped top serves as a good landmark. The "City Entrance," the Festhalle (festival hall), the Congress Center, and the Kap Europa congress center are all within easy walking distance.

The Frankfurt transport hub is easily accessible via the motorway. For directions, please follow the signs of our Integrated Traffic Guidance System. These will guide you to Messe Frankfurt via the shortest route.

Ample parking is available for Messe Frankfurt events. When the "Rebstock" car park opens, our shuttle service will take you directly to the exhibition grounds.

Note for concert and event attendees as well as congress and conference participants: Numerous paid parking spaces are available in several public parking garages within walking distance of the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt, the Festhalle, and the Kap Europa Congress Center. For example:

• Trade Fair Tower
• Congress Center Messe Frankfurt/ Maritim Hotel
• Westend Gate / Marriott Hotel / Aparthotel Adagio
• Mövenpick Hotel
• Skyline Plaza

 

Note regarding the South and East gates:

Due to construction work, there will be closures and detours in the area around Güterplatz/Europa-Allee, affecting Frankfurt city traffic. Visitors arriving via Gate South or Gate East are advised to check the current traffic situation on the day of arrival. 

Information from the Frankfurt Transport Authority

You can easily reach Messe Frankfurt by bicycle. Since cycling on the exhibition grounds is prohibited during event hours, please park your bicycle in the designated parking areas. These are located at the City Entrance, the Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage Entrance (next to the Congress Center and Festhalle), the Portalhaus Entrance, and at the Messeturm. Parking spaces are also available directly in front of Kap Europa .

Outside of events, we offer bicycle parking spaces within the premises.

During setup and dismantling times, we ask you to exercise particular caution, as increased traffic and forklift traffic are to be expected. The German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) apply throughout the entire site.

 Bicycle parking spaces on the exhibition grounds (PDF)

Are you using a navigation device or a smartphone? Here you will find useful information for navigating to Messe Frankfurt.

Navigation systems

Please enter the corresponding street name as the destination.

• Messe Parkhaus Rebstock: “To the Messeparkhaus Rebstock”
• West Gate: "Street of Nations"
• North Gate: “Katharinenkreisel”, follow the signs from there
• East Gate: “Brussels Street”
• South Gate: “Europa-Allee”, follow the signs from there
• Gates 8 and 9: “Katharinenkreisel”, follow the signs from there.
• Congress Center Messe Frankfurt: “Parking garage Congress Center (CMF)/Maritim Hotel, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 3–5”
• Cape Europe: “Skyline Plaza parking garage, Europa-Allee 6”
• Festival Hall: “Parking garage Messeturm, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49”

Google Maps

Please click on the corresponding link to transfer the geocoordinates directly to Google Maps. Please also follow the signs to our gates and the exhibition center parking garage.

• Access to the Rebstock trade fair parking garage
• West Gate
• North Gate
• East Gate
• South Gate
• Gate 8
• Gate 9
• Congress Center
• Cape Europe
• Festival Hall

what3words

what3words is a simple system for finding and sharing precise locations. Every three-by-three-meter square on Earth is assigned a unique three-word combination. Click on the respective link to access the map.

• Access to the Rebstock Trade Fair parking garage: ///ascend.satisfied.mark
• Gate West: ///lights.obtained.readable
• Gate North: ///reiz.dafür.allemal
• East Gate: ///offer.however.win
• South Gate: ///pleased.hear.open
• Gate 8: ///elevation.noble.lamp
• Gate 9: ///event.desires.form
• Congress Center Messe Frankfurt: ///achieved.garten.seiner
• Cape Europa (Skyline Plaza parking garage): ///real.departure
• Festival Hall (Messeturm Parking Garage): ///open.allocated.best

Frankfurt's environmental zone

The environmental zone encompasses the area within the "motorway ring". It is bordered to the west by the A5, to the south by the A3, and to the east and north by the A661. Anyone caught driving in the environmental zone without a sticker or valid exemption permit  faces substantial fines. 

Vehicles without an emissions sticker can access the exhibition grounds via the West and North Gates. These can be reached from the A5 via the A648, Rebstock exit, or via the Katharinen roundabout. The Rebstock exhibition center parking garage can also be reached via the Rebstock exit. Driving in the environmental zone (areas marked in red) is only permitted with an emissions sticker.

• Download map of Frankfurt's environmental zone ( pdf , 611 KB)