More information - Hotel Mercure (Am Niederwall)

Directions: Main station - Hotel Mercure

• By tram: Walk out of the main station. Straight ahead you will see a blue sign with the letter "U" on it. (This is the entrance of the tram station.) Cross the street (via the zebra crossing) and walk towards the sign. (The name of the corresponding street is Herbert-Hinnendahl-Straße.) Go down the escalator and buy a short distance ticket (purple button with a "1" on it - and make sure that you really press the "adult button" - the price should be 1.20 EUR). Take one of the following tram lines
  • no. 1 to "Senne" (blue line)
  • no. 2 to "Sieker" (green line)
  • no. 3 to "Stieghorst" (yellow line)
  • no. 4 to "Rathaus/Obernstraße" (red line)
  whose exact railtracks will be announced on the screen inside the tram station. You will then have to go down (at least) another escalator to actually reach the railtrack. Before that, you should validate your ticket in one of the red machines to the left or right of the elevator. Enter the tram and leave it at "Rathaus". Just turn left, and you will immediately see the Hotel Mercure.
• Walking to the hotel: The distance between the main station and the Hotel Mercure is about 2 - 2.5 km. Walk out of the main station, and turn right into "Bahnhofstraße". Cross the traffic lights and walk down "Bahnhofstraße" (pedestrian zone) until you reach "Jahnplatz". (This is the next street outside the pedestrian zone, and you will see a big metal clock on the square.) Cross the traffic lights and walk straight ahead into "Niederwall". After a couple of metres you will see the tram station "Rathaus" and the Hotel Mercure at your left hand side.

Directions: Hotel Mercure - University

• Buy a tram ticket. (This time you should buy a city ticket for adults - green button with a "1" on it. The price should be 1.85 EUR.) Enter the tram no. 4 (red line) at the tram station "Rathaus", which should go to "Universität/Lohmannshof". Just enter the tram, validate your ticket, and leave the tram at the university's tram station ("Universität").

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