Come and visit us!

Just a few minutes’ walk south of Weimar city centre lies the Bauhaus University Weimar, with its historic main building, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The campus borders directly onto the picturesque ‘Park an der Ilm’.

Bauhaus University Weimar
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8
99423 Weimar

We wish you a pleasant journey and look forward to welcoming you to the Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café behind the main building. There, you can watch university life unfold whilst enjoying a cup of coffee and browse the shop for innovative products and souvenirs.

Weimar Central Station is situated to the north of the city centre and is approximately 2 km from the Bauhaus University Weimar. You can reach the university on foot in about 30 minutes through the historic old town, or by taking bus route 1 towards Belvedere/Ehringsdorf/Taubach. After a journey of about 10 minutes, you will reach the ‘Bauhaus-Universität’ stop on Marienstraße, opposite the Mensa am Park.

» Go to the route planner for Weimar’s local transport

» Individual train connections

Numerous long-distance coaches stop at Weimar bus station (August-Fröhlich-Platz, 99423 Weimar), not far from the city centre.

Weimar, a city renowned for its culture and university, is situated not far from the A4 motorway and can be reached from there in just a few minutes.

A4 motorway 
Dresden – Frankfurt am Main: take the Weimar exit, then it is approx. 4 km to the Bauhaus University Weimar

A9 motorway 
Berlin – Munich : at the Hermsdorfer Kreuz junction, change onto the A4 motorway towards Frankfurt am Main; it is approx. 30 km from the Hermsdorfer Kreuz junction 

B7
Kassel – Eisenach – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena – Gera 

B85
Bayreuth – Kulmbach – Kronach – Saalfeld – Rudolstadt – Weimar – 
Kyffhäuser

» Plan your own route

The nearest airports for those travelling by plane are:

• Weimar-Umpferstedt Airfield (private aircraft only, up to 2 tonnes gross weight): 8 km
• Erfurt-Weimar Airport: 30 km
• Leipzig/Halle Airport: 130 km
• Frankfurt am Main Airport: 275 km
• Berlin Airport: 285 km

Site map for suppliers

The Bauhaus University Weimar is situated very close to the city centre. There are therefore numerous pay-and-display parking spaces in the streets around the university buildings. For your visit, we recommend the underground car park at the Goethehaus, Beethovenplatz 1/2, 99423 Weimar. From there, you can reach the university’s main building on foot in less than 5 minutes. Further parking options can be found on the City of Weimar’s website.
»» Parking

The roads around the university are either very busy or narrow residential streets. It is therefore not possible for coaches to park or stop to allow passengers to get on or off. Please make use of the facilities provided by the City of Weimar for this purpose.
»» Parking for coaches

Public disabled parking spaces can be found in the Weimar city centre 
»» accessible parking and near the university:

• Underground car park at the Goethe House, Beethovenplatz via Ackerwand (205 cm headroom), 5 spaces on the 1st basement level and 1 space on the 2nd basement level; pay-and-display machine: control panel 140 cm high; lift: fire door 90 cm wide, button 98 cm high, door 88 cm wide, cabin length 200 cm, cabin width 100 cm, keypad 88 cm high, light signal
• Belvederer Allee, at the Main Building, 1× entrance to the courtyard 
• Steubenstraße, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, University Library
  4× at the library entrance, free of charge
• Amalienstraße: 2 spaces at the Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschicht (parking ticket)
• Bauhausstraße: 1× Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (parking ticket)

City buses on route 1 stop right next to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar – at the »Bauhaus-Universität« stop on Marienstraße, right next to the university’s Main Building. 
»» View the route map 

1. The Bauhaus Walk
Join students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on a walk in the footsteps of the early Bauhaus through historic sites, and discover the university’s past and present. The Long and Short Bauhaus Walks take place regularly several times a week or as special guided tours on request. You can find more information and a virtual preview here 
»» Tours, prices, tickets

2. AudioWalk using the »Where’s Walter?« app. 
This audio tour was developed in 2019 by students at the university and takes you on a journey lasting just under an hour to the most important Bauhaus sites on the university campus. In addition, there are six shorter tracks covering other locations in the city where Gropius and his colleagues left their mark. All locations are within walking distance or accessible by public transport. 
The app is available free of charge from the app stores for iOS and Android devices.  

3. Guide for visitors
To help you enjoy your own personalised tour of the UNESCO World Heritage sites on the university campus, we provide a printed map with tips for your visit, pictures and explanations of the works of art in the Main Building and the Van de Velde Building, available in German and English. You can collect it free of charge from the Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café.

As a World Heritage Site and a faculty building, the Main Building and the Van de Velde Building are in constant use. Please understand that access is restricted and register your tour group or guided tour with us in advance at bauhausspaziergang[at]uni-weimar.de.

Weimar has a wide range of hotels, guesthouses, holiday flats, youth hostels and hostels. In the immediate vicinity of the university, for example, are the Fürstenhof, the stattHotel, the Amalienhof, the Dorint Am Goethepark and the Hotel Villa Hentzel. The »Am Posseckschen Garten« youth hostel is also less than a 5-minute walk away.

Our tip: Prospective students visiting the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar as part of an orientation event, such as the University Information Day, can get a 10 per cent discount at Weimar’s youth hostels on presentation of the university logo and the event title.

You can find an overview of all accommodation options on the City of Weimar’s website. 
»» Accommodation
 

People with disabilities will find accessible rooms at the following hotels.
»» Accessible accommodation