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Arrival and Orientation

You are accepted for one or more courses of the Bauhaus Summer School and "ready to go"? Wonderful! In the following, we will give you a few tips on how to get to Weimar and your first steps here.

In order to be ideally prepared for your stay in our beautiful cultural and university city, we will send you a "final information"  before the course starts. You will find a summary of all important information for the start of the course here:

Pre-arrival Checklist:

  • Obtain visa (if needed)
  • Buy health and home insurance (if needed)
  • Notify the Bauhaus Summer School team (summerschool@uni-weimar.de) in case you will be arriving outside the official arrival times
  • Join the WhatsApp-group for Summer School (link will be send via email)
  • register for our social activities
  • Get packed: don’t forget your travel documents, clothes (for warm and cold weather), adapter (if needed)

Arrival days of Bauhaus Summer School 2026 are August 2 (DAAD scholarship holders, German course), August 5 (German course) and August 15 (specialized courses). We will be welcoming you from 3.00 pm to 8:00 pm in the entrance hall of Weimar central station. At our welcome desk, you will receive your welcome bag as well as all information you need for a succesful start in Weimar.  

 

Welcome to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar! We invite you and all lecturers to the opening day of the Bauhaus Summer School. Get to know your fellow students and discover the city of Weimar together during the City Rallye.
In the evening, it will be festive: representatives of the city and the university will officially welcome you in Weimar. Afterwards, you are invited to get in the mood for Summer School by enjoying good music and delicious food.

Travel Routes

By plane
If you are travelling by plane, you should fly to Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig or Erfurt airports, since they offer the most convenient rail connections to Weimar.

By train
A number of fast and Intercity trains from several directions stop at Weimar station. Weimar can be easily reached by train from Berlin (2 hours 30 mins); Frankfurt (2 hours 30 mins); Leipzig (1 hour); Erfurt (15 mins). The railway station in Weimar is north of the city centre, which is easily accessible within a few minutes either by bus or on foot.
Helpful links: Time Table of Deutsche Bahn (German Railway Network) ; Saver Fare Finder

By car
Weimar is close to the A4 highway (exit Weimar). This can easily be reached from the A7 highway (Kirchheimer Dreieck) and the A9 highway (Hermsdorfer Kreuz).

Information

City plan Weimar
Webpage Weimar
Bus plan Weimar