Melt! Travel

How to get there
FERROPOLIS – City of Iron -

Expo 2000 project
Iron sculpture of five surface mining diggers framed by the Gremmin lake

Ferropolisstraße 1
06773 Gräfenhainichen (Saxony/Anhalt/Germany)

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS

Melt! Festival Hotel Train
No traffic jams, no heavy luggage, no stress! Melt! Festival Hotel Train brings you to Ferropolis and back. Included are four overnight stays on the train which will stop next to the festival grounds. In cooperation with MiXeryFunTravel.de, we chartered one Euro Express train that will also provide accommodation for you.

            

Departure/Cologne: 15.07.10, around 7pm
Arrival/Ferropolis: 16.07.10, Friday morning
Stops: Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamm/Westf., Minden, Hannover, Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Dessau. Exact departure times will be announced shortly. Youcan only get on if you have a valid festival and train ticket.
Return journey: about one hour after the last headliner gig (around 1am).



Tickets (only sold in advance!):
single tickets EUR 59 from all cities (incl. 4 over night stays and special wristband exchange on the train, security around the clock)
compartment for six: EUR 349

Save your ticket on www.mikromarken.de

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Deutsche Bus
Charter your own bus to Melt! Festival. It worked out for Melt!Picknick, so why not try it again for Melt! Festival. Deutsche Bus is providing the opportunity to sign up, gather up to 50 people in order to drive from any destination to Ferropolis. The more you can persuade , the cheaper. Simply post your bus offer on Facebook or use Melt! forum.

Your current offers to Melt! Festival:

Berlin (EUR 26):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/16/3XP5P4

Berlin Ostbahnhof (EUR 26):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/15/ZR8PWF

Bremen (EUR 36,50):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/15/J14FY9

Erlangen (EUR 62):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/15/R7CZCK

Landshut (EUR 61):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/15/DLWQP8

Mannheim via Frankfurt a. M. (EUR 54):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/15/LHZSVE

Moosburg/Isar (EUR 44):
http://www.deutsche-bus.de/bus/mieten/2010/07/16/6SURS5

More info about how much your bus is going to be:


More info on www.deutsche-bus.de

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By Train/Bus

Eurostar/Deutsche Bahn
Eurostar service from St.Pancras to Paris and onward connection to Berlin with City Night Line. (Deutsche Bahn)
Onward connection from Berlin to Dessau or Gräfenhainichen.

- Bus to Ferropolis (ca. 20 min)
- Fridays and Sundays public transport scheduled more frequently (EUR 3.10 per person/ride) -> schedule available soon
- Please check out the regular bus schedule at www.insa.de
- For buses from Dessau, Bitterfeld and Gräfenhainichen, check out our Melt! bus schedule.

For further information about offers/timetables or to purchase train tickets from London to Germany, contact the Deutsche Bahn UK Booking Centre on 08718 80 80 66* or visit www.bahn.com/uk

Attention to all Melt! goers arriving by train from the South: from 12 July to 1 August, there will be no train traffic between Bitterfeld and Dessau. However, we do have shuttles ready from Dessau, Gräfenhainichen and also Bitterfeld. Only Wittenberg will be without shuttle service this year. Find the entire bus schedule here as well as in our FAQ section.

Festival goers not only arrive at our “Gigantische Stahlgiganten” by train and car but also by bike! One single enthusiastic cyclist from Hamburg announced her arrival at Ferropolis which we are really looking forward to. Also, Green Music Initiative will be enjoying the fresh air on their way to Melt! All in the spirit of M!Eco, to make Melt! Festival greener, you can join Tour de Melt! The tour will start at Berlin Hauptbahnhof’s track 3 on 15 July at 10a. To avoid city traffic, you will first take a train to Rangsdorf (BVG zone C, departure: 10:26a) before biking to Ferropolis. After 130 km, you will arrive at the festival site by sunset. Find all details and registration info here.

Via Melt! Shuttle
Cool Tours shuttles you from Berlin Schönefeld, main train station (Hauptbahnhof) and Alexanderplatz directly to Melt! festival. Prices starting at EUR 24! Please check their website for their selection of interesting festival offers.

www.cool-tours.de

On site: non-stop free bus shuttle in-between parking, camping and festival site, about 20 minutes walking distance (at the shores of the Gremmin lake)

Weiterexpress                                                                                      
For bus travel from the Netherlands, please check out www.weiterexpress.nl or contact  info (at) weiterexpress.nl
Rub.ber Travel provides great packages from the Netherlands as well.

Groups and clubs are welcome to charter their very own bus. All sizes possible, from 16 to 72 seaters. Travels from everywhere in Germany at reasonable prices.

Eurotouring
Return travel in air-conditioned comfort coach, check prices at www.eurotouring.de, call their hotline +49 341 984800 or email to info@eurotouring.de / www.eurotouring.de

Eufest
English specialist transport company offering buses direct from Berlin Schonefeld Airport to Melt Festival for only GBP18.
More info on travel arrangements under www.eufest.com

Bus Schedule
Please watch out for the bus schedule from Dessau and Gräfenhainichen to Ferropolis and back as well as special busses to Melt! festival here. We will update this section asap.

Please check the website for the German train service for your travel schedule! www.bahn.de
Regular bus schedule: www.insa.de

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By Car

A9 exit Dessau Ost
B 185 to Oranienbaum
in Oranienbaum turn right onto the B 107 to Gräfenhainichen
turn left to FERROPOLIS in-between Jüdenberg and Gräfenhainichen

Travel times by car:
Berlin 1h 20min, Leipzig 45min, Halle 45min, Dresden 1h 45min, Cologne 5h 15min, Hamburg 3h 45min, Munich 4h 30min, Frankfurt/Main 4h, Rostock 3h 15min, Stuttgart 5h, Dortmund 4h 45min, Osnabrück 4h, Prag 3h 45min

Car Sharing

Please call +49 30 / 19 444 to register – do not forget to mention our codeword: melt to get a 50% discount for mediation. A car ride from Berlin will amount to a EUR 3 fee plus EUR 6 gas money for the driver – so a ride to Melt! only amounts to EUR 9. This service is only available through the above-mentioned phone number. We are always looking for drivers willing to share their cars! 

Please phrase your enquiry like this:
frompoint of departure MELT! to Ferropolis (near Dessau, Gräfenhainichen)

...or contact other Melt! visitors through the forum!

Car Rentals
Please check Europcar for great discounted offers for the festival summer
Find all info here

www.europcar.de

By public transportation: train to Dessau, bus to Ferropolis

Routing
Print out your train routing HERE, and your routing by car HERE