The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC)
Robert-Bosch-Str. 5
64293 Darmstadt, Germany

Arriving by car

  • Coming from autobahn A5 (Basel-Heidelberg-Frankfurt-Kassel, Frankfurt-Main Airport/Flugahfen) take exit No. 26 (Darmstädter Kreuz) and follow the A67/A672 towards Darmstadt Stadtmitte.

    The A672 leads into highway B26/Rhein Strasse heading towards the city centre. Look for the small white sign on your right marked ESOC (you may also see a sign marked TIZ ) located just after an overpass.

    At the sign and just past the overpass, turn right onto the Eifelring and circle above and across the B26 roadway. Follow the signs on your right to ESOC.
  • Coming from autobahn A67 (Mannheim-Mainz-Karlsruhe) take exit No. 6 (Darmstädter Kreuz) and follow the A67/A672 towards Darmstadt Stadtmitte.

    The A672 leads into highway B26/Rhein Strasse heading towards the city centre. Look for the small white sign on your right marked ESOC (you may also see a sign marked TIZ ) located just after an overpass.

    At the sign and just past the overpass, turn right onto the Eifelring and circle above and across the B26 roadway. Follow the signs on your right to ESOC.
  • Taking Via B45/B26 (Hanau-Aschaffenburg), follow the B26 into Darmstadt. The B26 turns into Hanauer-Strasse and then Landgraf-Georg-Strasse. Continue following, then turn right into the Schlossgraben, turn left into the Zeughausstrasse, continue straight onto Bleichstrasse.

    The B26 ends and you turn left into Kasinostrasse, now the B3. Leave Kasinostrasse after a few meters and turn right into the Rheinstrasse (now the B26 again), heading towards the autobahn (follow the blue autobahn signs).

    At the first lights past the bridge over the railway tracks, turn right into Zweifalltorweg (just before the large Morzartturm tower), heading towards the Hauptbahnhof Park & Ride park garage. Before reaching the P&R garage, turn left into Robert-Bosch Strasse.
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Arriving by bus/tram

Luisenplatz is the central public transportation hub in Darmstadt. From there, take any bus (Bus H, F, etc) or tram (Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9) going toward the "Hauptbahnhof." Buses drop you at the east or west side of the station. Tram Nos. 2, 3 and 5 drop you off at the station's east side and you must then walk through the station to the west side (Weststadt).

Tram Nos. 4 and 9 from Luisenplatz go in the direction of Griesheim and stop at Mozartturm and Maria-Goeppert-Strasse, both of which are very close to ESOC.

 

Arriving on foot

ESOC is located just west of the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof. From the east side of the station, walk through the station to the west side ("Weststadt"), go out, then head diagonally across the pedestrian plaza to the left and pick up the next street, Lise-Meitner-Strasse.

Follow Lise-Meitner-Strasse two blocks until it runs into the ESOC fence (you'll see the building with all the flags ahead of you). Turn left and go approximately 50 metres to Robert-Bosch-Strasse, then turn right; the ESOC main gate is just ahead on the right.