Travelling to/around Kaiserslautern
Location
Kaiserslautern is located in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) in southwest Germany. It is 70km (44 miles) from the border with France, 117km (73 miles) from Frankfurt am Main, and 166km (103 miles) from Stuttgart.
Travel by plane
The nearest international airport is Frankfurt (FRA). Others not too far away are Hahn (used by Ryanair for 'Frankfurt' flights) and Stuttgart. For internal flights to/from, for instance Berlin or Hamburg, there is also Saarbrücken Airport.
Travel by car
Skirting Kaiserslautern is the A6 Autobahn, which runs from near the French border in the west right across Germany to the Czech border in the east. The drive east on the A6 to Kaiserslautern from Saarbrücken takes just 45 minutes, while driving west to the city on the A6 from, for instance, Nuremberg would take you a little over 3 hours.
The A6, of course, is linked to the rest of the nationwide Autobahn network, enabling driving times from other German cities to Kaiserslautern of, for example, approximately those shown here:
Cologne: 2 hr 45 min
Mainz: 55 min
Darmstadt: 1 hr 15 min
Karlsruhe: 1 hr 20 min
If you're thinking of hiring a car, I'd try Avis, Budget or Europcar.
Travel by coach
FlixBus, Germany's leading long-distance coach travel company, operates services from right outside Kaiserslautern main railway station, which in turn is walking distance from the Fritz Walter Stadium up on the Betzenberg hill. For travel times and fares (which can be very cheap) check out the FlixBus website.
Travel by train
The main station in the city is Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof (from which you can see the ground). Follow the link for information on the facilities available at the station (e.g. luggage lockers, hire cars, etc.).
For information on Deutsche Bahn ticket offers, go to my Rail page.
For getting from the station to the stadium, see the Fritz Walter Stadion page.
Travel by local public transport
The local bus service is run by Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern. There are no trams or underground trains in the city. Some local trains run from the station to neighbouring towns and cities as 'S-Bahn' (metro) services. They, and the buses, all come under the umbrella of the regional VRN transport network.
Depending on the length of your planned stay in the area/Germany, it might be worth you getting a Deutschlandticket for unlimited use of local and regional public transport throughout the country.
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