Welcome to the Black Forest! - Hochschule Furtwangen

4 Arrival and first steps
Please try NOT to arrive on a Saturday or Sunday. Public transportation is less
regular at the weekends. You cannot move into the student dormitory on
weekends.
Please inform the International Center or your master course coordinator a few
days in advance about your exact time of arrival.
4.1 By plane
The best is to take a flight to Frankfurt or Stuttgart. Stuttgart is a little bit closer,
but Frankfurt has better access to public transportation. After you arrive in
Frankfurt, proceed to the Fernbahnhof (long distance railway station).
4.2 By train and bus
To Furtwangen
Furtwangen does not have a railway station. Triberg is the railway station closest
to Furtwangen. Villingen (Schwarzwald) is second closest. We recommend that
you take a train to Triberg and then take the direct bus to Furtwangen. You can
book a train ticket directly to Furtwangen; this way you don‘t have to pay for the
bus separately. Villingen, Donaueschingen also have a bus service to
Furtwangen and, to a lesser extent, Freiburg.
Make sure you plan your trip in a way that makes it possible for you to reach
Furtwangen (for example, there might not be any busses to Furtwangen if you
arrive after 11pm). Also make sure you get off at the right bus stop ("Rößleplatz,
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald" is the exact name). The website of the German
Railway (Deutsche Bahn) is www.db.de.
To Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen can be reached by train via Karlsruhe or Offenburg
(Karlsruhe – Konstanz) or from Stuttgart. The university’s campus is located in
Schwenningen within close proximity (300 meters) of the town’s railway station
called Schwenningen/ Neckar.
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