Directions, Parking, and Closures
By Bicycle
We recommend arriving by bike. There are enough possibilities to park your bicycle around the campus.
By Bus
To come to Campus Melaten you can take the bus lines 12, 33, 70, 73, and 103. You can get off at the stops Forckenbeckstraße or Campus Melaten (Physikzentrum).
Please note that Campus Boulevard will be closed to cars and buses on the day of the event and they will be rerouted. Current info and the timetables can be found here:
By Car
From Aachen city center:
Take the A4 going west. Get off at the exit Ac.-Laurensberg / Ac.-Richterich / Ac.-Uniklinik / TH / Herzogenrath and stay right at the road fork to follow Kohlscheiderstraße / L260. Keep to the right to follow the L260. Continue on the Pariser Ring and turn right on Campus-Boulevard.
Please note that the streets Campus-Boulevard, Sommerfeldstraße, and Steinbachstraße are closed on the event day. Below you will find information about parking.
From Vaals:
Start on Wolfskuilenweg going north towards Sacre Coeurstraat. Turn right on Maastichterlaan / N278 and continue on Vaalserstraße / B1. Turn to Pariser Ring and take the exit to RWTH-Melaten. Follow the signs to RWTH-Melaten and turn to Forckenbeckstraße.
Please note that the streets Campus-Boulevard, Sommerfeldstraße, and Steinbachstraße are closed on the event day. Below you will find information about parking.
Closures
On the day of the event, the section of Campus Boulevard between Alois-Riedler-Straße and Wilfried-Königs-Straße will be closed to cars between 3pm and 10pm. In addition, the entire Campus Boulevard and the entire Steinbachstraße will be closed from 4pm to 8pm. The cars parked there can still leave the area until 4 pm at the latest. After 4 pm, it will no longer be possible to leave. On the section of Campus Boulevard between Alois-Riedler-Straße and Wilfried-Königs-Straße this already applies from 3 pm on. Forckenbeckstraße and Mathieustraße are passable without restrictions.
Parking is only prohibited in the parking bays in front of the logistics cluster (Campus GmbH, offices of the Techniker Krankenkasse and the Sparkasse, etc.). The parking spaces behind the clusters and the remaining parking bays on Campus Boulevard are not affected by the parking prohibition. However, please note that you will not be able to drive off Campus Boulevard between Alois-Riedler-Strasse and Wilfried-Königs-Strasse from 3pm to 10pm. This applies to the rest of Campus Boulevard, the side streets and Steinbachstraße from 4pm to 8pm.
From 10 pm, all closures are lifted again.
Subject to modifications.
Parking Spots
Parking spaces around Campus Melaten can be found on the Parkspange. You can also park in the car park Forckenbeck. The parking options in the car park are only accessible on the day of the event for the participants and spectators of the Campuslauf. On other days, only university employees with the appropriate parking permit are allowed to park there.