By car

Just enter “Messe Karlsruhe, 76287 Rheinstetten, Messeallee 1” to your satnav.

• Take exit 48 (“Karlsruhe Süd”) from motorway A 5 / A 8
• Take exit 8 (“Karlsruhe-Mühlburg”) from motorway A 65 / B 10 and follow the signs to the B 36.

There are more than 5000 parking spaces at the exhibition centre.

Driving by Car to Karlsruhe City Centre: Note on the Clean Air Zone

On 1 January 2009, the city of Karlsruhe implemented a clean air action plan to reduce the level of particulates in the city’s air. Based on stipulations set forth in German and EU law, this plan only allows motor vehicles equipped with certified emission control devices to enter a clearly identified clean air zone within the city. All vehicles within this zone must display a sticker on their windshields indicating that they are permitted to be there. Drivers of vehicles without this sticker must pay a fine of €63.50 and will receive one point on their driving record. This regulation also affects our convention centre locations (Stadthalle, Schwarzwaldhalle, Konzerthaus, Gartenhalle und Festplatz), as well as the Europahalle. The trade fair centre is not affected by this regulation.
If you need to drive in the clean air zone, we suggest you buy a sticker at one of the following issuing offices: motor vehicle registration office, TÜV, DEKRA, GTÜ, repair shops which conduct emission inspections and city hall). You’ll need to show your motor vehicle registration certificate.

By rail

Karlsruhe is a hub station for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich line begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train brings you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.
(city shuttle: Central Station – trade fair grounds, see below)

By air

The closest German airports are located in Frankfurt/Main, Stuttgart or Baden-Baden.

Airport shuttle service

• Karlsruhe’s central train station is a 60 minute train trip on the ICE (InterCity Express) from Frankfurt International Airport.
  (city shuttle: Central Station – trade fair grounds, see below)
• Individual transfer is available from Baden Airport:
  The price amounts to between €75 and €85 per trip booked in advance.
  Important: Please provide name, cell phone number, flight number and arrival time of the persons who need to be picked up.
  Taxi contact and reservations: +49-721-944-144

City shuttle

The PaintExpo City Shuttle runs between Karlsruhe Central Station and the Karlsruhe trade fair grounds free of charge.
Departure times for 2020 can be viewed here.