Bremen can be reached easily by train, car and plane. In particular, it is one of the few Ryanair destinations with an Airport in the actual city!
How to get from:
Bremen airport to Bremen main station:
If you are arriving by air, exit the airport at arrivals, take tram no. 6 (direction: Universitaet)from the direct opposite side of the street and exit at Bremen main station (“Hauptbahnhof”). Trams leave from the airport every 10 minutes between 6 am and 8 pm on weekdays, else every 20 minutes and take approx 15 minutes. In the nights there are special times (www.bsag.de).
Bremen main station to Bremen airport:
If you are leaving from the airport again, exit Bremen main station towards the city centre, take tram no. 6 from tram platform F (direction Flughafen). Trams leave from the main station every 10 minutes between 6 am and 8 pm on weekdays, else every 20 minutes. In the nights there are special times (www.bsag.de).
Bremen main station to Jacobs University Campus:
Trains from Bremen’s main station to North Bremen leave every 30 minutes (XX:11 and XX:41 between 4 am and 12 pm). Take the train heading towards Bremen-Vegesack from platform 5 and get off at Schönebeck station (sixth stop). From Schönebeck station, walk up the stairs, turn right; it is about a five-minute walk down Schönebecker Straße and Bruno-Bürgel-Straße until you see the campus on the left side.
Jacobs University Campus to Bremen main station:
Trains from Bremen-Schönebeck to Bremen main station leave every 30 minutes (XX:27 and XX:57). Walk out the main gate and turn right, walk down Bruno-Bürgel-Straße and turn right at the end into Schönebecker Straße (approx. 5 minutes). Take the train heading either towards Bremen-Hauptbahnhof or Verden/Aller and get off at main station (sixth stop, “Bremen Hauptbahnhof”).
Bremen main station to Schulschiff Deutschland
Take the same train as to go to Jacobs University (see above), but stay in the train for one more stop to arrive at "Bremen Vegesack". Leave the train station via the only exit and you will see a Shopping Mall. Take the street passing the main entrance of the mall on the left side ("Zum alten Speicher"). The Schulschiff is now straight ahead within sight distance. Address: Schulschiff Deutschland, Zum Alten Speicher 15, 28759 Bremen.
News Announcements
[10-01-09] UPDATE
We are thrilled to present CA Isabell Loewe (ESL European Champion 2006) and DCA Oisin Collins (Breaking Judge WUDC Turkey 2010) as heads of this years adjudication panel!
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Furthermore we are looking forward to another Final in the historic and grande atmosphere of the Bremen parliament - stay tuned for more updates!
[10-01-01] Happy New Year 2010!
The Jacobs Open Team wishes a Happy New Year to all of you! We are excited to welcoming you here in Bremen this January! Until then all the best ;)
Faces of IUB Open
Isabelle Loewe
Isabelle Loewe is the Chief Adjudicator of Jacobs Open 2009. She won the ESL competition at Berlin Euros 2006, is a former president of the VDCH and won our Best Speaker award in 2005. We expect her coming and yet another fierce competition for the title 'last (wo)man at the bar' (which she, together with our former Convenor Henrik Maedler, has attained before, at the 2006 DDG Masters' Cup).
Contact Information
Jacobs University Bremen Debating Society
College Ring 4
D-28759 Bremen
E-Mail: s.theinert@jacobs-university.de