Event Information
Travel Guidance and tips
If you are travelling by train to Braunschweig to attend the Joint Forum, you may find the following travel information useful:
From Braunschweig Central Station
Possibility 1 – Bus (approx. 20 min):
- Braunschweig Central Station (Hauptbahnhof – Braunschweig) (3 min)
Walking to the Bus Station - Braunschweig Central Station Bus Station via Bus 419 or 436 (7 stops) (12 min)
To Bus Station Pockelsstraße - Bus Station Pockelsstraße (2 min)
Walking to Technische Universität Braunschweig
Possibility 2 – Tram (approx. 40 min):
- Braunschweig Central Station (Hauptbahnhof – Braunschweig) (3 min)
Walking to the Tram Station - Braunschweig Central Station Tram Station via Tram 1 or 2 (9 stops) (12 min)
To Tram Station Mühlenpfordstraße - Tram Station Mühlenpfordstraße (2 min)
Walking to Technische Universität Braunschweig
You can also take a taxi or an Uber – however, this will be more expensive (around 16€). Public transport tickets will be approx. 4€
Accommodation Options
Selecting suitable accommodation is an opportunity to extend the overall experience of the event, offering a space for relaxation and rejuvenation following engaging conference programme and networking opportunities. You can find special rates for some hotels here: (PDF)
Please find a curated list presenting various options for hotels as well as boarding houses, hostels and guest rooms below:
Plaza Inn Braunschweig City Nord
- Distance to the venue: 0,65 km
- Distance to the Central train station: 3,6 km
- Distance to the venue: 2,5 km
- Distance to the Central train station: 0,3 km
Best Western Plus-Hotel StadtPalais
- Distance to the venue: 1,5 km
- Distance to the Central train station: 1,6 km
- Distance to the venue: 0,95 km
- Distance to the Central train station: 2,1 km
Things to do in Braunschweig
Burg Dankwarderode & Burgplatz
Built around 1160–1175 as Henry the Lion’s palace, Burg Dankwarderode sits at the heart of Burgplatz alongside the cathedral and the Brunswick Lion statue — the city’s oldest symbol, cast in bronze around 1166. The castle’s ground floor “Knappensaal” houses the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum’s medieval collection, including the lion’s original bronze statue. At the same time, the restored Rittersaal upstairs is worth a look on its own.
Entry Fee: ca. €5.00 (medieval collection)
Magniviertel & Happy Rizzi House
The Magniviertel is one of Braunschweig’s oldest quarters, a cluster of cobblestone lanes lined with half-timbered houses, small shops and cafés — Ackerhof 2 is reputed to hold the oldest half-timbered house in Germany. Right at its edge stands the Happy Rizzi House, a candy-colored, pop-art building by New York artist James Rizzi that’s become one of the city’s most photographed landmarks. It can only be
admired from the outside, as it’s now used as office space.
Free to explore (exterior only for Rizzi House)
Braunschweiger Dom St. Blasii
Founded in 1173 by Henry the Lion after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the cathedral is the burial place of Henry and his wife Mathilde, and later of their son, Emperor Otto IV. Highlights include the Romanesque Imervard Cross, the seven-branched candelabrum, and
surviving medieval wall paintings.
Free Entry (crypt/burial vault: €1.00)
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
One of the oldest museums in Europe, opened in 1754, the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum holds around 4,000 works spanning 3,000 years of art history, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Vermeer, plus antique sculpture, porcelain and works on paper. It ranks among Germany’s most important collections of Old Master paintings.
Entry Fee: ca. €9.00
Kloster Riddagshausen
About 4 km east of the city center lies Riddagshausen, a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1145 surrounded by a 526-hectare nature reserve of ponds, meadows and woodland. Its Gothic Klosterkirche St. Mariae is one of the oldest Gothic buildings in Germany, and the surrounding trails make for an easy afternoon walk among herons, kingfishers and other waterbirds.
Free grounds; the Zisterzienser-Museum in the old gatehouse has a small separate fee
Registration
Where does the Joint Forum take place?
The Joint Forum takes place at the Technische Universität Braunschweig: Universitätsplatz 2, 38106 Braunschweig-Nordstadt.
Fees
The participation in the Lower Saxony – Scotland Joint Forum 2026 is free of charge.
How do I register for the Joint Forum 2026?
You may register via Pretix by clicking “Register”. Fill in your personal information and go on to the next page by clicking “Continue”. At the end of the registration, you have the opportunity to submit the registration.
I am already registered for the event. How do I change my personal information?
Open Pretix and click on “Resend order link”. You will receive an email with a link to change your registration details.
Where can I specify my dietary requirements?
You will have the opportunity to do so during the initial event registration process in Pretix. Rest assured that we will only use this information to provide adequate catering options that meet your needs.
Can I grant/deny permission for my image to be used in photographs or recordings taken during the event?
You will have the opportunity to do so during the initial event registration process in Pretix.
Unfortunately, I cannot attend the Joint Forum. How do I cancel my application?
Open Pretix and click on “Resend order link”. You will receive an email with a link to change or cancel your registration.
Miscellaneous
What are the exact times of the event and individual agenda items?
A detailed programme, including the exact times for each agenda item, will be published shortly before the event. Day 1 is expected to start around noon or early afternoon and finish in the evening, whereas Day 2 is anticipated to begin in the morning and end in the afternoon.
Will there be any parking available for event participants?
Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer any designated parking spots, so we recommend travelling to the location by public transport.
Will childcare services be offered for the duration of the event?
Unfortunately, the event organisers will not be offering any childcare during the Joint Forum.
Is it possible to receive a participation certificate for the event?
Yes, all participants are eligible for a certificate of participation. You will be able to download your certificate after the event on Pretix.
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