Accommodation*:
*Prices given here include breakfast
In the city center:
Acora Hotel, Nordring 44, 44787 Bochum
- prices from 71€/night
- email bochum@acora.de, phone: +49 (0) 234 / 68 96-0, website: http://acora-bochum.de/
Ibis Bochum Zentrum , Universitätsstraße 3, 44789 Bochum
- Price: from 67€/night
- email: H1440@accor.com phone: +49 (0) 234/33311 website: http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-1440-ibis-bochum-zentrum/index.shtml
Claudius Hotel, Höfe 10, 44789 Bochum
- email: info@hotel-claudius.de, phone: +49 (0) 234/520081-10, website: www.hotel-claudius.de
Jugendgästehaus Bermuda3Eck, Humboldtstraße 59 - 63, 44787 Bochum
- prices from 32,40€
- email: jgh-bochum@djh-wl.de, phone: +49 (0) 234 41757990, website: www.djh-wl.de/bochum
Close to university:
Landesspracheninstitut (LSI) of the Ruhr University, Laerholzstraße 84, 44801 Bochum
- prices from 37€/night
- Email: julia.wosmann@lsi-bochum.de, phone: +49 (0)234 6874-103, website: http://www.lsi-bochum.de/kontakt/kontakt.html
Hotel Schmerkötter, Auf dem Aspei 70, 44801 Bochum
- prices from 65€/night
- email: info@hotelschmerkoetter.de, phone: +49 (0) 234-33844-0, website: http://www.hotelschmerkoetter.de/englisch/index.html
A list of Bed&Breakfasts:
http://bedandbreakfast.de/bochum/index.php?lang=en
Finding us
Getting from the U-Bahn station "Ruhr Universität" to our labs and offices
From the train station of the U-35 ("Ruhr-Universität") go up the pedestrian bridge and walk towards the university. Your route takes you directly to the building of the university library. Keep right of the library and go down the stairs and continue straight ahead to a second stairway. Go down these stairs and turn right. In front of you to your left you will see 3 tall yellow buildings. The first of these is GA. Enter the building and go through the first glass doors to your right and take the elevator down to floor 04.
Siteplan: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/universitaet/campus-und-kultur/orientierung/lageplan/index.html
Getting from Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) to the Ruhr-University Bochum
From Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) take the U35 towards Bochum Querenburg (Hustadt) and get out at stop "Ruhr Universität" (ticket needed). On weekdays the subway U35 leaves every 5 minutes and reaches the university within 9 minutes. Other transport connections reach and leace the university directly. Timetables are available on the website of the local transportation company "Verkehrsverbund Reihn-Ruhr (VRR)".
Website: http://www.vrr.de
Getting from Düsseldorf Airport to Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Central Station)
Upon arriving at the airport follow the signs to the DB (Deutsche Bahn) train station. Buy your train ticket to Bochum at the airport before boarding the monorail which takes you to the train station. There are trains travelling directly to Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) frequently and the trip takes about 35 to 45 minutes depending on which train you take.
Getting from Dortmund Airport to Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Central Station)
Take the shuttle bus from the Airport Terminal to Holzwickende train station. (Tickets are bough on the bus). From Holzwickende you take the train to Dortmund Hauptbahnhog (central station) and then change trains to Bochum Hauptbahnhof (central station)