Your visit to Weimar

Our programmes and recommendations for your visit during the 2023 Theme Year on "Living".

Directions to Weimar

Due to its very good connection to local and long-distance public transport, as well as its central location in Thuringia, Weimar can be easily reached by public transport but also by car.

In the following map you will find an overview of all museums and institutions that are part of the program of the theme year "Living" 2023. If you are arriving by car, you can use the "Show parking spaces" button on the map to view various parking options.

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By car

Autobahn A4 (Frankfurt am Main – Dresden): Exit 49 “Weimar” → 5 km to downtown

Autobahn A9 (Berlin – Munich): At Hermsdorfer Kreuz take ramp to autobahn A4 in the direction of Jena / Erfurt / Frankfurt am Main → ca. 40 km to exit 49 “Weimar”

Autobahn A71 (Schweinfurt – Sömmerda): At Erfurter Kreuz take ramp to autobahn A4 in the direction of Jena / Dresden → ca. 25 km to exit 49 “Weimar”

Highway B7 (Kassel-Erfurt-Gera): Follow signs to Weimar “Stadtzentrum” (city centre)

Highway B85 (Kyffhäuser-Bayreuth): Follow signs to Weimar “Stadtzentrum” (city centre)

E-charging stations

  • Tiefgarage Weimarhalle
  • Tiefgarage Weimar Atrium
  • Parkplatz Herrmann-Brill-Platz
  • August Baudert-Platz
  • Parkplatz Schloss Belvedere

More information can be found here.

By public transport

By train

There is regular train service to Weimar’s main railway station via the long-distance routes Frankfurt-Leipzig, Kassel-Berlin and Stralsund-Düsseldorf. There are also several regional trains which stop in Weimar (Erfurt-Jena, Eisenach-Halle and Göttingen-Zwickau). For more information, visit the website of the Deutsche Bahn.

Bus network in Weimar

The municipal public bus system extends across the city of Weimar. Public busses will bring you comfortably from the main railway station to downtown Weimar and to most of the local museums and historical sites of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. For information on bus schedules and tickets, please visit the website of the Stadtwirtschaft Weimar.

Opening times and prices

You can find an overview of all opening times and prices here.

App Weimar+

Which type of housing suits you best? What types of housing are there in Weimar? Find your "perfect match" with the Wohnkubator in the Weimar+ app and design your individual living collage.

Museum shops

Browse through our museum shop and find your souvenir of your visit to Weimar.

View into the museum shop in the Bauhaus Museum Weimar
Bauhaus store in the Bauhaus Museum Weimar
View into the shop in the Goethe National Museum
Shop in the Goethe National Museum
View into the museum shop in the Schiller Museum Weimar
Museum shop Weimar Classic in the Schiller Museum Weimar

Questions?

  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar
    Visitor Service

    P 03643 545400
    E-Mail
  • Tourist information
    P +49 3643 745 0
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Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.