Find directions to the Nurburgring, Adenau, and other destinations around
the 'Ring here
Enter your starting point and the Google Gadget will display a map and
route instructions. It will also give an approximate distance
(including sea crossing if appropriate) and estimated travel time.
Click the "View Larger Map" tab to customise your route.
For most cities in the UK it will assume you want to take the Channel
Tunnel, and you might find it easier to follow the route if you enter
Calais or Dunkerque as your starting point. Google Maps by default
calculates the quickest route and will use motorways for most of the
journey.
While I usually rely on Sat Nav to get everywhere, I think it
overcomplicates the route to the Ring by going via Liege / Antwerp, and the
A roads to the west of the Ring.
I have also tried the shortest route as an alternative, which brings you in
to the Ring from the west, via
Liege and Aachen, and although the country roads are
excellent along the way, it took a lot longer than the motorway, so is
only advisable if you're not in a hurry to get to the 'Ring/back
home.
For the simplest route from the UK to Germany, try to follow the E40
(it may also be given a national autoroute number but should say E40
somewhere) as far as possible until you reach the A61 at Keupen, just west
of Koln (Cologne). From there, head south until you reach the
A412. Head west, and eventually you should pick up signs for the
Nurburgring.
On the way back, drive East or Northeast until you find signs to Koln.
Follow them and then look for the E40 and stay on it, following signs to
Brussels, then Ostend, then Calais / Dunkerque.
Approximate
distances by road from some major cities outside of Germany:
London 410m (650km)
Edinburgh 820m (1,320km)
Liege 195km
Brussels 280km
Amsterdam 350km
Paris 500km
Milan 780km
Rome 1,370km
Olso 1,410km
Stockholm 1,495km
Madrid 1,763km
Helsinki 1,975km
Brussels is a good
stopover point if you are coming from the UK and want to break up the trip
into two legs.
You can also find photo-directions here for three of the
most popular routes:
From
Calais
From
Köln/Bonn airport From
Frankfurt airport
If travelling by public transport, the best advice I can offer is 'Don't - fly to Hahn and rent a cheap car instead'. But if you really have no choice, then you do this:
- Fly to Hahn
- Take a bus from Hahn to Koblenz (Bahnhof)
- Take a train from Koblenz to Remagen
- Change at Remagen onto another train to Honningen
- Take a bus from Honningen to Adenau
- Have a large beer because it just took you 3.5 hours to get from Hahn
Total ticket cost about €25 (one-way)
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