The city Meppen is near the German-Dutch border, 90 km southwest of Oldenburg and 80 km north-west of Osnabrück.
The address of the course site:
Koppelschleuse Meppen
Jugend- und Kulturgästehaus
Helter Damm 1
49716 Meppen
00 49 37434-799777
Station Meppen is easy to reach by regional trains and Intercitys.
Please use the taxi service at the train station to get the youth hostel with other course participants, which will arrive in the train with you.Please share the cost of the taxi, with the other travellers.The youth hostel is close to the train station, in a distance of about 1,8 km, and can be walked to in 20-20 minutes.
Via the B 70: Departure Meppen Centre. Keep to the right (direction: Centre) until the roundabout. From the roundabout take the first exit (Lingener str.) and follow the main road until the next roundabout. There again, take the first exit. The youth and culture Guest House (Jugend- und Kulturgästehaus) is about 300 meters away. You can also follow the signs to the youth and culture Guest House.
When coming via the B 402: From B 402 switch to B 70 direction Lingen. Then as when coming over 70 B.
Arrival via the A 31: From A 31 switch to the B402 (motorway exit 21). Then as when coming via B 402.
Meppen is accessible from the airports Münster/Osnabrück (FMO), Düsseldorf (DUS), Bremen (BRE) and the airport Schiphol (AMS) in the Netherlands.