Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAMHow to find us
By car
Leave the motorway A17 at exit #3 (Dresden-Südvorstadt). Follow the road B170 into the direction Dresden (The street name changes several times: Innsbrucker Straße, Bergstraße, Fritz-Löffler-Straße, Sankt Petersburger Straße). When you have passed by the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) keep on the right lane. After about one and a half kilometer turn right onto Grunaer Straße. Follow this street until it terminates (its name changes to Stübelallee, you pass by the Volkswagen Manufaktur and the Großer Garten (park) on the right side). Go straight down Karcherallee and turn left at the next traffic light. You have now reached Winterbergstraße. About 100 meters from the next traffic light you will find the main entrance of the Fraunhofer Research Centre (IZD).
By train
From Dresden main railway station take the tram (line 10) to Straßburger Platz (into the direction Striesen). Change to line 1 or 2 outbound (toward Kleinzschachwitz or Prohlis); exit at the stop Zwinglistraße. Walk 10 minutes from there (in the direction of Grunaer Weg) or take bus no. 61 (in the direction Löbtau) and get off at the next stop (Grunaer Weg).
By plane
From the airport Dresden International (DRS) take a taxi to Winterbergstraße 28 (distance is approximately 7 miles or 10 km) or use public transportation (shuttle train) to the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) and continue your journey by tram.