The most important organisational aspects of the European meeting are listed below.
Information about Duisburg, the recommended hotels, the planned programme, information to your journey to Duisburg and the link to our booking system can be found via the menu bar on the right-hand side (in the mobile version it is at the bottom).
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26/04/2025, update 06/05/2025
You will receive a link to download your personal ticket card by e-mail.
We will have the printed participant cards, including a cover with a lanyard, available for you when you pick up your documents or at your first event. If you wish, you can also print the ticket yourself and bring it with you.
The programme booklet for the European Meeting in Duisburg will be sent to all participants as a link to a PDF file for download. Those who have indicated this when booking will also receive it in paper form together with the welcome pack.
In addition to descriptions of the programme items with meeting points, times and map extracts, the programme booklet also contains lots of information about your stay in Duisburg and a list of shopping opportunities for tall people.
The participant welcome pack will be mainly handed out at the following events:
• Welcome dinner on Sunday 25 May 2025, from 15:30 h
• Family day on Thursday 29 May 2025, from 14:00 h
• Brewery restaurant on Friday 30 May 2025, from 17:45 h
• Ball evening 'Europaball' on Saturday 31 May 2025, from 17:30 h
If you arrive between the dates, you will receive the welcome pack at your first event.
Important: Street names can exist multiple times, so have the 'Postleitzahl' (post code/ZIP-code) ready in addition to the street address and town when navigating e.g. for Duisburg city centre '47051'. Also, the house numbers are not always distributed in a logical fashion, so a navigation system is highly recommended when navigating the city.
We will provide you with online navigation for the European meeting.
Many Germans may use the 'Deutschland Ticket', but everyone else will have to buy bus and train tickets. Unfortunately, there are no weekly or multi-day tickets available but 4 trip tickets (also usable as 4 person 1 trip ticket) and 24h tickets.
Public transport in Duisburg and the surrounding area, even when travelling from or to Düsseldorf, works under the umbrella of the VRR www.vrr.de/en/tickets-fares/ticket-overview/. All local modes of transport (bus, tram, underground, local Trains like 'S-Bahn' (Metro), 'Regionalbahn' or 'Regionalexpress') are covered by the VRR tickets and the system works with fare zones. A single trip can involve a change of transport, but may not circle back.
Single tickets you can buy from the bus driver. The best place to buy tickets for public transport is at the DVG customer centre (www.dvg-duisburg.de) at Harry-Epstein-Platz, 47051 Duisburg or at the ticket machine in front of the building and at the underground stations. 4 trip tickets and 24-hour tickets for up to 5 people are also available from the ticket machines.
All tickets purchased from the ticket machines must be validated at the stamping machine before travelling / first use! The penalty fare is 60 EUR, plainclothes and uniformed ticket inspectors operate on the network.
The VRR has it´s own timetable app www.vrr.de/en/timetable-mobility/vrr-app/.
Breakfast
If you would like to have breakfast in the morning, you can do so in various bakeries on Königstraße or, for example, at 'AV Concept Store' from 8 h.
Meetings in the evening
If you would like to meet up with other tall people in the evening, you can do so in one of the pubs in the 'CityPalais', located in Königstraße, which are open until 22 h or 23 h. Or in the 'Café Museum'. In the inner harbour ('Innenhafen') you will also find several pubs open until 22 h or midnight.
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