The Rolling Stones LICKS European Tour travel guide 2003 - Hockenheim

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Hockenheim
The IORR Travel Guide
The Rolling Stones European Tour 2003

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LICKS Tour
2002 - 2003

Introduction

These pages will supply information about the cities the Stones will be visiting this summer. To read about each individual city please select the actual city link in the IORR travel guide pages. If you have information for these pages please send e-mail to iorr@arena.no.

Nearest big city

Mannheim 26m
Heidelberg 28m
Frankfurt 100 km (Airport)

How to get to the city

By train :
Mannheim Station from 9.36 on every our. Back to Mannheim 23.41 and last train 00.48. From Frankfurt, Heidelberg and other towns, you have to change trains always in Mannheim. Plan your train trip with: reiseauskunft.bahn.de

by car :
Hockenheim is on the Autobahn A6. You will find signs wich take you to the parkingfields around the venue.

Best is to be there a day before. There is always much traffic jam at the day of the event.

How to get to the venue

You walk from the city or from the parkingfields, maybe take a bus / taxi It´s always a kind of chaos there.

Hockenheim map

Travel information

Venue maps

www.hockenheimring.de

Under events you will find a link to "Open Air" Under "Auf dem Ring" you will find links to the Hotel at the Racetrack and the Autobahn A6 (Raststätte West) (Clever to stay there because you are allowed to park your car close to the venue). You also find maps and more information about the parkings etc. here.

Maps Hockenheim area

Hockenheim ring

Recommended hotels

www.hockenheim.de

go to this site and under "Formulare" you could download PDF Files with information about Hotel or private rooms.

There is a "Best Western Hotel am Hockenheimring" directly by the venue.

If you travel by car you could take the Motel "Autobahnraststätte West am Hockenheimring" ( you are allowed to park the car there). It´s only a short walk to the Hockenheimring/500m)

Recommended bars/restaurants

Hockenheim is a little town only known for his Racetrack (Formula 1). There are not many possibilities to meet in Bars. Best are :

et cetera

Karlsruher Str. 25, 68766 Hockenheim

Brauerei zum Stadtpark (Brewery with home made beer )

Parkstr. 1, 68766 Hockenheim
Telefon: 06205/28 36 88, Telefax: 06205/28 36 89
info@brauereizumstadtpark.de
http://www.Brauereizumstadtpark.de

both far away from the venue.

Close to venue are only a few pubs belonging to the local sportsclubs like HSV Speise-Restaurant
Waldstr. 1, 68766 Hockenheim
Clubhaus FV 08

Meeting place for fans

Front of stage or at the bar of the Best Western Hotel Hockenheimring

City map

You will find a map of the region and the city here : www.stadtplan.net

Tourist links

Other local events

General

Thanks

Thanks to Klaus Lauterbach and Johannes Delmere for information!

For more Stones news see IORR 47 of May 2003!