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Kaiserslautern
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June - July 2006
ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES
Kaiserslautern has been hastily preparing for the big event of the year: the football World Cup2006 and it shows in almost every aspect of public life in the city. Streets have been re-pavedand flowers planted in roadside medians, themain train station and the football stadium haveundergone an extension make-over and there’s alot of questionable football inspired artwork going up throughout the city. It has been a lot of work for ‘just five football games’ some might argue (seep.11). If you are a visitor to K-Town now, however,you will most certainly profit from all this work because Kaiserslautern has rarely been so lovely - despite the football inspired art.With the summer here, the Palatine Forest isteaming with hikers, bikers, motorcyclists andcampers. We’ve put together a few ideas for visitors on p.9.Enjoy Kaiserslautern, and remember to writein with any comments, tips and experiences:kaiserslautern@inyourpocket.com.
Kaiserslautern’s colourful coat of arms is depicted on a manholecover. Fish have been part of thecity logo since 1373, and legendgoes that at a royal banquet in1497, Prince Phillip was serveda huge 6m-long fish, which hada ring around its neck stating that the fish was released intoLautern’s Kaiserwoog (imperialpond) in 1230 by emperor Frederic II.
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Arriving by car
Kaiserslautern is easy to reach via Autobahn A6 and A63.It lies on the A6 between Mannheim and Saarbrücken. TheA63 (direction Mainz) joins the A6 at the junction of exit 15.Driving in K-town can be a bit tricky and the closer one getsto the city centre the more one-way streets you are liableto run into.
Arriving by plane
Unless you’re with the US military, you can’t fly to Kaiser-slautern, as it has no commercial airport. The nearest airports are Frankfurt, Hahn, Luxemburg, Saarbrücken andZweibrücken.
Arriving by train
Kaiserslautern’s train station has just undergone massiverefurbishment and you will find a convenient Deutsche Bahn(DB) info stand right in the main hall. Directly outside thetrain station is the bus terminal from which you can reachmost places in the city and in the surrounding municipality. A bus information table, similar to the digital train informationboard, hangs directly over the entrance to the food-courtsin the main hall. Should you not be able to decipher this,the DB info stand should accommodate your questions or just ask one of the bus drivers. Day tickets for the city are
€5 and three day passes cost €12. The tourist information
centre and an ATM are just outside the station’s main hall,to the right of the bus terminal (Richard-Wagner-Straße 92).The tourist office here can give you basic information about getting around and you can get city maps here. The trainstation is within easy walking distance of the Fritz Walter Football Stadium.
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EditorialEditor-in-Chief
Jeroen van Marle
Editorial Contributors
Wendy Wrangham, Taural Rhoden
Research
Morwenna Parkyn
Layout & Design
Tomáš Haman
Maps
Kartographie Eichner,kaeichner@online.de
Photos
Wendy Wrangham, Sco,Taural Rhoden, City of Kaiserslautern
Cover photo:
A colourful Kaiserslautern manhole© Taural Rhoden
Sales & CirculationGeneral Manager
Stephan Krämer
Accounting
Martin Wollenhaupt
Advertising Manager
Sebastian Rudolph, Philippe Krüger,Corina Alt, Markus Mechnich
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