Guests can travel to the exhibition venue quickly and comfortably by air, rail or road using public transport. The S-Bahn suburban train station “Messe” is located right in the heart of the exhibition grounds, the U-Bahn underground train station and the Strassenbahn tram station are located directly at the City Entrance/Festhalle. The Rhine-Main region offers an excellent hotel infrastructure with an estimated 110,000 beds. Visitors and exhibiting companies can choose from a wide range of hotels within walking distance of the exhibition grounds. Mobility-impaired visitors can move about easily: the Via Mobile covered moving walkway is a barrier-free access and connection network that joins together all halls on the exhibition grounds.
With their unique designs, renowned architects such as Helmut Jahn, Oswald M. Ungers and Nicolas Grimshaw gave Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds an unmistakeable look that dovetails perfectly with Frankfurt’s modern cityscape. Messe Frankfurt’s guests set great store by the highly functional nature of its halls and conference facilities, which are ideal for hosting a broad cross-section of events. With the Congress Center and Kap Europa, the company operates two congress centres as well.
The Festhalle is among Germany’s most renowned and architecturally distinctive multi-functional venues. As a historic landmark crowned by its iconic dome, it brings together more than a century of architectural heritage and event history.
The central hub for all safety- and security-related matters is the Operation & Security Center. Bringing all relevant stakeholders together under one roof, it serves as the coordination point for medical services, police and security teams, ensuring efficient collaboration and rapid response at all times.
Information about holding events safely on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds can be found here:
Protection and hygiene concept (messefrankfurt.com).
Overview of trade fair halls, service and administration buildings
(Gross exhibition area in m²)
| City Entrance & Hall 1 | 1989 | 18,000 m² | Helmut Jahn |
| Festhalle (Hall 2) | 1909 | 5,600 m² | Friedrich von Thiersch |
| Forum | 2001 | Areal hall / Panorama hall 2,300 m² each | KSP Engel / Zimmermann |
| Hall 3 | 2001 | 38,000 m² | Nicholas Grimshaw |
| Hall 4 | 1983 | 43,000 m² | Architects Otzmann, Maurer, Groethuysen and Wirsing |
| Hall 5 | 1971 / 72 2019 / 2023 |
(originally 21,000 m²) 18,000 m² |
Martin Schoenmakers Gruber + Kleine-Kraneburg |
| Hall 6 | 1961 / 1963 / 1971 / 2019 | (originally 35,000 m²) 26,000 m² | Martin Schoenmakers |
| Torhaus main building / Torhaus Süd (South) / Torhaus Nord (North) | 1984 / 1989 / 1997 | 117 m high / 30 storeys | Oswald M. Ungers |
| Hall 8 | 1967 | 30,200 m² | Steinbüchel-Rheinwall |
| Hall 9 | 1981 /1982 / 1996 | 56,200 m² | Oswald M. Ungers |
| Galleria | 1983 | Between Hall 8 and Hall 9 / 100 metres long and 30 metres high | Oswald M. Ungers |
| Hall 10 | 1973 / 1978 / 1992 | 52,000 m² | Martin Schoenmakers / Oswald M. Ungers |
| Congress Centre | 1996 | 15,000 m² / 4 levels / 9 congress halls | Helmut W. Joos |
| New Dependance | 2005 | 5 floors | Nicholas Grimshaw |
| Cargo Center | 2007 | 5,500 m² | Kölling Architekten Gbr |
| Hall 11 & Portalhaus | 2009 | 24,000 m² | Hascher Jehle Architektur |
| Kap Europa | 2014 | 7,700 m² / 4 levels / 14 conference rooms | Klaus Lenz ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG |
| Operation & Security Center (OSC) | 2014 | 2,200 m² | hhp-Architekten |
| Hall 12 | 2018 | 33,600 m² | Kadawittfeldarchitektur GmbH |
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Your contact:
Markus Quint
Tel.: +49 69 75 75-5905
markus.quint@messefrankfurt.com
Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
www.messefrankfurt.com
Background information on Messe Frankfurt
www.messefrankfurt.com/background-information
Sustainability at Messe Frankfurt
www.messefrankfurt.com/sustainability-information
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