Ludwigsfelde is a small industrial city with around 23,000 inhabitants a few km south of Berlin.
Get in
By train
From Berlin use the RE3 or RE4 to the Ludwigsfelde station (22 min). From Potsdam and Schönefeld Airport use the RB22 to the station Ludwigsfelde Struveshof. As the station is a bit outside of the city, the vbb gives information on how to reach the city (german, pdf, plan of the bus network of the city included).
- 1 Ludwigsfelde railway station, Am Bahnhof 2.
- 2 Ludwigsfelde-Struveshof railway station, Potsdamer Straße.
By car
Ludwigsfelde is directly connected to the Autobahn A10 ("Berliner Ring").
By bus
There are multiple bus connections to Potsdam and one bus every hour to the Berlin S-Bahn station Buckower Chaussee, but you will most likely prefer to take the train.
Get around
The town centre is not that big and should be even walkable (also there exists a bus network), the whole city including all districts (11 small villages) has a size of 110km² - if you want to visit those, a car would be advantageous.
The bus network is centered on the train station of Ludwigsfelde, for a network map see the pdf above, timetables can be found here [dead link].
See
- 1 Schloss Genshagen, Am Schloss 1.
- 2 Stadt und Technikmuseum Ludwigsfelde (Town and Industrial Museum), Am Bahnhof 2 (located in the train station building), ☏ +49 3378 804620. M-F 10:00-15:00, Sa+Su 13:00-17:00. 2,50€/adult,1€/child.
Do
- 1 Kristalltherme Ludwigsfelde, ☏ +49 3378 518 79-0. be prepared, people are usually nude there.
- Riding - there are several horse-riding centres around Ludwigsfelde and many ways, links to them are here [dead link] (German)
- Hiking
Buy
Eat
- Alter Krug, Am Alten Krug 1 (near train station, use the tunnel to cross the railtracks), ☏ +49 3378 801466. Th-M 11:00-22:00. Built in 1751, this is the oldest building in Ludwigsfelde that still stands, and it was always used for gastronomy.
- 1 Landgasthof Alter Dorfkrug, Dorfaue 19, ☏ +49 3378 80 13 92.
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Tulip Inn Ludwigsfelde Berlin Süd, Kastanienweg 4, ☏ +49 3378 8530. With a bar and restaurant and a breakfast buffet.
Go next
Berlin and Potsdam to the north, or the beautiful and unique Spreewald Region to the south.