Langen
Understand
Location of DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung), responsible for air traffic control in Germany as well as the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut.
Get in
By plane
Langen is 14 km south east of Frankfurt airport
- 1 Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport. For private aircraft
By train
Regional trains connecting with Frankfurt and Darmstadt
By car
Just east of Junction 24 of the A5 (south of Frankfurter Kreuz) or from the A3 via the A661
Get around
See
Do
- 1 Langener Waldsee, Sehringstraße, ☏ 49 69 692688. popular man-made lake and beach.
- 2 Kletterwald Langen, Mörfelder Landstraße (On the western edge of town), ☏ +49 6103 7019981. High ropes course through the trees
Events
- Ebbelwoi-Fest: 24–27 June 2016. Large festival focus around apple wine (date needs updating)
- Das Fürstliche Gartenfest Schloss Wolfsgarten: 16–18 September 2016. Garden festival is one of the few time the palace grounds are open to the public (date needs updating)
Buy
Eat
- 1 Schnitzelexpress, Pittlerstraße 62. Classic German "Imbiß" serving good schnitzel, frikadelle and fries.
- 2 Metzgerei Jost-Rauth, Schnaingartenstraße 1, ☏ +49 6103 204794. Butchers shop with cafeteria upstairs serving lunch
- 3 Das neue Schuhbeck's Check Inn, Ausserhalb 20 (In Egelsbach (not Langen) next to the airfield), ☏ +49 6103 4859380. Very good quality restaurant
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Steigenberger Hotel Frankfurt-Langen, Robert-Bosch-Straße 26, ☏ +49 6103 972-0.
- 2 ACHAT Hotel Airport Frankfurt-Langen, Robert-Bosch-Straße 58, ☏ +49 6103 7560.
- 3 Dreieich, Frankfurter Str. 49, ☏ +49 6103 9150. Also has reasonable Italian style restaurant