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Aachen as your conference location

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Aachen is not only an excellent place to study and live, but also an excellent place to hold meetings. At its heart, the city offers the large Eurogress conference and congress center and a large number of meeting hotels and conference locations. With its 255,000 inhabitants, Aachen is compact and pedestrian-friendly. The city has an international flair thanks to its location close to the Dutch and Belgian borders.

Good reasons for Aachen

3 top reasons for choosing Aachen as a conference city

01 | Outstanding meeting infrastructure

Special locations, very good hotels of all categories and modern congress and conference facilities
Excellent accessibility and ideal connections by plane, train, long-distance bus and car
Hotels, locations and starting points for various supporting programs within walking distance and close to each other
Good price-performance ratio for hotel rooms and locations
Located in the Euregio in the border triangle of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands

02 | Wide range of cultural activities

Aachen Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site, museums, guided tours and much more
History as a spa and bathing town thanks to the hottest springs in Central Europe, which were already used by the Romans
Cross-border cooperation in the fields of culture, business and science in the border triangle and international flair in Aachen
The most important horse show in the world (CHIO), the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen and other major events - there is always something going on in Aachen!
Historic old town, cozy alleyways, atmospheric squares and a varied bar and restaurant culture

03 | Business and science location

University of Excellence RWTH Aachen University
Forschungszentrum Jülich, three universities and numerous research departments
Valuable contacts and impulses for specialist congresses and conferences
High concentration of research and development capacities
Status as a business city and hub for the exchange of ideas and know-how

Quick Facts & Impressions

Conference infrastructure and hotels

1.700

Participants in one room

Conference hotels

Conference centers

>30

Locations

4.000

Hotel room

>80

Hotels

Europasaal, Eurogress Aachen

Invention Center, INClab

Napoleon-Saal, Domaine La Butte aux Bois

Napoleon Hall, Domaine La Butte aux Bois

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