Located in the heart of Central Europe with easy access from all over the world, Berlin, Germany is an ideal location for the Global Home Education Conference 2012.

Berlin is symbolic of the freedom for which the modern home education yearns. Once isolated and divided, Berlin survived and grew in spite of oppressive circumstances. Inevitably Berlin was freed, the walls taken down, and democracy established — the same freedom that home education has enjoyed in many parts of the world for some decades now.

There are many benefits to holding a global conference in Berlin. With its history, and as the capital of Europe’s largest and perhaps most influential democracy in Continental Europe, Berlin is the natural site for a conference with democratic aspirations. The conference will be accessible to participants all over the world and will also deliver the necessary and practical benefits of an advanced democratic society: ready access, advanced technology, and global and local transportation — a city that can attract delegates from all over the world.

The venue at the Seminaris Hotel, situated in the calm southern part of Berlin’s free university district, offers access to central Berlin through local train. Participants can take advantage of the hotel’s reasonably priced and comfortable accommodations to make networking and society that much easier.

We welcome all who have an interest in home education to the GHEC 2012 in Berlin. Your participation will support home education regardless of method or motivation — please join us November 1-4, 2012 in Berlin.

• Click here to visit the Seminaris CampusHotel website. Reservations are available by phone or email. Please make sure to mention GHEC 2012 for the discounted rates below.

Conference venue address and phone number:
Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin
Takustraße 39
14195 Berlin

Phone: +49 (0)30 55 77 97 200
Email: RGaertig@seminaris.de

Single room: €99/night*
Double room: €134/night*
*Includes breakfast buffet and VAT

• How to get from the Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) to Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin:
  1. Take one of the following bus lines X9 or 109 (which are all leaving at the terminal in just on direction since the airport is the last stop)
  2. Get off at the stop “Jakob-Kaiser-Platz” (underground station)
  3. Take the underground line U7 (direction: Rudow)
  4. Get Off at the stop “Fehrbelliner Platz”
  5. Switch to underground line U3 (direction: Krumme Lanke)
  6. Get off at the stop “Dahlem Dorf”
  7. Leave the train station using the exit “Königin-Luise-Straße”
  8. In front of the station turn right and walk down the main road
  9. Takustraße is the second street on the right hand side, our hotel is located at house number 39

• How to get from the Berlin Schoenefeld Airport (SXF) to Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin:
  1. Take one of the following bus lines X7 or 171 or N7 (which are all leaving at the terminal in just on direction since the airport is the last stop)
  2. Get off at the stop “Rudow” (underground station)
  3. Take the underground line U7 (direction: Rathaus Spandau)
  4. Get Off at the stop “Fehrbelliner Platz”
  5. Switch to underground line U3 (direction: Krumme Lanke)
  6. Get off at the stop “Dahlem Dorf”
  7. Leave the train station using the exit “Königin-Luise-Straße”
  8. In front of the station turn right and walk down the main road
  9. Takustraße is the second street on the right hand side, our hotel is located at house number 39

Click here to see a map of the Berlin underground

Click here to see a map of the Dahlem Dorf area

• A taxi from Tegel airport will cost between €30-40 and from Schönefeld airport, €45-55.

• How to get from Berlin Central Station to the Seminaris:
  1. Take one of the following city train lines S75 (direction: Westkreuz), S5 (direction: Spandau) or S7 (direction: Potsdam HbF)
  2. Get off at the stop “Zoologischer Garten”
  3. Take the underground line U9 (direction: Rathaus Steglitz)
  4. Get off at the stop “Spichernstrasse”
  5. Switch to underground line U3 (direction: Krumme Lanke)
  6. Get off at the stop “Dahlem Dorf”
  7. Leave the train station using the exit “Königin-Luise-Straße”
  8. In front of the station turn right and walk down the main road
  9. Takustraße is the second street on the right hand side, our hotel is located at house number 39