Mannheim
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Mannheim is a city in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany.
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Understand
The center of Mannheim is laid out like a chess board. Address take the form of a grid reference, such as Q3, 12.
Get in
By plane
If you arrive at Frankfurt airport, and want to go to Mannheim or Ludwigshafen, you can either take the ICE high speed train (takes 40 minutes), or the Lufthansa Airport Shuttle bus (60 minutes, http://www.lufthansa-airportbus.com/). It's slightly cheaper than the ICE train (35€ for a roundtrip, compared to about 40€ with the train). More importantly, if you fly with Lufthansa, Condor, SAS or South African Airways you can have your luggage checked in directly to your final destination.
The Airport Shuttle arrives at and departs at the front of Hotel Dorint near the Wasserturm. The old departure near the central station no longer exists.
By bus
There's a bus connection from Frankfurt to Mannheim (see the "By plane" section).
Get around
See
- Water tower
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Café Bernstein is a nice french style Bar/Café that offers a good selection of Beers and Wines. They also offer a small but fine selection of lunch/dinner. Reasonable prices. Exceptional friendly staff! Bernstein is located in the Seckenheimerstr., which is in the Schwetzinger Vorstadt. 10 min walk from Main station.
SOHO Club is a small club with reasonable prices, good music and relaxed guests between 20 and 40. Music varies from night to night, see Homepage for details (http://www.soho-club.de/). SOHO Club is located in J7, 16.
You might also want to have a look at http://www.schneckenhof.de (German language), which has a detailed Nightlife guide.
Sleep
Get out
- Ludwigshafen is right across the river.
- Heidelberg the most famous City near Mannheim.
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