Contact and Directions

It’s now easier than ever to travel to HELLERAU by bus and train: since the 2024/25 season, tickets are also valid as VVO tickets. This means you can now comfortably travel almost to the front door of the Festpielhaus! The combined ticket is valid from four hours before the start of the event and until four o’clock the following day on all S-Bahn trains, regional trains, trams, buses and Elbe ferries. 

from Dresden main station

• Tram line 8 in the direction of Hellerau → get off at “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.
• Tram line 7 towards Weixdorf → get off at “Moritzburger Weg” → change to line 8 towards Hellerau → get off at “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.

From Dresden Neustadt station

• S-Bahn 2 in the direction of the airport → get off at “S-Bf. Industriegelände” → up the stairs and down the stairs again to the tram stop (Königsbrücker Straße) “S-Bf. Industriegelände” → take tram line 8 in the direction of Hellerau → get off at “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.
• 7 minutes walk along Antonstraße to the tram stop “Albertplatz” (Zwillingsbrunnenanlage) → take tram line 8 towards Hellerau → get off at “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.

From Dresden Airport

• S-Bahn 2 direction Pirna Bahnhof → exit “S-Bf. Industriegelände” → upstairs and downstairs again to tram stop (Königsbrücker Straße) “S-Bf. Industriegelände → tram line 8 direction Hellerau → exit “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.
• Bus 80 in the direction of Klotzsche station → get off at “Zur Neuen Brücke” → change to bus 70 in the direction of Gompitz → get off at “Brunnenweg” → change to tram line 8 in the direction of Hellerau → get off at “Festspielhaus Hellerau”.

Journey time approx. 30 minutes Information about the respective timetables can be found on the DVB website.

From Dresden city centre 

B97 (Königsbrücker Straße) in the direction of the airport → After approx. 4 km turn left onto Moritzburger Weg (Infineon company visible on the right). → Take the next right onto Klotzscher Weg. → Follow the tram tracks via Am Hellerrand into Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. → After approx. 500 m, the access road to the Festspielhaus grounds is on the right-hand side. 

Start motorway A4 

Exit Dresden-Hellerau → Turn left onto Radeburger Straße (B170) in the direction of Dresden-Hellerau/Dresden-Klotzsche. → After approx. 3.5 km, turn right at the traffic lights onto Ludwig-Kossuth-Straße. → Follow the tram tracks across Moritzburger Weg into Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. → After approx. 100 m, the entrance to the Festspielhaus grounds is on the left. 

Parking

Free parking is available on the grounds of the Festspielhaus. This number is limited. The purchase or possession of an event ticket does not constitute entitlement to a parking space.