Travel to the Festival
The Luther500 Festival will take place in Wittenberg, Germany. This means: you need to get to Germany from wherever God has placed you on this Planet. Put together a group in your local church, your school, your entire church body, or gather your family, and come to Wittenberg! There are several options for your travel to Germany.
By 2013 the new Berlin International Airport BER will be open (we don’t say that’s just for us, but we are thankful anyway). BER will be the main hub for Festival participants - on Monday June 17, 2013 Airport shuttles will connect BER with Wittenberg.
Special offer: Discounted travel with Lufthansa, the official Luther500 Airline
Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. As the Luther500 Festival airline partner, Lufthansa offers special prices and conditions to Luther500 Festival participants.
To make a reservation, please click on www.lufthansa.com/event-booking_en and enter the access code DEZPXA in the “Access to Event Booking” area. This will open an online booking platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available. Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open. NOTE: Flights to the Festival can be booked a maximum of 354 days before the Festival!
Tour operators in different countries will offer travels to the Festival. They can book the flight for you and your group (also the Lufthansa Luther500 rates), as well as arrange post-gathering trips.
If you don’t have a group you might just join a group coming from your country. Pastors and group leaders are serving the festival as regional contacts and are happy to put you in contact with a group. See the list “Groups to Join” on the bottom of this page.
From the USA and Canada:
Tour Operators can provide air travel and All-inclusive packages for the Festival. Should your group decide to add days to the trip by visiting other locations before or after the Festival, you can arrange this through your USA tour operator, who will also work with our German partner Terra Lu Travel for your in-country arrangements. Or add one of the Post Festival Trips to your schedule.
Reformation Tours in Belleville IL is gathering a group and can assist in any other travel plannings. Contact Rowena Drinkhouse at info@reformationtours.com / 618 222 99 14
For questions about the Festival, the program, the German in-country travel, please contact LOST AND FOUND at 419 987-9792.
From Asia:
Olive Tree Mission Culture in Hong Kong offers travel arrangements to the Festival and more Luther travel in Germany: Contact Mr Chris Chan at chris@olivetreemc.com / phone Hong Kong 852-6299 6265
From European countries:
Wittenberg can easily be reached on the German Interstate Autobahn as well as by plane and train. Just rent a bus in your country, take a number of cars, buy train tickets, and hit the road!
We pick you up at home! Terra Lu Travel (www.terra-lu-travel.com) can make all necessary arrangements and send a bus to take you to Wittenberg. Contact Christian Utpatel at utpatel@terra-lu-travel.com for your group travel arrangements.
Wittenberg also has a stop of the German ICE highspeed train. It connects Wittenberg with cities like Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt. Check out your connection at www.bahn.de
Several bus lines connect to Berlin (from where the Festival shuttle can pick you up). For connections from Romania, Hungary and Prague check out Orangeways . Services from and to most European countries are offered by Eurolines.
Groups to Join
USA: There are several groups coming from different parts of the country. Please contact us so we can see who’s close to you.
Canada: Contact Pastor Mark Dressler from Saskatoon, SK if you like to join his group: markdressler@gmail.com
Finland: Contact Katariina Ylikännö at katariina.ylikanno@ekd.de for information about groups coming from Finland and other scandinavian countries.
South Africa: Victor Mokgothu gathers a group from Southern Africa. If you like to join him and for more information write to phenyo.mokgothu@gmail.com
If you plan to make a trip to the Luther500 Festival or would like to be the Luther500 Festival contact person in your country: Please send us a note at festival@luther500.com and we will be more than happy to add you to this list.