Fair Guide

Note: All information on how to get to and park at the Frankfurter Buchmesse can be found here.

Entrance City 
from/to underground U4 and tram lines 16 + 17
from/to City Centre/Frankfurt East

Entrance Torhaus
from/to S-Bahn terminal (S3 to S6)

Entrance Galleria
Only for bus shuttle from/to Fairground parking Rebstock 

Only for persons with a valid ticket (no available cashier points):
Entrance Festhalle South (across from Skyline Plaza shopping centre; Entrance not barrier-free)

Please note: Unfortunately, not all entrances to Frankfurter Buchmesse are barrier-free. If you require step-free access, please use the main entrances City (underground, tram) or Torhaus (S-Bahn).

People in wheelchairs or with characteristic "B" in their severely disabled ID card receive free admission directly at the entrance for themselves and their accompanying person upon presentation of the severely disabled ID card. Other people with a degree of disability of at least GdB 50 can purchase reduced tickets online. www.buchmesse.de/visit/tickets

Visitors who - for example due to a visual impairment - have difficulties with orientation, will be accompanied personally around the grounds for up to two hours. If you need assistance, please send us an e-mail in advance to servicecenter@buchmesse.de. If you need assistance at short notice, please contact one of the information stands on site. Depending on availability, we can also provide spontaneous assistance.

Toilets for the disabled are located in all halls. The required "Euro WC key" can be purchased at the Business Center in the Torhaus for 25 euros. If you do not have a Euro WC key, the Messe Frankfurt hall staff will be happy to unlock the WC for you.

Rental of wheelchairs and electric scooters (by the day, 50 euros deposit): 
First-aid station Hall 4.0 South/West, entrance Operation and Security Center (OSC). Telephone reservation required in advance: +49 (0) 69 7575-6500.

Parking spaces will be reserved for exhibitors with limited mobility in the immediate vicinity of the hall entrances (on request via the information hotline for people with disabilities, see below).

Visitors with limited mobility who have a parking permit for people with disabilities or a severely disabled person's pass with the ‘aG’ symbol can enter via the north gate and will be allocated a parking space by the staff there.

Taxis that transport people with walking impairments and the corresponding feature on their severely disabled pass may enter the exhibition grounds.

Further information at www.messefrankfurt.com/barrier-free(opens in a new window) at all information stands or via the hotline for people with disabilities at

Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 7575-6999
E-mail: barrierefrei@messefrankfurt.com

Find the mobility plan for a barrier-free visit to the fairground below.

Cloakrooms (against insurance certificate)
at the main entrances to the exhibition grounds and on various hall levels
open from 15 October 2024
Closing daily at 7.30 pm (Sunday: 6.30 pm)

A collective cloakroom (Hall 4.1) will be open longer: 

Tuesday, 15 October 2024: 10.00 am-9.00 pm
Wednesday to Saturday: 8.00 am-9.00 pm
Sunday, 20 October 2024: 8.00 am-7.30 pm

Please note the information signs.
Fee: 3 euros per item of luggage or clothing

The individual opening hours of each cloakroom and the locations of the collective cloakrooms can also be found at the information stands.

No publicly accessible lockers on the exhibition grounds.

The hall plan gives you an overview of the halls and the exhibition areas. It is available in printed form at the entrances and all information stands.

You can find the barrier-free service facilities at Messe Frankfurt (disabled toilets, baby changing rooms, lifts, etc.) in the Messe Frankfurt mobility plan here.

Note: All information about hotel reservations can be found here.

/ Accord: Congress Center, level C1

/ Agenda, Analogue 1+2, Applause, Area: Forum, level 0

/ Alliance: Hall 4.C

/ Apropos, Aspect, Argument: Hall 3.C West

/ Brilliance: Hall 4.2

/ Chorus: Congress Center, level C1

/ Conclusio 1+2: Congress Center, level C2

/ Concorde, Consens, Concept: Hall 4.C

/ Devise, Dimension: Hall 4.2

/ Ductus: Congress Center, level C1

/ Effect, Exposé, Extract: Hall 3.C East

/ Encounter: Hall 5.0

/ Entente: Hall 4.C

/ Europe 1+2: Hall 4.0

/ Exchange: Hall 5.0

/ Experience: Hall 5.0

/ Facet: Hall 3.Via, West

/ Fantasy 1+2: Congress Center, level C3

/ Fragment: Hall 3.Via, West

/ Good Will: Hall 4.1

/ Harmonie: Congress Center, level C2

/ Idee: Congress Center, level C1

/ Illusion 1-3: Congress Center, level C3

/ Karat, Komplex, Kontrast: Hall 3.Via, East

/ Klausur: Congress Center, level C1

/ Konkret, Kontur, Konstant, Kolleg: Forum, level C

/ Kontakt: Congress Center, level C1

/ Respekt, Resonance, Result, Repertoire: Hall 3.1 West

/ Sentenz, Substanz 1+2: Forum, level C

/ Spektrum 1+2: Congress Center, level C2

/ Tempo: Congress Center, level C1

/ Terminus: Congress Center, level C3

/ View: Hall 5.1

/ Visit: Hall 5.1

For trade visitors
16–20 October 2024, 9.00 am–6.30 pm
(Sunday until 5.30 pm)

For the general public
Friday, 18 October 2024, 2.00 pm–6.30 pm
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 9.00 am–6.30 pm
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 9.00 am–5.30 pm

Rebstock multi-storey car park (Am Römerhof)

• Direct access from the Frankfurt West motorway exit
• From the city centre via Theodor-Heuss-Allee to the Katharinen roundabout
• Day ticket: 17 euros in the car park (13 euros on the open space)
• Car park ticket office staffed daily until approx. 8.00 pm
• Automatic pay stations accessible around the clock (Attention: Lifts to upper levels not in operation at night!)

Free shuttle bus service from the Rebstock multi-storey car park to the exhibition grounds
From the multi-storey car park to the Entrance Galleria and back

Transport times:
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 to Sunday, 20 October 2024: 7.45 am–8.00 pm

Taxis cannot drive onto the exhibition grounds during the fair.

An exception applies to taxis transporting persons with a walking disability and the corresponding feature in the severely disabled person's pass.

Taxi ranks at the exhibition grounds:
At the City Entrance (Hall 1)
In front of the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt

Taxicabs Frankfurt:
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 230001, 250001, 230033

Only during set-up and dismantling is it possible for exhibitors to enter by taxi at the following times:
14 and 15 October 2024, 7.00 am–8.00 pm
20 October 2024, from approx. 7.00 pm

Some exhibitors organise signing sessions at their stands. Interested readers will normally need to book a slot in advance to keep waiting times as short as possible. More details can be found on the publishers' websites and under "events" on Frankfurt Connect.

For signing sessions that take place as part Meet the Author at the Agora you can just join the queues. The same applies to signings after events on the New Adult Stage in Hall 1.2.

Tickets for private visitors are only available online and usually sell out even before the fair.

Tickets for trade visitors and - if available - remaining tickets for private visitors will be sold at the on-site ticket offices (card payment only).

The Code of Conduct of Frankfurter Buchmesse provides rules for appreciative and respectful coming together at the fair. We want to offer all participants a good fair experience - regardless of gender and gender identity, sexual orientation and identity, disabilities, ethnic origin, nationality, age, language, religion or world view. We do not tolerate harassment or inappropriate language of any kind towards our visitors, exhibitors, partners or team members. The comprehensive Code of Conduct is part of the House Rules for Frankfurter Buchmesse and can be found here:

Frankfurter Buchmesse's House Rules state that the organiser or third parties may take photographs, film and video recordings throughout the event for the purposes of reporting, advertising and documentation.

Visitors or other persons may not prevent, obstruct or impede such photographs and recordings. By entering the exhibition grounds, consent is given to such photographs and recordings as well as their publication. If you do not agree to this, please let our photographers know in the specific situation.

Checks on access authorisations and luggage must be expected at all times throughout the exhibition grounds.

Weapons, replicas of weapons (‘ mock weapons’), pocketknives and irritant sprays are prohibited on the exhibition grounds. Cosplay weapons that are not ‘simulated weapons’ will be given a clearly visible label at the entrances.

Queues at the entrances are unavoidable at peak times. Allow enough time, use the cloakrooms in front of the entrances and take as little luggage as possible onto the exhibition grounds.

If you are carrying newer books, please ensure that you can provide proof of ownership (detailed delivery note or handover/purchase receipt from the publisher of the books you are carrying).

Smoking is only permitted outdoors.

Dogs or other animals may not be brought onto the exhibition grounds. Guide dogs for the blind and assistance dogs with appropriate proof are excluded.

An awareness team consisting of employees of the Federal Anti-Discrimination and Educational Work Association (BDB) is on duty throughout the book fair. The team is located in the foyer of Hall 4.1 next to the information stand there. If book fair visitors feel discriminated against during their visit due to a characteristic attributed to them, they can contact the awareness team. The security staff and the local police are responsible for security-related issues.

In the following hall levels at this year's Frankfurter Buchmesse, you will find all-gender restrooms in addition to the usual restroom facilities for men and women:

• Forum, Level C (North side)
• Hall 1.2 (South-Centre)
• Hall 3.1 (North-East)
• Hall 5.0 (South-West)
• Hall 6.2 (South-East)

Torhaus Service Center, Level 3
Phone: +49 (0) 69 7575-1309
15 October 2024, 8.30 am to 6.00 pm
16 to 18 October 2024, 8.30 am to 6.30 pm
19 and 20 October 2024, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

Chargeable service:

• Copying service (black and white and colour copies)
• Fax service
• Printing of business cards
• Internet terminals with e-mailing, uploading/downloading and printing facilities
• Laminating
• Saving
• Sale of transparencies and copying paper

You can find out the prices for the individual services at the information stands.

Fair lost property office
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 0
Phone: +49 (0) 69 7575-1448
E-mail: fundbuero@messefrankfurt.com

Opening hours:
Tuesday, 15 October: 8.00 am-6.00 pm
Wednesday, 16 October to Sunday, 20 October: 8.00 am-7.00 pm
Monday, 21 October: 8.00 am-2.00 pm

Information about lost or found items is also available at the information stands. You can also hand in reports of loss there.

Christian Church Centre

Torhaus Service Centre, level 4
Phone: +49 170 9274959
messeseelsorge-frankfurt.de(opens in a new window)

Room of silence/ecumenical prayer room: daily 9.00 am-6.00 pm
Pastoral care/café: Wednesday to Saturday 12.30 pm-3.00 pm
Catholic midday prayer with harp music (live)
16 to 19 October 2024, 1.30 pm
Catholic Eucharistic celebration with harp music (live)
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 10.00 am

Jewish prayer room
Hall 4.2, Room Devise

Muslim prayer room
Hall 4.1, Room Goodwill

For EC and credit cards:

Torhaus entrance, S-Bahn terminal
Hall 4.1 Foyer
Entrance City, Level 0

Blocking emergency number (24-hour service, free of charge within Germany): 116116
from abroad: +49 116116.

There is no bank on the exhibition grounds.

Bank branch nearby:
ReiseBank in the main station, south exit.
Open daily from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Phone: +49 (0) 69 242 785 91
E-mail: frankfurt.bahnhof@reisebank.de

At the information stands you can obtain all kinds of information, hand in lost property and enquire about lost items.

Locations:
Main entrances to the exhibition grounds
Entrance areas of the hall levels
Via Mobile (moving walkway connecting all halls)

Main information:
Hall 4.1 Foyer
Phone: +49 7575-1342, -1343

The information stands will be manned from Monday, 14 October 2024.

There is no postal service at the exhibition centre.

Post offices outside the exhibition site:
Post office at the main railway station
Im Hauptbahnhof 1, opposite platform 23
60329 Frankfurt
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 6.30 pm
Saturday: 9.00 am to 12.00 pm 

Ludwig Erhard-Anlage post office 
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 2-8
60325 Frankfurt
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Saturday: 9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Central service number of Deutsche Post: +49 180 23 33 3

In and outside the halls there are numerous public seating areas for a breather in the hustle and bustle of the fair. 

Baby changing and breastfeeding room
Hall 3.1, south side, room 10 (opposite the hall master's office)

Baby-changing rooms
Halls 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 West and East
in both the ladies' and gents' toilets.

Further baby changing facilities:
Sanitary station in Hall 4.0 South/West, Operation and Security Center (OSC) entrance.
Torhaus Service Center, Level 3, ladies' and gents' toilets

All participants at Frankfurter Buchmesse receive free WiFi access in the 2.4  and 5-GHz frequency range. You can use this WiFi access to check your e-mails or surf the internet.

This internet access is not suitable for applications with high data transmission! Therefore, video conferencing, VoIP telephone calls, VPN connections or online presentations are not possible.

Security is a top priority for us at Frankfurter Buchmesse. We have a security concept which is being continuously adapted to the current security situation and to the special conditions of the book fair and the fair premises. With the support of Messe Frankfurt, the police and other relevant security organisations, all necessary steps are being taken to ensure a safe running of the fair.

There is no pharmacy on the exhibition grounds, only a prescription service:

Main Information Desk, Hall 4.1 Foyer
Prescription acceptance daily until 11.00 am
Goods collection daily from 4.00 pm
The approximate price of the medication must be deposited there.

Pharmacies near the exhibition grounds:

Brocks'sche Pharmacy in the Skyline Plaza
Pharmacy in the main station, shopping arcade
Information about pharmacies on duty also at the first-aid station (Hall 4.0 South/West)

Please report to the police:

Hall 4.1 South/West, Entrance Operation and Security Center (OSC)
Phone: +49 (0) 69 7575-6555

Fire station:

Hall 4.0 South/West, entrance Operation and Security Center (OSC)
Phone: +49 (0) 69 7575-6550
Emergency call: 112
(also possible from foreign mobile devices without area code)

Police, fire brigade and ambulance service are on site. The usual emergency numbers apply:

Police (Messewache, Hall 4.1 South/West): 110

Fire brigade (Hall 4.0 South/West): 112

First aid (Hall 4.0 South/West): 112

The emergency numbers can also be used from foreign mobile devices without area code.