The Harz region is centrally located in Germany and is easily accessible from all directions – both by road and by rail.
Several motorways lead into the region, and many towns on the edge of the Harz have railway stations with regular services.
Once there, you can use various bus routes for day trips. The Harz narrow-gauge railways run regularly and connect more than 20 towns in the Harz region.
The Deutsche Bahn route planner shows connections from your home town to the Harz region.
Many towns in the Harz region and on its outskirts can be reached by Deutsche Bahn.
The Harz region is easily accessible by car, bus or motorhome from all directions.
From the north
Via the A7 (Hamburg | Hanover | Hildesheim), A36 (Braunschweig) and A14 (Magdeburg)
From the south
Via the A71 (Erfurt) and A7 (Kassel)
From the east
Via the A14 and A38 (Leipzig and Dresden)
From the west
Via the A2 and A7 (Bielefeld)
You can get around the Harz region very easily without a car.
There is an extensive network of bus routes in the mountains, almost all of which are included in the visitor’s tax. Most visitor’s cards are valid as bus tickets.
By donating to a reforestation project in the Harz Mountains, you can ‘kill two birds with one stone’.
Every tree planted helps offset CO2 emissions and takes us one step closer to making the Harz Forest climate-resilient.
Advice on travel planning
is available at
Harzer Tourismusverband
+49 5321 34040