Here you will find important information to prepare your stay at Schloss Dagstuhl, your check-in, your accommodation and the facilities on site.

Attention: Please mind the additional information for participants of seminars or participants of other events!

You will find out how to get to Schloss Dagstuhl in the directions.

Access to buildings is only possible by entering your event's access code (code digits+‘F’, you will receive your event's code prior to your event), or with your room's key card. Inside the buildings, please wear your name badge clearly visible.

Should you plan to arrive outside of our service hours, please inform us by e-mail no later than the Thursday before the start of your seminar and use the Self-Service-Check-In.

• Entering through the front doors is only possible with the event's access code or your room's keycard.
• Near the reception in the newer main building you can log into the Self-Service Check-In terminal opposite the main entrance with your DOOR credentials:
  • The terminal will show you your room's number.
  • Take a blank keycard and authorise it for your room using the terminal. This keycard will then allow you to access your room and to enter the center's buildings.
  • Please pick up the ‘additional costs’ leaflet. It will contain a plan of the building and further important information. You might want to write down your room number on this leaflet.
• Please pick up your name badge from the reception desk and wear it clearly visible during your stay.

The building is closed from Saturday morning 10.00 am to Sunday afternoon 3.00 pm. Guests who plan to arrive on Saturdays may find hotel recommendations here.

A stay from Friday to Saturday is only possible on exception and on request.

Our rooms are primarily single rooms. A double bed room, a family room, a room with an extra-large bed, or a low-barrier room can be prepared for you on request.

If capacity allows, it is possible for you to bring along companions and / or children:

Accompanying persons and children must be registered, booked, and confirmed by Schloss Dagstuhl no later than 4 weeks before the start date of your event.

Please note that smoking is not permitted inside the buildings.

Your rooms are equipped with:

• A safe with the inside measurements of 32 cm x 42 cm x 15 cm (width x depth x height)
• Desk and chair
• Telephone
• Information folder
• Curtains, jalousies, or shutters

Additional information:

• Windows in the rooms can be opened
• The heater can partly be regulated by you to your liking (to find out how, please check the information folder)
• Power outlet: 230V, 50Hz, two-pin earthed plug ‘Schuko’

Available on request:

• Kettle
• Baby bed and baby supplies
• Special pillows
• Allergy sensitive bed linen

• Shower or bath tub
• Toilet
• Sink
• Mirror
• Blow dryer
• Towels
• Soap and shower gel for hair and skin.
• In Germany, tap water must fulfil drinking water quality standards.

• Smoke alarms in every room
• First-aid kits can be found in multiple places in the buildings
• Some members of staff receive regular training as first aiders
• Emergency information is displayed in every room
• Emergency exit plans

• 71 guest rooms, 82 beds all together (plus 5 sleeping couches and 3 cots for babies and children each)
• 3 conference rooms including conference equipment
• 5 meeting rooms as well as at least 5 rooms that have a different primary function but can be used as additional meeting rooms
• Projectors on carts
• Flipcharts and poster boards
• Free Wifi, including eduroam
• Informatics specialized-library
• Computer work stations in the library
• Printer, scanner, and copy machine
• Print station for printing tickets or boarding passes
• You can use our washing machine, tumble dryer, electric iron, and ironing board
• Restaurant
• Cafeteria
• Wine cellar
• Kiosk with cold drinks: wine, beer, soft drinks, sparkling water, etc. (self-service)
• Kiosk with snacks, toiletries, etc. (self-service)
• Lounge
• German daily newspapers and magazines in the coat of arms hall
• A tablet computer with international newspapers
• Music room with piano (Young Chang G-185), 2 guitars (Karl Höfner HF-18, Yamaha CG-120-A), cello, violin, and a selection of sheet music
• Billiard table
• Board games and card games (in the wine cellar and the cafeteria), chess game (in the chess room in front of the music room)
• Tabletop soccer, table tennis, and darts
• Sauna
• Fitness area with 2 indoor bike trainers (Kettler Racer 1), a recumbent bike (Life fitness 95 Ri), and a cross trainer (Life Fitness 95 Xi)
• Bikes
• During summer: volleyball, soccer

• Coffee, tea, and water dispenser
• Information material on bike trails and jogging routs is available at the reception desk
• IT support (Mon–Fri from 8 am – 4 pm)
• Do you have allergies or are you a vegetarian? Please inform us prior to your arrival!
• Is your mobility reduced?Please inform us prior to your arrival!
• Available on request:
  • Child care (Please send us your request well in advance!)
  • Bringing an accompanying person (Please send us your request well in advance!)

• The area around Schloss Dagstuhl offers a variety of hiking and biking trails. Appropriate shoes are recommended.
• Maps of hiking and biking trails are available at the reception desk
• Indoor and outdoor pool in Wadern (2.5 and 2.7 km away)
• Shopping facilities in Wadern (about 1.5 – 2.5 km away)
  Please mind the local closing hours.
• Gas stations (about 1.5 – 2.5 km away)
• Charging station for electric vehicles (Im Brühl 2, 66687 Wadern (2 away), or search here using PLZ/Ort="66687 Wadern" and clicking "Suchen".)

As participant of a Dagstuhl seminar or a Dagstuhl perspective workshop, please also mind the following additional information.

Attention: There is differing information for participants of other events such as GI-Dagstuhl-seminars, summer schools, training programs, research group meetings, research stays, etc.

• Have you received your booking confirmation? Should you not have received a booking confirmation a week after your registration, please contact us.
• Have you received your travel information? We usually send it 6 weeks before the start of the seminar to all registered participants by e-mail. It contains you event's "access code" for the entrance door.
• Arrival is usually scheduled for Sundays from 3 pm. Seminars usually start Monday morning at 9 am. Some seminars start later than Monday and have a different arrival day – please always check with the travel information you received by e-mail.
• Seminars are usually scheduled to end on Fridays, 12 noon. Departure is usually planned after lunch. Some seminars end before Friday – please always check with the travel information you received by e-mail.
• Dagstuhl owns a comprehensive Informatics specialised library, which organizes a special book exhibition, showing all books of participants available in the library, during all Dagstuhl Seminars and Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshops. Schloss Dagstuhl kindly requests the authors to sign their books.
• Many Dagstuhl Seminars and Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshops organize outings in the afternoons. Please be aware that some might cause additional costs which have to be paid in cash. Appropriate shoes are often recommended.

As participant of a GI-Dagstuhl-seminar, a summer school, a training program, a research group meeting, or a research stay, in short: any event that is not a Dagstuhl Seminar or a Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop, please also mind the following additional information.

Attention: there is differing information for participants of Dagstuhl Seminars or Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshops.

• Program information and travel information as well as your event's "access code" for the entrance door will be send to you by the coordinator of your event.
• Please inform the coordinator of your event should you not arrive or depart on the scheduled dates – the coordinator will pass it on to us.
• Please inform the coordinator of your event should you wish to book a double room. The coordinator will pass it on to us. Please mind that accompanying persons you are planning to bring along must be announced well in advance.