Venues

ICYMARE 2025 BREMERHAVEN will take place in Bremerhaven from 8 to 12 September 2025! We are happy to be hosted by the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven for the conference and by the Thünen Institut for the icebreaker event. Everybody is welcome to join us – no matter if you would like to present your work, a poster or just come and listen to the inspiring conference program.

City of Bremerhaven & the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven

The City of Bremerhaven is characterized by its harbours. While fishing and wind power dominated in the past, Bremerhaven is changing into a science location with a variety of different research institutes.

The University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven is involved in marine research and cooperates with the local institutes to combine sciences and teaching. Some maritime institutes in Bremerhaven are:

  • AWI – Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
  • J. H. v. Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology
  • J. H. v. Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries
  • DLR – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures

Further Institutes are also located in the City of Bremen:

  • MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
  • MPI – Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
  • ZMT – Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

We are very happy to welcome you in such a marine science-related environment close to the northern sea and we are happy to introduce some of the local institutions so you during the conference.

Interactive map of Bremerhaven

Conference Venue

The conference will take place in building T central on the campus of the University of applied science Bremerhaven.

The University can be reached from different directions. You can use the bus stop “Hochschule Bremerhaven/Stadttheater” or “Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum”.

The bus stop “Hochschule Bremerhaven/Stadttheater” can be reached with the lines 509, 508, 502, 505, 506. It is located directly in front of one of the university buildings. Looking towards the historical Geeste-bridge, turn right and move between the buildings towards the pedestrian zone, passing buildings Z, L and K. As soon as you have reached the pedestrian zone and move to the left, you will see building T on the right side It can be recognized by its special diagonal front shape above the stairs which will lead you directly to the entrance.

The bus stop “Dt. Schifffahrtsmuseum” with the lines 501 and 511 is located on the other side of the university. The first thing to do is to move in the direction of the Kennedy bridge. You have to cross the Erich-Koch-Weser-Square straight to the pedestrian zone. Now turn right and you will see Building T.

Pictures: Jan Böllmann

ADDRESS

University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven
An der Karlstadt 8
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany

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Icebreaker Venue

The ICYMARE Icebreaker will take place on 8th of September in Thünen Institute for Sea Fisheries in Bremerhaven.

In addition to some introducing words, social and networking activities and nice aperitifs and beverages, bathrooms will be available, as well as WiFI with eduroam, and a few sitting places.

From the central station of Bremerhaven you can take bus HL (Thünen-Institut) to bus stop Bremerhaven Thünen Institut every once an hour (e.g: 17:42).

ADDRESS

Thünen-Institut für Fischereibiologie
Herwigstraße 31
27572 Bremerhaven
Germany

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