scubish.com: Scuba diving Magdeburg - Germany

Magdeburg is the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a population of 228.775.

Understand

Magdeburg used to be one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.
During the Cold War era Magdeburg's population increased rapidly and the city became
a socially and economically important center of the GDR.
After the German reunification, however, most of the city's economy was shut down.
Although Magdeburg is in a continous modernization process and its cityscape changed rapidly,
it has to face the same problems like almost all cities of the same size in Eastern Germany:
a decline of population due to more attractive jobs in western Germany.
The division of Germany is still visible in some ways.

Nonetheless Magdeburg has become a modern city with numerous interesting sights of high importance and uniqueness, as well as many parks, which make Magdeburg the third greenest city in Germany.
New shopping malls and other attractions have changed the cityscape enormously. Today Magdeburg has the largest retail area in relation to its overall area of whole Germany.
Magdeburg is home of two of Germany's top ranking universities, which make it attractive
to college students from all over Europe. Other scientific insitutions, like the Max-Planck-Insitut, and one of the largest sites of the Fraunhofer Institut, make Magdeburg an important city for international research.

Today's industry includes traditional and also new branches.
The company "Röstfein" is one of the best coffee brands in eastern Germany, and the company
"Abtshof" is known for its traditional and unique vodka production. The world's first artificial
sweetener was produced in Magdeburg and is still in production. The production of wind energy is one of the newer industry branches.

Get in

Magdeburg is situated in central Germany. It is best accessible by car or train.
The east-west freeway (motorway) A2 crosses Magdeburg in the north, the A14
crosses Magdeburg on the west side and has several exits for parts of the city.

The main station in Magdeburg is called "Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof (short: Hbf.)".
This station has seven platforms. Trains arrive every minute.
The German bullet train ICE (InterCity Express) also stops at Magdeburg.

If you need to arrive by plane, you will most likely land in Berlin or Hannover
and then use the motorway A2, or you will land in Leipzig and then use the
motorway A14 or the train to get to Magdeburg, which is very convenient.

If you hitchhike or use mitfahrzentrale along the A2, ask to be dropped off or picked up at Pfahlberg (Media Markt).

Get around

Streetcars, busses and ferries use the same tickets!
Tickets for streetcars, busses and ferries are sold by the operator of the streetcar and bus services MVB (Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe). You can purchase tickets at box offices throughout the city (mostly in the city center), at vending machines or directly from the driver. However, tickets from the driver will be more expensive. Most box offices are closed on weekends, so keep coins for vending machines in your wallet. All tickets are valid for busses, streetcars, and ferry services, although the ferries are offered by a different operator.

Here are the MVB tickets that are relevant for...