Directions

Addresses

CERN has two main sites, one in France and the other in Switzerland. The visitor reception can be found at the Meyrin site in Switzerland. For postal addresses and other contact information, please visitour contact page.

Visitor receptionCERN Community Support Centre

Science Gateway
Esplanade des Particules 1
1217 Meyrin
Switzerland

Building 33
Esplanade des Particules 1
1217 Meyrin
Switzerland

How to get to CERN

For information about goods reception, please visit theSite and Civil Engineering (SCE) department's website.

Location of the visitor reception:


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How to get to CERN

By plane

From Geneva International Airport at Cointrin

  • Taxi: approximately 35 CHF.
  • Public transport: take bus 23, 28 or 57 and get off at "Blandonnet" and then catch tram 18orbus 68to the final stop "CERN".
    See theTPG web site for full details.

By train

From Geneva railway station at Cornavin (Gare Cornavin)

Public transport: taketram 18 to "CERN", which is the final stop. Ticket costs 3 CHF (Ticket "Tout Genève" on the ticket machine).
See theTPG web site for full details.

By car

GPS location

Address: 1, Esplanade des Particules, Meyrin, Switzerland
Reception: Lat: 46.233058, Long: 6.055692

From the Swiss side

Follow "Aeroport", "Lyon" or "Meyrin". When in Meyrin head for "St. Genis" (which is just across the border in France). Before you get to St. Genis, CERN is on the left hand side of the "Route de Meyrin", just before the border crossing.

From the French side

Follow "Gex" or "St. Genis". When in St. Genis head for the border. CERN is on your right hand side immediately after the border crossing.

Once you get here…