Neumünster is connected via four exits to the Autobahn A7 (Hamburg-Flensburg) and via highways B430 and B205 as well by smaller roads to other cities in Schleswig-Holstein. For visiting events in "Holstenhalle" use the exit Neumünster-Nord to avoid driving through the city.
The city is a main railroad hub for Deutsche Bahn AG, Nordbahn, AKN and Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn.
*[wiki=22fb77eba93786121faa55c581785893]ICE[/wiki] (high speed train) connections: to Hamburg, Kiel, Rendsburg, Schleswig and Flensburg (and further to Denmark)
*[wiki=3fd6b696867d70225deda7868308679b]EC[/wiki]/[wiki=dc3a6c32f5a8d1f8a8e264566f815ed7]IC[/wiki] (EuroCity/InterCity) train connections to: to Hamburg, Kiel, Rendsburg, Schleswig and Flensburg (and further to Denmark)
*Regional train (Deutsche Bahn AG) connections to Hamburg, Kiel, Rendsburg, Schleswig, Kiel, Flensburg
*Regional train (Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn SHB) connections to: Heide (and further to Büsum/Northsea)
*Regional train (Nordbahn) connections to: Bad Oldesloe (and further to Lübeck with Deutsche Bahn AG)
*Regional train (AKN) to Kaltenkirchen and Hamburg
Lübeck is connected by train only via Bad Oldesloe by Nordbahn trains.
Caution: Neumünster has three railway stations - Hauptbahnhof (central station), Südbahnhof (southern station) and Neumünster-Stadtwald. All train services serve Hauptbahnhof. AKN and Nordbahn are serving Südbahnhof, too. SHB serves Neumünster-Stadtwald, too. (For all AKN, SHB and Nordbahn trains Hauptbahnhof is the final destination.) When you have to change trains from AKN, Nordbahn or SHB to another train service make sure that you do not leave your train too early at Südbahnhof or Neumünster-Stadtwald!
Hamburg airport is the nearest public airport and is connected to Neumünster by a special motor coach ("Kielius" [http://www.kielius.de]) operated hourly by Autokraft. There is a reduced price for return tickets. Tickets have to be bought by the driver. (Caution: they do not accept credit cards!)
The remainders of a World War II airforce base are used as a privat airport for small private planes and helicopters.
Lübeck airport can be reached by train via Lübeck main station.
Autokraft motor coach connections to Hamburg and Kiel
*Motor coach connections to Plön and some other regional places
"Holstenköste" [url=http://www.koeste.de/]:]the largest but one city fiesta in Schleswig-Holstein only topped by [[Kieler Woche[/url]]. 4 days in June with some 200.000 visitors.
*"Weinköste" [url=http://www.weinkoeste.de/]:]a smaller fiesta on the subject of wine and eating in September.
*Schleswig-Holstein Musik-Festival [url=http://www.shmf.de[/url]:]several concerts of the festival take place in Neumünster, especially in the "Holstenhalle", a big hall usually used for conventions and cattle auctions. (Leonard Bernstein once praised its outstanding acoustics. Not kidding!)
*NordBau [url=http://www.nordbau.de[/url]:]one of Germany's largest fairs for constructional engineering.
*Equestrian sports: several important events take place in the "Holstenhalle" [http://www.holstenhallen.com/[/url].
*Horse auctions: Trakehner [http://www.trakehner-verband.de/] and Holsteiner.
Lake "Einfelder See" borders on Neumünster in the north with some small beaches, barbecue sites and a sailing area.
*Two parks are located in the inner city as well as two woods in the north and the east.
*The local zoo "Tierpark Neumünster" [url=http://www.tierparkneumuenster.de/]]shows a lot of local animals as well as polar bears and brown bears and a special children's section.
Beaches of the baltic sea ([[Kiel[/url]], [wiki=9c2d3cbc159f75ad6ed26b443cb9380b]Schönberg[/wiki]) are some 40 km away, those of the North Sea ([wiki=bb749f97825c5324f99fab14835a36d0]Büsum[/wiki], [wiki=c7a6f94ef31bd891f6f9b77a6d249dde]St.Peter Ording[/wiki]) some 60 km.
A local monthly magazine ("Treffpunkt Neumünster") is available in print and online. [http://www.treffpunkt-nms.de/]