Static Roots 2026 · Getting There
The Way to Werden
How to reach the Welcome Night at the JuBB, Essen-Werden · Thursday 9 July
The night before the festival proper, we gather a few kilometres south of Oberhausen, in the old town of Essen-Werden, for the Welcome Night at the JuBB. It is the quiet opening of the weekend. The Southern Fold mark the release of their new album Beneath The Blaze Of The Burning Sun, and the Lincoln Skins open the evening.
The room is sold out, so this is less an invitation than a set of directions, written for the friends who already hold a ticket. Werden sits on the Ruhr, all cobbles and old stone and low evening light, and reaching it is a small pleasure rather than a chore. Here is how to come to us, and how to get home again afterwards.
First, the destination
Wherever you set off from, you are aiming for one place: Werden S-Bahnhof. From the platform it is a seven-minute walk through the old town to the JuBB, Jugend- und Bürgerzentrum Werden, Wesselswerth 10. Doors open at 18:30.
Walking directions →From Oberhausen
If you are already staying with us for the weekend
Take the S3 (every 20 minutes) or the RE49 (hourly) to Essen Hbf, then change to the S6 toward Cologne and ride down to Werden.
Around 45 minutes, door to door
Plan this journey →From Düsseldorf Airport
Flying in · DUS
Take the S11 (every 30 minutes) into Düsseldorf, then change to the S6 (every 20 minutes) and ride north to Werden.
Around 40 minutes
Plan this journey →From Cologne Bonn Airport
Flying in · CGN
Take the S19 (every 20 minutes) to Köln-Deutz, then change to the S6 (every 20 minutes) and ride all the way up to Werden.
Around 90 minutes
Plan this journey →The way home
Back to Oberhausen after the show
From Werden, take the S6 to Essen Hbf (every 30 minutes), then the S3 toward Oberhausen.
Around 45 minutes
The last easy ride back leaves around midnight. Stay later than that and Oberhausen is still within reach, just a little more of an adventure, so keep half an eye on the clock, or find one of us and we will help you sort the way home.
Plan your ride home →One ticket covers the whole chain. Buy through the DB Navigator app or at bahn.com, and a single fare will price your journey correctly, the airport legs included. If you are staying several days and roaming the region, the Deutschlandticket can work out cheaper, so it is worth a quick check against your plans before you buy.
Arriving by car
If you are driving in, a word about the last hundred metres. The JuBB sits on a narrow old street, so do not aim for the door. You will only have to turn around and go looking again. Leave the car a little further out and walk the rest, which in Werden is half the pleasure anyway.
Im Löwental
The dependable choice
A proper parking area on the edge of the old town. Leave the car here, and the walk in takes you straight through Werden.
Around 7 minutes on foot
Open in maps →Kastellplatz
Small, and a little closer
A very small lot nearer the venue. Worth a look if you arrive early, though we would not count on a space on the night.
A couple of minutes on foot
Open in maps →One town on the Ruhr, one quiet night, the whole weekend about to begin.
We will see you on the cobbles.
Peace, love, rock'n'roll
Dietmar