Thuringia · Germany
Where to stay in Jena
Jena is a city in Thuringia, Germany, home to about 109,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Jena, with about 26 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May, June, August and September
- Nearest airport
- ERF44 km · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Jena
Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000.
Jena (pronounced yay-nah) has probably existed since at least the 9th century AD, and became a town around 1230. Part of the State of Thuringia since its foundation in 1920, it was incorporated into the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1949, as was its district of Gera in 1952. Since 1990, the city of Jena has again been a part of a reunited Germany's state of Thuringia. Jena has the biggest university in Thuringia. Its ratio of students to the total inhabitants, one in four, is one of the highest in Germany.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Jena
See
- Markt
- Göhre
- St Michael's church
- Schiller's garden house
- Schillerkirche
- Anatomieturm
- Johannistor
- Botanical Garden
- Volkshaus
- Optisches Museum Jena
- Paradies
- JenTower
Do
- Zeiss-Planetarium
- Theaterhaus Jena
- Jenaer Philharmonie
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Jena
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Jena Teichgraben aparthotel | 26 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Jena
12 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Grüne Tanne | 0.8 km | |
| Steigenberger Esplanade Jena | 0.4 km | |
| Ziegenböcke | 17.1 km | |
| Best Western Hotel Jena | 4.2 km | |
| Fair Resort Hotel Jena | 6.7 km | |
| Hotel am Schloß Apolda | 11.6 km | |
| Hotel VielHarmonie | 0.5 km | |
| Landhotel & Restaurant Kains Hof | 23.3 km | |
| Maxx Hotel Jena | 5.3 km | |
| Rittergut Positz | 22.7 km | |
| Scala Turm Hotel Restaurant | 0.2 km | |
| Zur Schweiz | 0.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Jena
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Jena are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 86 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Jena: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ, 71 km) and Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, 124 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
While Jena does not have its own commercial airport, it is well-connected to several international hubs.
Getting around
Jena is a compact city, and most major sights, university buildings, and shops in the city centre are easily accessible by foot. However, the city also boasts an efficient and extensive public transport system operated by Jenaer Nahverkehr. The network consists of five tram lines and numerous bus routes that cover nearly every corner of the city. Services typically run from 04:00 until 01:00. While not the cheapest in Germany, the fares are standard for the region (part of the VMT - Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen).
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
LEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport
KLV · Karlovy Vary Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Jena
Eat
As Jena is a student town and a town in the east of Germany, prices are slightly lower than in Western Germany. Thuringian specialties are: Thüringer Rostbratwurst (Thuringian roaster sausage), Rostbrätel (roasted meat). These can be found at the Grillteufel food stalls.
Stay safe
Although Germany's east is considered to be a bit more dangerous for people looking "foreign", this is generally not a problem in Jena due to the city's international outlook thanks to the many students and specialists at the high-tech plants. Jena is among the towns with the highest ratio of foreigners in eastern Germany. So just take those measures you would normally take in the town you come from. Though, when using the tram to the less well-off suburbs at night, the risk of encountering unpleasant people rises (Germany's most infamous far-right terrorist group originated from a suburb of Jena).
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Jena
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Jena: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Jena?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Jena are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 86 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Jena?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ, 71 km) and Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, 124 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Jena?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Jena
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.