This week I visited the Electronica trade show in Munich; Europe's largest in this industry branch. The trade fair centre - Neue Messe Muenchen - was under construction in the late 1990s before I moved back to the UK, however I have never taken a look at it. In my decade in Germany I often represented my company at Electronica. In those days however the trade show as at the old fairground to the west of the Theresienwiese.
The Messestadt is well served by public transport with two U-bahn (underground) stations and plenty of bus connections.
There is an entrance building at both east and west ends of the centre. The photo above shows the west entrance.
The exhibition halls are in three rows (A, B & C) with a large green space between each row of halls. On the first day it was pleasant enough to sit outside, but on my second day there was constant rainfall. The photo above looks towards the end of the B row with the A row out of view on the right.
Most exhibition halls are 161 metres long and 71 metres wide and have extensive spaces in between presumably for vehicles when setting up and tearing down exhibition stands.
Inside the halls have a vast volume.
I only stuck to row A at Electronica but that row alone accomodated a huge number of stands.
