Osnabrueck is located at the very centre of the European market. From the intersection of the motorways and railway lines connecting Amsterdam, Hannover, and Berlin as well as Hamburg, the Rhine and Ruhr areas, 68% of the citizens of the European Union can be reached by truck within 24 hours. Ninety percent can be reached within 48 hours. These outstanding traffic connections make Osnabrueck the preferred location for doing business in northwestern Germany. By road, you can reach Cologne, Hamburg, Hannover, Kassel and Amsterdam via the federal motorways 1, 30 or 33 in approximately two hours.