SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator is located in the internationally acclaimed Leipzig Old Cotton Mill (Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei), a creative and artistic facility in Leipzig’s hippest Plagwitz district, to the west of the city center. This part of the city has been hailed as a boom area in magazines such as the New York Times and Wirtschaftswoche. Other initiatives such as the Business & Innovation Centre (BIC) Leipzig or the GaraGe (VDI) contribute to the creative and innovative culture of Plagwitz. Many other startups such as Spreadshirt, itCampus and Futalis have settled in the western part of Leipzig.
The city center can be reached within a few minutes by rail (S-Bahn; 9 minutes to central station), tram lines 7, 14, 15 (~15 minutes to central station), car (~15 minutes to central station) or bike (~20 minutes to the main station). Leipzig has a well-connected airport.