By plane
The major airports in the region are in Berlin, Leipzig/Halle airport code: LEJ and Dresden.Berlin currently has two airports, Berlin-Tegel TXL and Berlin-Schoenefeld SXF. Currently Schönefeld is extended to become Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport BBI, which is planned to open in 2013 and replace the existing airports. The extensive construction site is a tourist sight in its own right..
Major international airports outside Eastern Germany but somewhat close would be Hamburg, Prague and Warsaw.
By train
Germany has an extensive train network, and the area is well connected with trains from all over Germany and the bordering countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.Berlin Central Station functions as hub of train transport in Eastern Germany.The most prestigeous line of the German train company Deutsche Bahn is the high-speed line Hamburg-Berlin, where hourly InterCityExpresses can go up to 300km/h fast.Other major inter city connections connected by EuroCity-trains or InterCityExpresses would be Kopenhagen-Hamburg-Berlin-Dresden-Prague, Warsaw-Berlin, Berlin-Leipzig-Munich and Leipzig-Frankfurt/Main.Besides that there is an extensive network of regional trains servicing smaller cities.
By car
Germany is famous for its network of motorways and since the reunion of 1990 the network has been extended and upgraded. You can get into the area from everywhere in Germany quite fast and convenient, however, the connections from neighbouring Poland or the Czech Republic are still in development and you might find a massive difference in road quality on both sides of the German border.