  We report on the first experimental setup based on a 2D-/3D-MOT scheme to
create both Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases of several
ytterbium isotopes. Our setup does not require a Zeeman slower and offers the
flexibility to simultaneously produce ultracold samples of other atomic
species. Furthermore, the extraordinary optical access favors future
experiments in optical lattices. A 2D-MOT on the strong 1S0-1P1 transition
captures ytterbium directly from a dispenser of atoms and loads a 3D-MOT on the
narrow 1S0-3P1 intercombination transition. Subsequently, atoms are transferred
to a crossed optical dipole trap and cooled evaporatively to quantum
degeneracy.
