Dates
August 11: Registration deadline (later registration uncertain)
September 21-23: Forth200x meeting
September 23-25: EuroForth 2011 conference
On the first day of each meeting, there is lunch at 1pm, and the
conference starts at 2:30pm. On Sunday the conference ends with lunch
at 1pm-2:30pm; afterwards there is the optional 4th day (typically
hiking).
Traveling to Vienna
[Information
on the hotel's site]
By plane
Vienna
airport is about 20 Minutes by bus or train from the city centre.
A number of low-cost airlines (and many others) fly to
Vienna: Niki,
and Air
Berlin, EasyJet, Germanwings
fly here. There are a number of ways to get to the hotel: The
cheapest (EUR 3.6; that includes public transport in Vienna, unlike
the other options) and therefore least well-announced is to take the
S-train to station "Wien Mitte" (24min). You can also take a bus (EUR
6) to the Subway station "Schwedenplatz" (20min) or a CAT train (EUR
9) to "Wien Mitte" (16 min), or a taxi (~EUR 35) to the hotel (20
min). For a schedule of the public transport options input "Vienna
airport" (or "Flughafen Wien") and "Wien Taubstummengasse"
into this
form. More
information on public transport options and
there's even
more. See below for how to get from the stations to the hotel in
Vienna.
For the adventurous, Bratislava
airport is a 2-hour bus ride from Vienna; Ryanair flies there. For the
bus ride to and from Vienna, you need to
make a reservation: Tel.+43 810 222333-6 or
airportlines@postbus.at. This bus arrives at the
subway station Südtiroler Platz. See below for further arrival
information.
By train
Most trains arrive at the Westbahnhof or the Bahnhof Wien Meidling.
Check this site for connections.
You can also input "Taubstummengasse" or "Paulanergasse" as
destinations and you will get a public transport schedule close to
your hotel. From the train stations a taxi ride to the hotel should
cost around EUR10.
By car
The address of the Hotel is Wiedner Hauptstr. 27-29. Note that only
short-term parking is allowed on the streets near the hotel. There is
a parking garage (EUR 19.5/day in 2008) close to the hotel.
From Schwedenplatz to the hotel
A taxi from there to the hotel would be about EUR 10. For public
transport (EUR 1.8), you take the subway U1 direction Reumannplatz for
tthree stations and arrive at station Taubstummengasse. You
leave the station in the direction towards the rear of the train you
used, and find your position on the map,
and walk to the hotel.
From Südtiroler Platz to the hotel
A taxi from there to the hotel would be below EUR 10. For public
transport: You take the subway U1 (direction Leopoldau) for one
station and leave at station Taubstummengasse. You leave the station
in the direction towards the front of the train you used, and find
your position on the map, and walk to the
hotel.
From Wien Mitte to the hotel
A taxi from there to the hotel would be about EUR 10. For public
transport (EUR 1.8), you take the subway U4 direction Hütteldorf for two
stations and arrive at station Karlsplatz. There you walk or take
tramway 62 or 65 until you arrive at Paulanergasse (1-3 stops
depending on where you get on), find your position on the map and walk to the hotel.
From Westbahnhof to the hotel
A taxi from there to the hotel would be about EUR 10. For public
transport, you take the subway U3 direction Simmering, for five stops
until stop "Stephansplatz", then change to U1 direction Reumannplatz
for two stops until stop "Taubstummengasse". You leave the station in
the direction towards the back of the train you used, and find your
position on the map, and walk to the
hotel.
From Meidling Train Station to the hotel
A taxi from there to the hotel would be about EUR 10. For public
transport, you take the tramway 62 in front of the station in
direction Zentrum/Oper, which you ride until you arrive at station
Paulanergasse (about 10-15 minutes). There you find your position on
the map and walk to the hotel.
The Conference Hotel
The conference hotel is Hotel Erzherzog
Rainer, a 4-star hotel near the city centre and close to the
meeting room.
Getting around in Vienna
Vienna has a good public transport system, so you do not need taxis or
a car to get around in Vienna. The conference site and hotels are
near one of the central hubs of the Vienna public transport system,
the station "Karlsplatz", where three subways and a number of tramway
and bus lines meet. More
information on public transport in Vienna.
The meeting room is about 300m from the conference hotel; you find
the area shown on this map.
Sightseeing
The City of Vienna with its sights and cultural institutions (St. Stephen's
Cathedral, Imperial
Palace, the City Hall,
the National
Library, the Museum of Fine
Arts, the Secession,
Staatsoper, Burgtheater, Volkstheater etc.) is within
walking distance of the conference site and hotels, and also some
other sights (e.g., the Austrian
Gallery at the Upper
Belvedere).
Other sights are easily reachable by public transport: E.g., Schönbrunn Palace (6
stops with subway U4 direction Hütteldorf from stop "Karlsplatz" to
stop "Schönbrunn"), the Giant Ferris
Wheel (5 stops with subway U1 direction Kagran from stop
"Taubstummengasse" to stop "Praterstern").
Currency
The Euro (EUR) is the Austrian currency.
Weather
Weather in Vienna in September is usually dry (mean precipitation in
September: 42mm) and sunny, with a mean daily maximum temparature of
20 degrees C. However, we might be out of luck and get rain and
temperatures of 10 degrees C, or a heat wave and 30 degrees C.
Travel documents
Austria is part of the Schengen system. This
table shows visa requirements for entering Austria, and you can
find more information about document and visa requirements here or
through the Austrian consulate in your country.
Anton Ertl