Venue Accommodation Travel

General Information

Venue

The Venue for the ERSA 2012 Congress in Bratislava will take place at the:

University of Economics in Bratislava

Dolnozemská cesta 1

852 35 Bratislava

Slovak Republic

Website: http://www.euba.sk/

Accommodation

For the Accommodation for the ERSA 2012 Congress, the list of hotels selected by the Local Organising Committee will be available as soon as possible before the beginning of the registration to the Congress. 


Please note: The number of rooms is limited. Please book your hotel room well in advance. Rates are guaranteed until May 31st, 2012.

Details on the currency exchange rate.

Traveling

Information on Traveling to / from Bratislava in Slovakia for the 52nd European Congress of the Regional Science Association International August 21 - 25, 2011. By PLANE, TRAIN or BUS … You can get to Bratislava by any means of transport. Here’s some information about all the available options to help you decide which type of transport suits you best. For more details click here http://wikitravel.org/en/Bratislava#b

By PLANE

Two easy ways to reach Bratislava by plane:

Bratislava Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport

  • Bratislava Airport is the largest in the Slovak Republic.
  • www.airportbratislava.sk
  • After leaving the terminal, take bus No 61 (or N61 at night) for a direct connection to the Main Train Station (Hlavná stanica) or change at Trnavské mýto to get to the city center (in order to get to the tram stop, use the underpass and the exit marked "Centrum"; take any tram that does not show the railway station as destination).

Vienna International Airport / Wien Schwechat

  • Vienna International Airport is located ca. 40 km (25 miles) from Bratislava. Most European airlines and a significant number of international airlines have direct connections to Vienna from their respective hubs.
  • www.viennaairport.com
  • Postbus/Slovak Lines (Bus). Bus run almost every hour between Sudtiroler Platz and Vienna Airport and Bratislava Bus Station, some buses run as far as Bratislava Airport.
  • www.slovaklines.sk
  • Blaguss (Bus). 10 buses a day between Vienna Airport and Bratislava city centre. www.blaguss.sk
  • Train. Unfortunately, trains from Vienna to Bratislava do not stop at Vienna airport.

By TRAIN

Most international trains stop at the main train station (Bratislava hlavná stanica) that has a good connections to buses and trams http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/public-transport.html.

  • Vienna: 1–1¼h, hourly regional expresses.
  • Prague: 4¼h, EC trains every 2 hours.
  • Berlin: 9h, two direct EC trains, another two with change in Prague and through sleeper cars attached to EN Metropol..
  • Budapest: 2¾h, six EC trains a day, departing from Budapest Keleti station.
  • Warszawa: 8¼h in through cars on EC Praha;
  • Belgrade: 11½h with direct EC Avala, 12¾h with change at Budapest.
  • Kiev: 28h, daily night train with through cars from Moscow (42 h). The train is often delayed.
  • www.zsr.sk

By BUS

Coach lines connect Bratislava with all of Slovakia, a high number of Czech cities and a number of EU destinations, including London, Paris and daily buses also depart to Budapest. The most frequent international coach connection by far is Vienna though, with two lines running almost every hour from Vienna’s Sudtirolerplatz near Sudbahnhof via Vienna International Airport:

By CAR

  • Bratislava lies on the border of two other countries and has a relatively good road system. The town can be accessed by motorways (i.e. limited access highway) from northern Slovakia and Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary as well as Austria. Together with countries like Austria and Czech Republic it’s required to have a sticker on your windshield to drive on motorways.