Travel information and accommodation
Accommodation
The conference is organized in the scenic landscape of the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts (North-Eastern Moravia region, Czech Republic). Hotel is situated just at the viewpoint (524 m a.s.l.) in the Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem municipality.
- GPS: N 49°32.9489 E 18°17.0104
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Travel information
By car: The venue is located quite near the main highways and the arrival is not complicated.
The entrance from the main road in the Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem municipality will be indicated by arrows which will lead you directly to the conference venue.
By train: The Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem municipality is available by local train approximately every hour. The best connection is from the Ostrava City (from “Ostrava - Main railway station”) or from the town of Valašské Meziříčí. Both, Valašské Meziříčí and Ostrava, have their fast train connections from Prague, Vienna, Bratislava or Warszawa. The applicable suitable railway connection you can find there:
As a final destination choose “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” railway station.
From the train station, there is a tourist pathway signed by the yellow marks which will lead you directly to the conference venue.
By airplane: The conference venue is accessible from several international airports:
- Leos Janacek Ostrava Airport:
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- travel from the “Leos Janacek Ostrava Airport”: by local train to “Ostrava - Main railway station”, by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” railway station
- duration: 2 h
- Václav Havel Airport Prague:
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- travel from the Václav Havel Airport Prague: by city bus to the “Prague – Main railway station”, than by fast train to the “Ostrava - Main railway station”, by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station
- duration: 4,5 h
- Vienna International Airport
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- travel from the Vienna International Airport: by fast train to “Ostrava - Main railway station, than by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station
- duration: 5 – 6 h
- Katowice Airport
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- travel from the Katowice Airport: by fast train to “Ostrava – Main railway station”, than by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station; or by coach to “Ostrava – Main railway station” and than by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station
- duration: 4 – 6 h
- Bratislava Airport:
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- travel from Bratislava Airport: from the “Bratislava – Main railway station” to “Ostrava - Main railway station”, than by local train to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station
- duration: 6 h
Train tickets
The train tickets for the fast trains are available on-line depending on the chosen operator. The whole travel from the cities with airports to Ostrava is possible to order from the Czech Railways website.
There are two other companies operating very cheap fast trains from Prague to Ostrava:
All the tickets are available also directly at the train stations, but your seat cannot be guaranteed.
The tickets for the local train from “Ostrava – Main railway station” to “Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem” station are available here: www.cd.cz/eshop or are available for sale at train stations.
Weather information
The September in the Czech Republic is usually quite nice with sunny days, temperature around 15 °C. But, there could be also changing weather with rain or even snow, or, on the contrary, very nice sunny days with temperature above 20 °C.
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