The Rupy Conference will be held in Poznań, Poland.

Find some more information in following sections:

• Conference place
• Accommodation
• G33k Party Place
• How to get to Poznań

Conference Place

RuPy 2009 will be held at Collegium Mathematicum – seat of Adam Mickiewicz University Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science located in Morasko Campus at north of Poznań. The Campus is easily reachable with tram lines 12, 14, 15 and 16 from Most Teatralny. For more details see map below.

Polish name and address:

Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki
Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
Collegium Mathematicum
ul. Umultowska 87
61-614 Poznań
Tel. (0-61) 829-5308
Tel. fax 829-5315
E-mail: wmiuam@amu.edu.pl

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G33k Party Place

Polish name and address:

Mood Club & Restaurant
ul. Półwiejska 18,
61-888 Poznań
tel. 061 8 530 530
E-mail: mood@moodclub.pl

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Accommodation

Poznań offers variety of accommodation facilities. You can choose out from luxury hotels as well as from cosy hostels – both in city center and in more quiet locations. For someone not familiar with city it may be hard to choose the right location – for that reason we prepared the list of hostels near center of Poznań (consult “How to get there” section to see how to travel to conference place). We hope it will help you plan your trip to RuPy 2009.

More information on accommodation can be found in Poznań City Guide.

Hotels Combined provides a price comparison system, and there is a 10% rebate on accommodation cost available to participants of RuPy 2009 who book through one of their participating websites. You can find more information from their conference support scheme pages. To take advantage of this, you will need to book through their website.

Remember that you may use RuPy Discussions group to find travel or room mates.

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How to get to Poznań

Plane

Ławica Airport is located 7 km from the city centre, in the vicinity of the route leading directly to the major city points and next to the road out of Poznań to Berlin and Warsaw. It is possible to get to the city centre from the airport using line 78 or 59 (buses stop 30 meters from the passenger terminal). Passengers have air – conditioned, spacious arrival and departure halls at their disposal as well as travel agencies, an elegant restaurant, bars, banks, shops, Internet cafe, car rental points and viewing area. Next to the airport hall exit there is a TAXI rank, it is however worthwhile calling RADIO TAXI.

For more information visit the site http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/en/

Train

All trains coming to Poznań stop at Poznań Main Railway Station (Poznań Główny). The Railway Station is composed of two buildings: the Main Hall (Hala Główna) and the West Railway Station (Dworzec Zachodni) connected by a subway. There are direct connections with almost all bigger cities in Poland. Trains from Warsaw (capitol of Poland) come every hour. There are few types of trains in Poland:

• passenger train (pociąg osobowy) – slow but unexpensive, stop at almost every station (even the smallest ones)
• fast train (pociąg pospieszny) – much more comfortable, stop only on bigger stations
• express (pociąg ekspresowy) – expensive but fast, stop on only a few most important stations

To the last category we can count IC (InterCity) and EC (EuroCity) trains. When you buy a ticket for IC or EC you must also buy a place reservation. This is obligatory (unless you are told that there are no more free places – in that case you have to accept a standing place or wait for the next train) but it ensures that you will have a sitting place. On the reservation ticket you will find a number of a car and place (all places have their numbers). Please remember that if you miss the train you can get a full refund for your ticket but there are NO refunds for reservations.
The last category that has to be mentioned is TLK (Tanie Linie Kolejowe, The
Cheap Railways). This category is similar to IC (the cars have even IC sign painted on them) but both tickets and place reservations are much cheaper. On the contrary the cars are in a bit worse condition and the trains are slower (but only a little, e.g. on the line Poznań-Warsaw the difference between IC and TLK is only about 15-30 minutes).

More information and an electronic timetable can be found on official PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe, Polish National Railways) web site.

The Railway Station is located in the city centre, just next to the Poznań International Fair venue (Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie). In the Main Hall there are kiosks, shops, fast food restaurants, ATM and Glob – Tour tourist information.
Passengers can get to the city by tram or bus – the nearest tram stop is next to the West Railway Station. Trams no. 5, 8, 14 and 18 leave the stop. In the vicinity of the Main Hall exit there is a municipal bus stop for lines 51, 68 and 76. At night, also night buses approach the stop. To get to the tram stop, passengers should use stairs or a lift leading to the Railway Bridge (Most Dworcowy). There, passengers can use trams no. 6, 10, 11 and 12. TAXI ranks are located next to the Main Hall and the West Railway Station exit. It is advisable, however, to call RADIO TAXI in a point located in the Main Hall.

Bus

PKS Station (Bus Transport Company) is located in Towarowa street 17/19. It provides both domestic and international transport services. Apart from ticket offices, kiosks, bar and PKS information point also travel agencies selling tickets for international routes are located in the bus station hall. In front of the station there is a tram stop for lines no. 6, 10, 11 and 12.

There are connections with bigger polish cities and even some european. Please refer to your local bus company for more information. Those who speak polish may visit Poznań bus company web site (unfortunatelly there is no english version).

Car

You can get to Poznań driving A2 motorway (access from the west direction: from Nowy Tomyśl – 108 km from Świecko, where national route no. 2 is connected with the motorway to Warsaw – a charge is payable for using it; access from the east direction: from Konin, Modła road junction), national routes no. 92, 5 (east – west direction) and no. 11 (north – south). The city centre is covered by the Parking Zone. Fare is collected for each vehicle parked within the zone. Drivers pay the parking fee in parking meters located along streets in the city centre. The Parking Zone borders are marked with B-39 road sign. Divers coming to the city are recommended to leave their cars in guarded car parks and specially prepared buffer car parking lots placed around the Parking Zone.