Modern Computational Science - Summer School
Arrival
Please arrange your travel plans to arrive
at the hotel on
You will be informed by E-Mail which hotel you will
be staying in (except, of course, if you have chosen the "reduced fee"
registration option and will take care of accommodation yourself,
or are a local student).
At the hotels, a registration desk
where you can
check-in will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It is strongly recommended that you check in on Sunday evening.
You will also obtain a ticket which allows you to use
the public transportation system (busses) within Oldenburg
(valid from August 16, 2009, through August 28, 2009).
In case you arrive late (or are not staying in one of the above hotels)
you can also register on the next morning between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.,
see check-in.
For participants staying at
Zum Lindenhof
a dinner will be available on Sunday evening.
Unfortunately, the Hotel Sprenz
has no restaurant, but it is very close to the City of Oldenburg
with plenty of opportunities to eat out.
The Summer School will start on
Sunday, August 16, 2009, until 6 p.m.
If you can't make it until then, please let us know about your late
arrival.
It may take (depending on connections) up to one hour and a half to get
from Bremen Airport to Oldenburg Central Station ("Oldenburg Hbf").
From there, it takes approximately half an hour to get to the
hotel Zum Lindenhof by bus,
while the Hotel Sprenz
is within walking distance.
Monday, August 17, 2009, at 9 a.m.,
with some opening remarks, including a welcome by the Dean of Science.
Departure
You should check out from the hotel on
Friday, August 28, 2009, until noon.
You can store, however, your luggage in a designated room
and pick it up after the end of the Summer School.
The last lecture will end at 12:15 p.m.
If you need one or more additional nights, you have to make your own
arrangements with the hotel.
How to get to Oldenburg
- By plane:
The closes airport is
Bremen.
From there, you can get to Bremen Central Station
via Tramway No. 6, which stops near the check-in desks (see the
overview plan).
You have to buy tickets at the vending machines
before boarding the Tramway (you cannot buy tickets on the Tramway!).
If you use the RB/RE trains (see below), you need to buy only one ticket
from Bremen Airport to Oldenburg which is valid for the Tramway,
the regional train, and the bus that takes you to the hotel,
and which costs about 10 Euros.
From Bremen Central station (floor plan), trains run to Oldenburg on a regular schedule. There are two categories of trains: the "RB/RE" (Regional / Regional Express Train), and the "IC" (Intercity Train), which is faster, but also a little more expensive. Tickets for the RB/RE trains must be bought at the vending machines and cost approximately 10 Euros (if you arrive from Bremen Airport, you can already buy your ticket there, see above). For the IC trains, you can purchase tickets at the counter. You may want to check the schedules (valid on Sunday August 16, 2009) for the RB/RE trains and and for the IC trains (there are earlier and later trains, too).Once you are at Oldenburg Central Station, see below how to get to the hotels.
- By train: If you plan on arriving by train, choose Oldenburg Central Station ("Oldenburg Hbf") as your destination. Depending on where you come from, you may have to transfer at Bremen Central Station (see above). See below how to get to the hotels from Oldenburg Central Station.
- By car: Drivers are referred to one of the numerous route planners available freely on the internet (e.g., www.de.map24.com). As destinations, enter "Oldenburg, Zum Lindenhof" or "Oldenburg, Hotel Sprenz".
How to get to the hotel (from Oldenburg Central Station)
- To hotel Zum Lindenhof: Follow the signs to the Central Bus Terminal ("ZOB"), which is located near the North Entrance of the Station. Get onto the bus No. 309 to "Wildenloh/Petersfehn/Eschenplatz", which departs from Platform A. On Sundays, the bus runs every 30 minutes. Tickets cost 2 Euros and can be bought in the bus, but also at the vending machines (if you arrive from Bremen Airport, you do not need to buy a new ticket, see above). Exit at Schramperweg, which is just a few meters from the hotel. The trip takes about 25 minutes.
- To
Hotel Sprenz:
The hotel is within walking distance, see the map below.
Alternatively, you can proceed to the Central Bus Terminal (ZOB)
and take one of the following lines: 301 to "Ofenerfeld",
302 to "BBS Wechloy", 303 to "Heidkamp", and 324 to "Infanterieweg".
The bus ticket is 2 Euros.
Exit at "Pferdemarkt" (two stops from ZOB).
How to get to the Wechloy Campus
- From hotel
Zum Lindenhof:
The hotel is a 15-minutes walk away from the Wechloy Campus
of the University of Oldenburg, where the Faculty of Mathematics
and Science is located and the Summer School will take place.
From the hotel, walk 200 meters along Bloherfelder Str, then
turn left into "Hartenscher Damm".
When this road ends, turn left into "Drögen-Hasen-Weg".
After 50 meters, turn right into a small pedestrian and cyclist path.
There should be signs guiding you to the main entrance
(cf. the
map of the Wechloy Campus).
The main entrance is indicated by an arrow (building "W1 Mathematik").
- From
Hotel Sprenz
you have several options:
- Walk to the bus stop "Pferdemarkt" (see the map above) and take one of the bus lines 301, 302, 303, and 324, to the Central Bus Terminal (ZOB). Exit there, and get onto the bus No. 306 to "Universität, C.v.Ossietzky Str". The Wechloy Campus is the terminal stop, and the trip takes about 11 minutes. The bus stops in front of the main entrance.
- You can also walk to the Central Bus Terminal from the hotel (about 5 to 10 minutes).
- Walk to the bus stop "Lappan" (about 300 meters from the hotel) and get onto the bus No. 306 there.