Welcome to Bratislava!
 

Venue

IWSSIP'99 Workshop will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FEI), Slovak Technical University in Bratislava.

Bratislava can be reached from two international airports:

From central railway station, you can reach the faculty by bus No. 44.

From central bus station at Mlynske Nivy, the trolley-bus No. 217 can be taken to Kollarovo nam. You must then change to bus No. 31 or 39.

Of course, taxi is the most convenient choice to reach the conference. For all the traces mentioned herein, you should pay for the taxi from about 200 to max. 400 slovak crowns (Sk).

 

Address

 

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Slovak Technical Univesity
Ilkovicova 3
812 19 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Phone: +421 7 68279444
Fax: +421 7 68279601

Local Information

Bratislava

The official web page of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is http://www.bratislava.sk/. Useful information can be found on web pages of Bratislava Information Service at http://www.isnet.sk/bis/
 
Weather

The daily maximum in the beginning of June can be as high as 28 degrees Celsius. But, there is also possibility of rainy days with lower temperatures. Good weather forecast for Bratislava can be found at http://www.intellicast.com/weather/bts/.

 

Transport

Bratislava-Schwechat airport-Wien and vice versa:
 
Bratislava - Wien
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Wien, Mitte arrival
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Bratislava, bus station
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There is a possibility of change the arrival and departure times in the end of May. In such case we will inform you.
Public transportation: bus, tram, trolley-bus; one ticket costs 10 Sk

 
Currency

 

The currency in Slovakia is Slovak crown (Sk).
1 EUR = appx. 45 Sk, 1 USD = appx. 42 Sk.
Check out the exact exchange rates at http://www.nbs.sk/KL/AKTKLEN.HTM.

Phone Codes

Slovakia telephone country code: 421
Bratislava area code: 7 (outside Slovakia)
07 (inside Slovakia)

Accommodation

Hotel Danube****
Rybne nam. 1
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 54414311
Phone: +421 7 59340834
 

Hotel Forum****
Hodzovo nam. 2
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 54414645
Phone: +421 7 59348142

Hotel Tatra***
Nam. 1. Maja 5
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 323587
Phone: +421 7 52931654

Hotel Echo**
Presovska 39
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 55569174
Phone: +421 7 55569170

Hotel Nivy**
Liscie Nivy 3
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 55410389
Phone: +421 7 55410390

Hotel Turist**
Ondavska 5
Bratislava
Fax: +421 7 50238263
Phone: +421 7 55572789
 

Public transportation to the hotels:

Central railway station ® Forum, Tatra: bus 47, 93
Central railway station ® Danube: tram 1
Central railway station ® Echo, Nivy, Turist: bus 74

Central bus station ® Forum, Tatra: trolley-bus 217
Central bus station ® Danube: bus 30
Central bus station ® Echo, Nivy, Turist: bus 78

Public transportation from hotels to the faculty:

Forum ® faculty: tram 1,5,9
Tatra® faculty: bus 31, 39
Danube® faculty: tram 4, 12
Echo, Nivy, Turist ® faculty: bus 39