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9th
EMBL/EMBO Joint Conference 2008 |
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November 2008, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
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| Systems and Synthetic Biology:
Scientific and Social Implications
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by Plane |
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Frankfurt International Airport
Frankfurt International airport is the closest
[about 80 km] and most convenient airport for
Heidelberg.
An Airport Shuttle Service [door-to-door] is the
most convenient way to get to Heidelberg. You will
be picked up at the meeting point in either Terminal
1, Arrivals Level B or Terminal 2, Arrivals Level
E [between exits D and E] and taken directly to
your hotel or EMBL. Please book 2-3 days in advance
and be sure to let the company know place of departure,
flight number, arrival time and terminal. Prices
range from 35,00–42,00 Euro.
Wörns Flughafenzubringer
Tel: +49 [0] 6227 55955
Fax: +49 [0] 6227 55061
Online Reservation
York Airport Service
Tel: +49 [0] 6226 990135
Fax: +49 [0] 6226 990345
E-mail: york-airport-service@t-online.de
Airport Business Service
Mietwagen – Flughafentransfer – Kurierfahrten
Tel: +49 [0] 6222 774100
Fax: +49 [0] 6222 774110
E-mail: info@abs-flughafentransfer.de
Online Reservation
The Lufthansa Bus to Heidelberg leaves from
Terminal 1 on the Arrivals Level, Exit
B3. It leaves once an hour, seven days a week,
between 08:00–23:00. It costs 19,00 Euro
one way [35,00 Euro return ticket] and it
arrives in Heidelberg at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Kurfürstenanlage 1–3 [city centre]. You
do not need to be a Lufthansa passenger in order
to use this service. Lufthansa
Bus schedule
There are two railway stations at Frankfurt
Airport with routes to Heidelberg as follows:
The long distance trains leave from the Fernbahnhof
and are the faster but more expensive option. It
is usually necessary to change at Mannheim. Single
tickets cost around 22,00 Euro depending on the
class of train [ICE, IC or EC].
The regional trains leave from the Regionalbahnhof
and are cheaper but slower. You must usually change
at Frankfurt main station. One way tickets cost
between 14,00 and 20,00 Euro depending on the class
of train.
There are also several car rental companies
at the airport. Driving takes about an hour to
Heidelberg. When departing from the Airport parking
facilities or the terminal, follow the blue motorway
signs. From the airport, go initially toward Frankfurt
and then head south on motorway A5, direction
Basel and Karlsruhe. After approximately 30 km,
you will reach the intersection Darmstädter
Kreuz, where the motorway divides into A5 and
A67. You can take either of these; the A5 is the
more direct route.
Frankfurt Hahn Airport
Frankfurt Hahn airport is a small airport west of
Frankfurt International Airport. It offers cheap
air fares. There are Shuttle
Buses running to and from several cities. Travel
time from and to Heidelberg is approximately 2 hours.
Baden-Airpark – Airport Karlsruhe Baden-Baden
Baden-Airpark is a small airport near Baden-Baden,
about one hour south of Heidelberg. It offers cheap
air fares and can be easily reached by car, situated
close to motorway A5 [Basel-Karlsruhe]
More information
about how to reach it by rail or bus can be found at: www.badenairpark.de |
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by Car |
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the motorway A5 [Karlsruhe-Frankfurt], take the
exit Heidelberg-Schwetzingen and head for Heidelberg-Emmertsgrund-Boxberg.
Go up the hill, turn left at the Aral petrol station
into Boxberg and go straight through the Boxberg
residential area, keeping left after the EMBL
guesthouse. EMBL is located in Meyerhofstraße
in the forest on your right, shortly after you
have left Boxberg. |
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| Travel
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| Heidelberg
Hauptbahnhof [main train station] is located in
the city centre. There are express services to all
countries in Europe by fast national and international
trains as well as regional trains. Train schedules |
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| Travel
by Bus |
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Bus
21 [direction Königstuhl] leaves from Heidelberg
'Bismarckplatz', the main bus and tramway stop
in the city centre. The first bus leaves at 06:30am,
and as of 07:00 there is one bus every full
hour until 19:00. Get off at 'Bierhelderhof'
bus stop, turn right down the hill, turn left
into Bierhelderhofweg, walk down past the farm,
turn left into Meyerhofstraße, turn left
in front of the EMBO building and continue up
to the EMBL main entrance on the right.
Bus 29 goes from 'Bismarckplatz' [city centre]
via Rohrbach to the ISG Hotel and the Guesthouse
Eichwald [bus stop 'Louise-Ebert-Zentrum', coming
from the city centre, bus stop 'Buchwaldweg' if
you want to go to the city centre]. 'Boxbergring'
is the buss stop for the Guest House Boxbergring.
Tramway 4 leaves from the train station or Tramway
3 from 'Bismarckplatz'; both go to 'Rohrbach Süd',
where you can catch the buses 28 and 29 to the
ISG Hotel or the Guesthouses as described above.
A one way fare costs 1,90 Euro to be paid cash to the conductor. Even if your journey is a combination of a tramway and bus ride, you just pay once.
You will find more information on the Heidelberg
public transport system as well as personal schedules
at www.hsb-heidelberg.de . |
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by Taxi |
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| Taxis
are available outside the Heidelberg main train
station or you can telephone 06221 302030. The
journey to EMBL will cost 13,00–19,00 Euro. |
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| Contact |
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Halldór Stefánsson
Science and Society Programme Manager
EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg,
Germany
Tel: +49 6221 387-8493
Fax: +49 6221 387-8525
E-mail: halldor.stefansson@embl.de |
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