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1. Conference Venues
2. How to get there
3. Accomodation
4. Arena Theatre Bratislava
5. Vienna University Campus

1. Conference Venues

We invite you to Bratislava and Vienna. The capitals of Slovakia and Austria are just a stone throw away. By organizing a conferenc in two European capitals we want to demonstrate how easily it should become to cross the boundaries - geographically as well as in realizing science communication events for children.

Conference venues will be the Arena Theatre Bratislava and the Vienna University Campus. Both venues are locations of Children's Universities since many years.

For your convenience we are going to organize a shuttle service on Monday evening (for those who join us at the Vienna "get together" and on Tuesday morning (for those who visit the opera in Bratislava and stay there for the night). -> see timetable of the conference.

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2. How to get there

If you want to fly in, you can choose between two international airports – the Bratislava Airport (R. Štefánik) or the Vienna Airport (Schwechat).

The Vienna Airport is located inbetween the two cities and regular bus or train connections shuttle between them several times a day. Travel time from Schwechat to Bratislava is approx. 45 min. and to Vienna appox. 30 min. Travel time from Bratislava Airport to Bratislava is approx. 15 min. and to Vienna approx. 60 min.

Distance between Bratislava and Vienna is about 60 min.

For other means of transportation please use the national tourist information websites of Bratislava and Vienna.

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3. Accommodation

Bratislava http://visit.bratislava.sk (Services are available in Slovak, English and German)

Vienna http://www.vienna.info (Services are available in 14 languages)

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4. Arena Theatre Bratislava

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Arena Theatre is one of the oldest public theatres in the city of Bratislava (1828). It is situated on the Petržalka bank of the Danube river, in the vicinity of a historic park.

From September 2002 till present a popular Slovak actor Juraj Kukura was appointed the director of Arena Theatre. For years the theatre has received several prestigious awards for its plays.

Since 2003 Arena Theater has also been organizing in cooperation with its partners the Children Comenius University. The project was awarded in 2005 by Slovak Humanitarian Council Award.

How to reach us

Public transportation in Bratislava is provided by buses, trolley-buses and by trams. There is no subway in Bratislava. The ticket costs 50 cents and it is valid 15 minutes or 70 cents, which is valid 60 minutes. You can buy the ticket at the bus stop from the machine or at the kiosk. After getting on it is necessery to validate the ticket in the machine near the doors.

To Theatre Arena (Divadlo Arena) take bus take No.50, direction Aupark (get off at Sad Janka Krala, it is the stop on request).

From the City Centre is the very easy to go by foot, because the theatre is located in walking distance, close to the bridge Stary most.

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5. Vienna University Campus

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The conference will be held at the Campus of the University of Vienna, located in the city centre, which originally was the Old General Hospital founded in the 18^th century. It has become a national monument and has recently been renovated and then given to Vienna University.

The Campus of the University of Vienna was developed after the City of Vienna donated the buildings of the former General Hospital to the university in 1988. After its revitalisation and adaptation with support from the Federal Minstry of Science and Transport and from the City of Vienna, the Campus now houses departments of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies, university facilities and museums as well as businesses, shops and catering enterprises.

The economic use of the buildings in court 1 also symbolises the connection of science with concrete everyday life. Thus the shops, restaurants and beer gardens as well as the varied events taking place at the campus proove to be a sincere invitation to everybody to enjoy the Campus of the University of Vienna in all its variety.

The Campus of the Unviersity of Vienna was officially opened on October 16th, 1998.

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