Venue
The
meeting will be
hosted at the University of South Bohemia and the Biology
Centre (BC) of the
Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) in České Budějovice, Czech
Republic. Both are
located together at on a joined campus. The conference
will be in building C
of the Faculty of Science of South Bohemian University,
with the lectures
taking place in hall C1 and the poster sessions and
coffee breaks in the hall
in front of this hall.
For the welcome party and the daily lunches we will
use
the BC/USB campus facilities as shown on the map provided
in the abstract book.
DD –
decimal
degrees: 48.9783207
N, 14.4477556
E
DMS
– degrees, minutes,
seconds: N
48° 58' 41.955'
E 14° 26' 51.92''
České
Budějovice is a
large regional town (about 95 000 inhabitants) and the
capital of the Region of
South Bohemia (Jihocesky kraj). It is easy to reach by
ground transportation as
described in several variants below.
From
most neighbour
countries, the most convenient and cheapest way of
reaching České Budějovice is
by train, using the European high-speed railway system
until Prague main
station (Praha hlavní nádraží = Praha hl. n.) or Linz and
then a direct train
from these stations to České Budějovice (which is in the
middle of the train
line connecting Prague to Linz). Travel times vary from
the Express trains that
take around 1.5 hours to the regular trains that take
about 3 hours.
Furthermore, the Express trains have onboard highspeed
WiFi and offer some
snacks and drinks while they cost the same as the regular
trains.
Prague
Airport Vaclav
Havel (PRG).
Most
airlines fly to
Prague, although not always are direct flights available
at suitable times.
From
the airport, there
are regular Airport Express Bus connections to Prague main
railway station (60
CZK per person, please have cash ready!). Make sure you go
to the Prague main
train station (Hlavní nádraží); Prague has four larger
railway stations and
several smaller stations. Travelling time by bus is about
35-40 minutes; a taxi
is usually not much quicker but much more expensive.
Trains for České
Budějovice leave quite regularly. Beware, the last express
train to České
Budějovice leaves at 21:58. Travel times vary from the
Express trains that take
around 2 hours to the regular trains that take about 3
hours. Furthermore, the
Express trains have onboard highspeed WiFi and offer some
snacks and drinks
while they cost the same as the regular trains.
Alternatively,
the
RegioJet busses also stop regularly at the airport, and
they connect directly
to RegioJet busses to České Budějovice railroad station.
It takes 45 minutes to
the Prague RegioJet hub, then a 45 min wait, followed by a
2:15 journey to České
Budějovice. Most of these busses have on-board WiFi, WC,
and individual screens
for films etc. The last RegioJet bus leaves the airport at
17:30. You have to
reserve tickets in advance.
Although
Prague Airport
(PRG) seems the most logical choice, nearby airports
include the Austrian
airports of Linz (LNZ, 90 km) and Vienna (VIE, 215 km).
Both have regular rail
connections to České Budějovice. We would
not recommend Brno Turany Airport (BRQ), because
connections to České
Budějovice are slow.
When
travelling with
several people and not too far a distance, time- and
money-wise a shared car
can be an interesting alternative. České Budějovice is
easy to reach, although
coming from Austria or Bavaria the last section in the
Czech Republic will be
mainly good quality national roads (“highways”) with only
short sections of
motorways. Coming from the north, there are mostly
motorways, but beware of
traffic jams in particular around Prague.
If
you are from within
the EU, no visa is needed. If you are from outside the EU,
you might need a
visa. Please check this with the Czech Embassy in your
country. You have to do
this early; this process normally cost time and you might
need original confirmation
of participation from us. In addition, still ongoing COVID
restrictions might
make this process even longer.
Neither
the University
nor the Academy has suitable on-campus accommodation.
However, there are
numerous possibilities nearby and in the town. The best is
to check with
booking.com or similar online booking websites. If you
prefer smaller “bed and
breakfast” pensions, which are usually not listed in
booking.com and similar
websites, you can find them on www.mapy.cz by typing in
Ceske Budejovice and
then zooming in using the “+” button on the upper right
corner until close to
the maximal zoom level. You will see that with each zoom
level more of the
accommodation symbols appearing – there are very many of
those in town, usually
they are good (sometimes excellent) quality and
inexpensive. www.mapy.cz always
displays the webpages or phone number of these pensions
when you click on them
- not all but many of the owners speak English or German!
We recommend to book
as soon as possible, because on Thursday August 26 the
very popular national
agricultural exhibition “The providing Earth” starts, and
popular accommodation
will be booked out soon.
The
BC is about 2 km from
the historical centre of the town, to the main square it
is 2.3 km on foot (36
min according to mapy.cz) via the shortest route or 2.8km
(43 min) via a more
scenic route along the “Stromovka” park.
Alternatively,
you can
use the local public transport; several lines regularly
pass the BC (stopping
point University):
These
two lines are going
from the railway station to the western outskirts, passing
the university stop.
You can join this bus just a short walk to outside the
historic center ring.
The main connection is Line 3 to Máj, Antonína Barcala (to
Nadrazi if going to
town). This goes very frequently from early morning until
late evening.
Alternatively, or additionally depending on the location
of your accommodation,
you can also take lines 7, 15, or 45 and some
long-distance buses to/from BC.
Your accommodation provider can give you more information
on this, or you can
search for connections on
https://www.seznam.cz/jizdnirady/.
For coming to BC
from town, private cars are
NOT recommended due to limited parking space.