Informal Meeting Adult Education

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1 Informal Meeting Adult Education Wednesday 13 th September until Friday 15 th September 2017 in Bonn, Germany SOME PRACTICAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INFORMAL MEETING The meeting will be held from Wednesday 13th September until Friday 15th September at the following venue: Universitätsclub Bonn e.v. Konviktstr Bonn Tel.: +49 (0) The seminar will take place in Bonn. This region looks back on a long history. If you are interested in staying longer you will find several proposals on the English websites of the tourist information: as well as The hotel rooms are booked at: Hotel Garni Jacobs Bergstraße Bonn Tel.: +49 (0) info@hotel-garni-jacobs.de We have pre-booked 30 hotel rooms for the 2 nights of 13 th and 14 th of September. If you like to stay any additional nights before or after the meeting in the hotel, please reserve them directly with the hotel and pay them upon departure. Weather: Weather conditions in the middle of September can include anything from warm and sunny to rainy and cool, temperature ranges from approximately 12 to 20 degrees. How to get to the venue (Uniclub): By plane via the airports Cologne/ Bonn, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf. Cologne/ Bonn Airport is located closest to Bonn, Frankfurt has many connections, Dusseldorf can get a little more complicated because of changing the trains. 1. Cologne / Bonn Airport (CGN) (the most comfortable connection to the Uniclub, which takes approximately 40 minutes to arrive. There is only one bus stop at the airport for the SB60 to Bonn. The bus stop is located at Terminal 1.): Seite 1 von 5

2 Express Bus SB60 to Bonn-Markt (the penultimate stop) This takes 27 minutes and the price for an adult one way is 10,90 total oneway fare, consisting of 3,10 (surcharge only for the express bus, ticket can be bought on the bus) plus 7,80 for the VRS ticket (available at the ticket machines) that is valid for the journey Airport to Bonn. from Bonn-Markt bus stop: follow Stockenstraße south through the University building and turn left follow the footpath left around the University building into Konviktstraße, turning right the Uniclub is located opposite 2. Dusseldorf Airport: The bigger airport is Düsseldorf (DUS). Take the Sky Train to the airport train station. From the airport you can take several trains to Bonn central train station. There are some direct trains but also some with 1 or 2 connections. Tickets for the train can be bought at Düsseldorf Airport train station. The average costs for a ticket is 18 to 40 Euros, depending on the type of train. You can contact us for best connections as soon as you have your travel times, if you need help. Then proceed from the central train station: from Bonn central train station you can take a nice walk for approx. 1 km along the Hofgarten (public transport will not save much time and walking distance) follow Maximilianstraße, turn left into Regina-Pacis-Weg along the University building and the park Hofgarten follow the footpath along the complete university building till the end and turn left turn right into Konviktstraße, the Uniclub is located opposite Seite 2 von 5

3 3. Frankfurt Airport: From the biggest international airport you can take the fast train (ICE) to Siegburg/ Bonn (approximately 30 minutes) and from there take the U66 (underground train) to Universität/ Markt (26 minutes) with a 7 minutes walk to the Uniclub. Again, if you need help finding the best train connection please get in touch with us! follow Regina-Pacis-Weg east along the University building and the park Hofgarten follow the footpath along the complete University building till the end and turn left turn right into Konviktstraße, the Uniclub is located opposite Seite 3 von 5

4 Arrival by Train from Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands: There are several train connections direct or via Cologne to Bonn central train station. From there please proceed from Bonn central train station (basement) as described above. How to get to the Hotel Garni Jacobs: From Bonn Hauptbahnhof / central train station: (Walking distance 3 km 37 minutes approx.) By tram No. 61 or 62 direction Dottendorf / Quirinusplatz (every 5 to 10 minutes): the tram stops in front of the station building on the street ride for 8 stops get off at Kessenich, Bergstraße turn right into Bergstraße and walk up to No. 85. Seite 4 von 5

5 How to get to / from the Hotel Garni Jacobs to the venue (Uniclub): (Walking distance 3,1 km 40 minutes approx.) By tram No. 61 or 62 direction Oberkassel Süd / Auerberg (every 5 to 10 minutes): Take tram from Kessenich, Bergstraße for 7 stops get off at Poppelsdorfer Allee turn right take underground passage to the other side of the rain tracks cross Kaiserplatz and Am Hofgarten walk through Hofgarten-park along the university building cross Stockenstraße and Adenauerallee behind university building turn left into Konviktstraße, opposite is the Uniclub. Seite 5 von 5