The 14th International Conference on
RANDOM STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS

Poznan, August 3-7, 2009
Travel

Poznan is located halfway between Berlin and Warsaw and can be reached by train from either city or by plane from Frankfurt, London Stansted, Munich or Warsaw every day and less frequently from Barcelona, Bristol, Bourgas, Cork, Dortmund, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow/Prestwick, Copenhagen, Cracow, London Luton, Liverpool, Milano/Bergamo, Oslo Torop/Sanderfjord, Rome Fiumicino, Stockholm Vasteras.

BY AIR

The following carriers have direct connections to Poznan Lawica airport: LOT, SAS, Lufthansa, Ryanair, Wizzair and Jet Air. For air connections to Warsaw please check Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport

BY TRAIN

From Warsaw
From Warsaw Airport take taxi to Warsaw Central Railway Station ("Warszawa Centralna"). It is safe to take a "Radio Taxi" from the line outside the airport terminal. There is a dispatcher who will call one for you. Reject any offer of taxi from individuals approaching you when leaving the terminal. Trains to Poznan leave the Warsaw Central Station approximately every hour during the day. The ride Warsaw-Poznan takes about 3 hours by express train. For IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity) and EX (Express) trains a seat reservation is required. You may buy the ticket and seat reservation at the station. For timetable and more information see: PKP SA and Intercity.

From Berlin
There are two airports (Tegel and Schönefeld) in Berlin and you can catch all direct trains to Poznan at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) or Berlin Ostbahnhof.

Allow 1h for journey from airport to Hauptbahnhof/Ostbahnhof (this does not include any time buffer for luggage retrieval or late arrivals). For the whole ride in bus and S-Bahn from Tegel - airport buy a single journey ticket "Berlin AB", which costs 2,10 EUR and for the ride in S-Bahn from Schönefeld - airport buy a single journey ticket "Berlin ABC", which costs 2,80 EUR.

International trains need approximately 3 hours to get to Poznan from Berlin.

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