Travel

How to get to the conference site 

If you travel via Berlin: We will organise minibuses that will bring us to the conference site from Berlin Schönefeld Airport. We will send around information by e-mail closer to the date.

If you do not participate in the organised shuttle from Berlin:

You should arrive in Szklarska Poręba before the ski lifts stop running, which is at 15h30. If, however, this is not possible, you have two options:

• walk to the top of the mountain: 1 hour 10 min (not recommended in foggy weather)

• hire a snow scooter (expensive)

By plane:

Arrival by plane is possible via Berlin, Warsaw and Prague.

By car:

Szklarska Poręba can be reached from Jelenia Góra (Poland) or Harrachov (Czech Republic).

By train and bus:

• Prague: This is perhaps the quickest way. Take the bus from Černý Most to Jablonec nad Nisou and walk up to the train station Jablonec. Take the train to Kořenov and then change trains to Szklarska Poręba. 

• Berlin: Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Görlitz (2.5 hours), walk across the border to the Zgorzelec bus station (up until the top of the hill then right, 30 min). From here, there are buses to Jelenia Góra (2.5. hours) and from there to Szklarska Poręba (leaving from the train station, 30 min). It is a 20 min steep walk from the bus station to the ski lift if you go up by the little river.

• Note that there are two ski lodges accessible by foot from the ski lift: You will be accommodated in the lodge Szrenica (Schronisko Szrenica), which is straight uphill from the ski lift. Please travel in a group in case of foggy weather as it is very, very easy to get lost.

On foot:

• Czech Republic, Harrachov: The lodge can be reached by walking across the border (about 3 hours, mainly uphill). You should only attempt this if you are in good physical condition and have hiking boots and only if the weather is good (in any case do not walk alone unless you are experienced). Take a bus from Prague to Harrachov. There is a regular bus service from Prague to Harrachov (starting near metro station Černý Most, the fast service takes roughly two hours while the slower line is closer). The Czech travel planner IDOS has an English page for checking the details. If the weather is bad, you can always take a taxi. Otherwise take the path leading up the mountain to the Czech hostel Vosecká bouda. When you reach it, you are approximately 400 metres from the border. Turn left when you reach the Polish walking path immediately beyond the border; from here you will reach the hostel in about half an hour.