Practical Information

Venue

Friday talks: The seminar room is G3 10, on the third floor, with direct access via the courtyard entrance Kreuzstraße 7c (https://www.mis.mpg.de/institute/visit-us) - the address is located inside the courtyard of a larger building.  

The workshop will take place in the Institute of Mathematics at Leipzig University (the building you see on the homepage of the website). The address is Augustusplatz 10. We will be in the Felix-Klein-Hörsaal (Room P501) which is on the fifth floor. The building has several entrances, we suggest taking the one next to the church (the Paulinum, see blue arrow below):

The Institute of Mathematics is just a short walk away from the train station (800m) and the Motel One Nikolaikirche (400m).

Arrival

From Leipzig main station you can walk to Mathematical Institute in 10 minutes. There is a Deutsche Bahn connection to Leipzig main station from e.g. Leipzig Airport, Berlin Airport, and Frankfurt Airport (bahn.de)

Restaurants

- An der Thomaskirche (Thomaskirchhof 3-5, www.brauhaus-thomaskirche.de/) – From traditional German food to pizza; they make their own (Leipzig) beer.

- Auerbachs Keller (Grimmaische Str. 2-4, www.auerbachs-keller-leipzig.de/) – Saxon food, this restaurant features prominently in "Faust" (Goethe).

- Vapiano (Augustusplatz 11, www.vapiano.de/de/standorte/leipzig-augustusplatz) – Italian Food.

- Andria (Nikolaistr. 22, www.andria-leipzig.de/de/) – Italian food.

- Alfa Restaurant (Ratsfreischulstraße 8-10, restaurantalfa.de/) – Greek food.

- La Grotta (Ratsfreischulstrasse 8, lagrottaleipzig.de/) – Pizza (very big portions).

- Indian crown (Reichsstraße 15, www.indian-crown.de/ ) – Indian food.

- Umaii (Klostergasse 7-9, umaii.de/ ) – Japanese ramen.

- Morrison's Irish pub (Ritterstr. 38-40, www.morrisons-pub.de/).

- Lukas (Several Locations, e.g, Grimmaische Strasse 29) – Bakery.

- Chang (Gottschedstraße 18, www.chang-leipzig.de/) – Thai food.

- Alte Nikolai Schule (Nikolaikirchhof 2, www.gasthaus-alte-nikolaischule.de/speisenmenues/).

- Restaurant Café Madrid (Klostergasse 3 – 5, cafe-madrid.de/ ) – Spanish Restaurant/Tapas Bar.

- Moritzbastei (Kurt-Masur-Platz 1, www.moritzbastei.de/ ).

- Restaurant in Galeria Kaufhof (Neumarkt 1, fifth floor of the department store) – Buffet, lunch only.

- 60 Seconds to Napoli (Gottschedstraße 1, 60secondstonapoli.de/leipzig/) – Pizza.

Sightseeing

• Leipzig Zoo (Pfaffendorfer Str. 29, www.zoo-leipzig.de/ ) -- one of the best German zoos.

• Monument to the Battle of Nations (Str. des 18. Oktober 100, Stiftung Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig (stiftung-voelkerschlachtdenkmal-leipzig.de) )

• Thomaskirche (Thomaskirchhof 18, Thomaskirche Leipzig | Startseite ) -- Bach worked there for 27 years.

• City Centre -- it is a nice walk and contains several interesting museums