Travel

How to get to the conference site

Recommended option: shuttle from Berlin Schönefeld Airport:

If you travel via Berlin: We will organise minibuses that will bring us to the conference site from Berlin Schönefeld Airport. The bus will leave Berlin Schoenefeld at 10am on Friday 1st March. We aim to get everyone back to Schoenefeld by 4pm on Monday 4th March. Estimated costs are €25 one way and €50 return (or 100 Zloty one way and 200 Zloty return).

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: 2 hours 40 min (not recommended in foggy weather). You can use this online route planner: https://mapa-turystyczna.pl
hire a snow scooter (expensive)

By plane:

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

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: There is a train to Jelenia Góra with changes in Cottbus and Görlitz (ca. 5h), but only a few in the day, and to reach the lift in time you would have to take the early connection at 6:31 from Hauptbahnhof (schedule of 2018). From Jelenia Góra there are buses 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. Alternatively you can take a cab from Jelenia Góra, though we do not know how much that would be.
Wroclaw: There are around six trains per day from Wroclaw main station to Szklarska Poręba station. The train journey takes 3-3.5 hours.
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.

By car:

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

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.

You can use this online route planner: https://mapa-turystyczna.pl