RISC
Symbolic Computation in Software Science
Austrian-Japanese Workshop, SCSS 2008
RISC, Castle of Hagenberg, Austria
July 12-13, 2008
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Travel to Linz

By plane:
Linz has an international airport (LNZ) with connections to Barcelona (Girona), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Graz, Cologne, London, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Salzburg, Vienna, and Zürich (summer flights 2008). From the Linz airport you can take a bus to the center of Linz (see the schedule here, connection from Flughafen LNZ to Linz. Note that on Sundays the connection is not so good.), or a taxi. Another alternative is train: Take a free shuttle from the airport to Hoersching train station and then get to Linz from there by train. Other international airports nearby Linz are Vienna (VIE, 2 hours by train/car) and Munich (MUC, 3 hours by train/car).
By train:
Linz can also be conveniently reached by train from Vienna, Salzburg, or Munich (Train connections can be looked up using the Travel Planner).
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Travel to Hagenberg

Shuttle service will be provided from the hotels in Linz to RISC.
By bus:
Schedule of buses from Linz to Hagenberg and back can be found here. Select Hagenberg im Mülkreis Ortsmitte. The bus No.310 leaves from the platform C of Linz bus station, that is located next to Linz main train station, Linz Hauptbahnhof. The bus passes near the hotel Arcotel (bus stop Untere Donaulände, in front of the Lentos Museum) and not very far from Hotel Sommerhaus Linz (bus stop Altenbergerstraße). When in Hagenberg, leave the bus at the stop in front of the school (Volksschule) and walk 100 m towards the church/castle to get to RISC, or 300 m on the street and then turn left to get to Hotel Sommerhaus. (See the directions on the map of Hagenberg.)
You can download the bus timetable Linz-Hagenberg-Linz from here.
By train:
((Train connections can be looked up using the Travel Planner).
From Linz main train station (Linz Hauptbahnhof) take a train to Pregarten (Pregarten Bahnhof). From Pregarten train station take a small white bus, number 396, to Hagenberg (The schedule of this bus can be found here. Select Hagenberg im Mülkreis Ortsmitte). Leave the bus at the stop Hagenberg Ort (in front of the school, Volksschule) and walk 100 m towards the church/castle to get to RISC, or 300 m on the street and then turn left to get to Hotel Sommerhaus. (See the directions on the map of Hagenberg.) One can also walk from Pregarten to Hagenberg. The distance is approximately 2 km.
You can download the train timetable Linz-Pregarten-Linz from here.
By car:
Take the highway (Autobahn) to Linz, and there take the highway A7 to Prague (Prag in German). About 15km outside of Linz the Autobahn ends. Go to the direction of Pregarten. About 1km before Pregarten you see the sign to Hagenberg (to the left).
More Information:
  • Hagenberg map with restaurants and ATM machines. Note that the ATM machines in Hagenberg operate between 06:00-24:00 and accept only Maestro and Mastercard.
  • Restaurants in Hagenberg:
    • Schlossrestaurant. Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10:00-23:00, Saturday 17:00-23:00, Sunday 10:00-20:00. Closed on Tuesdays.
    • Hofwirt. Closed on Sundays after 15:00 and on Mondays.
    • Horseman's Paradise. Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-02:00 (From 14.07.2008 to 31.07.2008: Monday-Saturday 16:00-02:00)
    • Gasthaus Lamplmair. Closed on Wednesdays.
    • Gasthaus Hametner. Closed on Tuesdays.
    • Cafe Monika. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 08:00-04:00. Closed on Mondays.
  • Hagenberg-Pregarten plan. There are nice walking paths along the river Feldaist. It takes approximately 30-35 minutes to get from Hagenberg to Pregarten.

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