Location

The workshop will be held at ESO headquarters in the research campus (Forschungszentrum) of Garching bei München, Germany.

Transportation

ESO headquarters are located outside Garching, 100m from the end station of the subway line U6 (Garching Forschingzentrum), one station away from Garching. Munich city centre (Marienplatz) is 30 minutes away by subway, on the same line. See the detailed instructions on ESO pages.

S8 schedule from the airport

S1 schedule from the airport

U6 schedule from ESO towards Garching/Munich

A map showing the location of the U6 stop "Garching, Forschungszentrum" with respect to ESO headquarters can be found here.

A map showing the location of the U6 stp "Muenchener Freiheit" with respect to the Mercure hotel can be found here.

Accommodation

The Ibis hotel is now fully booked. The workshop organisation made a block reservation of 20 rooms at the Mercure hotel in Schwabing, Munich, as well as a block reservation of 6 rooms at Maria's Inn in Garching. All other hotels in Garching are already almost fully booked due to a concurrent conference. Please indicate your choice upon registration.

Maria's Inn
Neufahrner Str. 5-9
85748 Garching bei München

tel: +49 89 329 320
website: www.marias-inn.de

Room rate: 77€ single room with breakfast

Mercure Hotel Munich Schwabing
Leopoldstrasse 120
80802 München

tel: +49 89 3899930
e-mail: h1104@accor.com
website: http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1104-mercure-hotel-muenchen-schwabing/index.shtml

Room rate: 29/03/2009: 85€ from 30/03/09: 102€ from 31/03/2009: 108€ single room

Hotel Ibis München Garching
Daimlerstrasse 5
85748 Garching bei München

tel: +49 89 323840
fax: +49 89 32384100
website: http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3679-ibis-munchen-garching/index.shtml

Room rate: 79€ single room incl breakfast

Lists of other hotels can be found e.g. here.

Workshop Dinner

The workshop dinner will take place on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, at 19h30 at the Augustiner Restaurant, in Munich down town. The easiest way to reach the restaurant is by underground. Take the U6 to Marienplatz and then walk for ~5 minutes along the Kaufingerstrasse/Neuhauser Str. (see here).