Venue
The summer school will be taking place at the Conference Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liblice Castle, Czech Republic. The coordinates are as follows:
Liblice 61
277 32 Bysice
Phone: +420 315 632 111
Fax: +420 315 696 239
E-mail: recepce@zamek-liblice.cz
GPS 50°18'42.32"N, 14°35'11.409"E
Liblice is a Baroque Castle with a very interesting history. It is close to Prague and only a 40 minutes drive from Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport.
Meals
Meals (breakfast, lunches and dinners) are served at the Restaurant. Coffee breaks will take place close to the lecture hall. Please inform the organisers (via the registration form) if you have some dietary requirements. Please note that (apart from a bit run-down restaurant and a temporarily manned sausage stall at Liblice bus station) no catering is avalable in Liblice outside the castle.
Accommodation
There are more upmarket rooms at the main castle and nice somewhat cheaper rooms at the Annex. Rooms are equipped with en-suite facilties, fridge, minibar, TV-LCD, safe, hair dryer and Internet connection. In all conference arrangements meals (breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks and dinners) between dinner on April 14th and breakfast at April 23rd are included. See the Registration webpage for details.
Lecture Theatre
The lecture theatre at Llblice Castle is equipped with PowerPoint display, sound equipment. Please inform the organisers in good time if you are a speaker and need some further equipment.
Poster Session
On two days poster sessions will be held. Poster dimensions should be max DIN A0 (84 x118 cm) in portrait format. Please use the provided magnets. No tape or pins please!
Poster sesions will be in the Marble Hall on the first floor.
There is a possibility to print posters. Posters to print should be sent to zdenkova@zamek-liblice.cz at least on Monday 6th April. The price for printing an A0 poster is is 1 480 CZK. You can pick up your poster then at the front desk of the hotel and pay there. This is, however, a service of the hotel and we cannot guarantee anything.
Getting to Liblice
Many airlines offer flight to and from Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport. From there we recommend to use the Shuttle bus offered by the hotel in the evening. If you want to take a taxi we strongly recomment that you book from the taxi booking booths at Terminals 1 and 2 Arrival Halls or via Uber, which is the official taxi provider of the Prague airport. There are vending machines for the taxi rides in the arrival hall,. Also pre-booking taxis via the internet is an option – the Uber link can be found here. A taxi ride costs around EUR 50,-
Ignore people running around offering "cheap" taxi rides in the arrival hall - such trips will cost you dear. You are sue to be cheated and, in case of bad luch, even mugged,
It is possible but a bit difficult to go to Liblice Castle by public transport (see below).
A bus transfer to Liblice will be organised on April 14th 18:15 from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport. The bus stops at the PB EXPRESS Parking lot.
The bus will stop at Prague Main Station at around 18:45 to pick up people. The bus stop is at the new building of the main railway station, on the right-hand side in the direction of Wenceslas Square at Hlavní nádraží metro station (red metro line C). The name of the bus company is V. Petřik but it might not be written on it. '
For late arrivers on 14th April we will have a taxi transfer. Please send me your arrival time as soon as possible if you have not yet done so.
By own car
For navigating to Liblice, you can use: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BrmxKKRAwTVnaJTKA. There are parking lots to the east of the castle. They are not guarded, however.
Railway connections to Prague are good. Please be aware that the Golden City has three main railway stations, the main station (Hlavní nádraží), the Holešovice and the Masaryk Station. It is wise to check at which station your train arrives to avoid surprises. From all stations we recommend to use the Shuttle bus offered by the hotel. If you want to take public transport from one of the stations please see below.
For timetables and connections we recommend to check the excellent website of the German Railways (available in 8 languages, including Czech).
A bus transfer to Liblice will be organised on April 14th from Prague Main Station at around 18:45 to pick up people. The bus stop is at the new building of the main railway station, on the right-hand side in the direction of Wenceslas Square at Hlavní nádraží metro station (red metro line C) The name of the bus company is V. Petřik but it might not be written on it.
For late arrivers on 14th April we will have a taxi transfer. Please send your arrival time to the organiser soon as possible if you have not yet done so.
Several companies run long-distance buses to Prague. They can be a cheap alternative. The main bus stop in Prague is close to Prague main train station on Wilsonova street. You can check the usual providers (Flixbus etc.)
By public transport from Prague
First you have to go to "Ladví" underground station. This is no problem from anywhere in Prague due to the wide network of the Prague public transport.
From Prague Vacláv Havel International Airport take bus 119 (from the terminal) to the station "Nádraží Veleslavín" From there take the green underground line (direction "Depo Hostivar") to the station "Muzeum". There change to the red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station.
From the main station (Hlavní nádraží) and the Holešovice red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station. From Masaryk Station take the yellow underground line to "Florenc" (direction "Černý Most"). There change to the red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station.
Arriving at Ladvi Station walk out and take the passenger tunnel to the other side of a big street (buses to Mělník should be signposted). From the bus station on hi street take bus 369 to Mělník bus station. At Mělník bus station you have to take bus 467 (preferably) or 747 to Liblice. Exit from the bus station go 50 metres back and turn left after a run-down restaurant. After 100m turn right again, you will see the castle soon (you are passing the castle with the bus on the way in)
Timetables can be found on the Prague integrated transport website. Tickets can be bought from the bus driver and at vending machines, but there is also a booth of the Prague Integrated Transport at the arrival hall of Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport. Fare-dodging is DEFINITELY NOT recommended. Controls are frequent and being caught without a valid ticket leads to hefty fines in which a mouthful of abuse by the control agent is often complementarily included.
Some time to burn in Prague?
There is a luggage storage service at the airport in the departure hall on the upper floor of Terminal 2. Costs around CZK 300 per day.See https://www.prg.aero/en/baggage-storage?terminal=reset&terminal_part=
It opens throughout the day with a lunch break at 11:00 – 12:00 and a dinner break at 19:00 to 20:00.
At Main Railway Station there is a limited number of storage lockers. Commercial storage providers (like Radical Storage) are also found around the station. See https://www.prague-luggagestorage.com/prague-main-station-luggage-storage-guide/ for details.
From the airport there is a good connection downtown. Take bus 59 to Nádraží Veleslavín and from there the metro line A (green line) direction Depo Hostivař to Staroměstská for the Old Town (Charles bridge, Jewish quarter), Muzeum for the National Museum or Hradčanska for the castle.
From the railway station take Line C (red line) direction Haje to Muzeum. From there the metro line A (green line) direction "Nemocnine Motol" to "Staroměstska" for the Old Town (Charles bridge, Jewish quarter) or "Hradčanska" for the castle.
Tickets can be bought at the Public transport booth in the arrival hall of the airport or at yellow vending machines.
If you are a bit into nature, you can also go to Šarka nature area. Take the bus 59 to Divoka Šarka (15 min) and walk down north (passing McDonalds) into a nice valley: https://prague-now.com/parks-and-gardens/a-guide-to-divoka-sarka-hikes-views-and-swimming/.
Timetables can be found on the Prague integrated transport website. Tickets can be bought from the bus driver and at vending machines, but there is also a booth of the Prague Integrated Transport at the arrival hall of Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport.
