Logistic Details Future Earth regional workshop for Europe Transdisciplinary research and co-design in practice Stockholm 22 –23 November 2016 Contact Meeting venue Europan Alliance of Global Change Research The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Committees Beijersalen University of Helsinki Lilla Frescativägen 4A
[email protected] Stockholm Tel: +358 29 4150571 http://www.kva.se/en/contact/ WIFI: the meeting rooms have wireless Internet connection. Login and passwords will be provided at the meeting. General information Voltage: 220 – 230 Volts Weather: The temperature in Stockholm in November ranges typically between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius but there can be much variation. Tips: Tipping is common but not obligatory in Sweden (restaurants). Tips are usually about 10%. Cash: Please note that it can in sometimes be more difficult to pay with cash and that credit card payments are sometimes accepted to a larger extent than cash payments. Currency: Swedish Krona (SEK). 10 SEK equals 1,04 EUR. Accommodation These example hotels are located in Stockholm Old town (Gamla Stan) in close proximity to the metro station which is also called Gamla Stan (see map in the end of this document). We recommend you make your booking through booking.com where you can find good prices and you can choose your preferred location easily: anywhere along the red metro line T14 is quick as the venue is located at the red line stop “Universitetet”. Victory Hotel Address: Lilla Nygatan 5, 111 28 Stockholm Phone: +46 8-506 400 00 http://www.thecollectorshotels.se/en/victory-hotel/ Lord Nelson Hotel Address: Västerlånggatan 22, 111 29 Stockholm Phone: 08-506 401 20 http://www.thecollectorshotels.se/en/lord-nelson/ Lady Hamilton Hotel Address: Storkyrkobrinken 5, 111 28 Stockholm Phone: +46 8-506 401 00 http://www.thecollectorshotels.se/en/lady-hamilton/ About Stockholm Old Town This is where the city of Stockholm was initially founded in 1252.