Practical information CIB meeting

Suggested hotel Our Swedish hosts recommend booking a room in the Scandic Malmen Hotel. In this hotel, 40 rooms have been set aside for the CIB members. You can book your room either via Scandic's website www.scandichotels.se or by telephone (+46 8 517 517 00). To make a reservation, the booking code BICL180618 must be entered and a credit card and expiration date must be registered. Guests are responsible for payment at no show. Rooms can be booked at the contract price (Price: 1450 SEK = approx. 145 EUR) during the period 18.06.2018 - 21.06.2018. Rooms that have not been booked are released May 7th.

Address of the hotel: Scandic Malmen, Götgatan 49-51, 102 66 Stockholm,

Meeting venue and rooms Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Hornsgatan 20, Stockholm

Visa requirements for If you are visiting Sweden and are a citizen of a non-EU country, you may need a visa. Please check https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Visiting-Sweden.html or the website of your Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Travel from airport to hotel  From Arlanda and Bromma airports: Airport buses https://www.flygbussarna.se/en Pre purchase online: 99 SEK (around 10 €). Full Price: 119 SEK (around 12 €)  From Arlanda Airport: Express Train https://www.arlandaexpress.com/ Single ticket: 280 SEK (around 28 €) Return ticket: 540 SEK (around 54 €) Pre purchase online 14-days advanced: 252 SEK (around 25 €) Online tickets must be purchased no later than one hour prior to departure, regardless of the ticket type  Change at Stockholm Central Station to metro, exit at “Medborgarplatsen”, few minutes walking distance to hotel. A Single ticket is valid for 75 minutes and costs 43 SEK (around 4,3 €)  Taxi: https://www.taxistockholm.se/en/ (please keep in mind that riding with taxi is quite costly in Sweden)

Travel from suggested hotel to venue Scandic Malmen is about 10 minutes walk from the meeting venue (see map on next page).

Contact details

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CIB Working Group secretariat at [email protected], +31 70 3737 8707.

During the meetings: Renske Steenbergen (CIB secretariat) + 31 6 12 67 37 59 Jessie Post (CIB secretariat) + 31 6 12 15 66 47

Contact details ICLD/SALAR/SKL International Björn Möller (ICLD) + 46 702 40 99 01 Matilda Lindberg (SALAR) + 46 725 82 79 81 Hoda Saad (SKL International) + 46 761 46 87 17

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Information about Sweden/Stockholm

Time zone CET (Central European Time) UTC/GMT + 1

Voltage/electricity 230 V (50Hz) and the power sockets are type C European 2 –PIN & type F Schuko Plug

Business hours Monday till Friday (some shops 09:00am) 10:00 am – 06:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00pm (or later) Sunday: Extended number of shops are opening

Banks and currency Swedish krona (Crown) (SEK) Riksbank is the national bank All major cards are widely accepted, Sweden is recognised as one of the most cashless societies in the world. You may find some restrictions on American Express.

Older 100-krona and 500-krona banknotes became invalid after 30 June 2017

Telephone country code & area code + 46 (Sweden) +46 – 8 (Stockholm)

Emergency phone numbers 112 (for emergencies) 1177 (for medical advice) 11 414 (police number for non-emergency incidents) 113 13 (for information about none acute accidents and emergencies, when you need information or have information to give about major accidents)

Weather in Stockholm in June Average: 16℃ Min: 11℃ Max: 21 ℃ Overnight temperature quite mild, average low of 11℃ Total amount of rainfall: 45 mm. June isn’t a particularly wet month, yet it isn’t one of the driest either. Sunlight: 18.39 hours. 21st June longest day of the whole year

Transport around Stockholm Public transportation is managed by the company SL, including all services on the Metro, commuter rail, light railways (trains on , Saltsjöbanan & Lidingöbanan) and bus lines.

In order to travel with the SL services you will need a ticket. There are tickets and travel cards for short and longer periods of time. Nearly all tickets are loaded on an SL Access card, which is an electronic smart card. You need to pay a fee of 20 SEK (2 €) for the card itself, but you can re-use your card during future visits to Stockholm.

SL also sells single use travel cards, with tickets valid for 75 minutes (43 SEK; 4,3 €)), 24 hours or 72 hours. If you are just visiting once the single use travel cards are perfect for you. It is always cheaper to buy these prepaid tickets (instead of tickets per train ride) and the longer the period of validity of the ticket, the cheaper it will be.

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Tickets and travel cards are sold the SL agents, at the SL Center and at Metro and commuter railway stations. There are also ticket machines at most Metro and commuter railway stations, as well as in a number of other locations. You can also buy a single ticket via the smart phone app (you will have to register for this service).

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