8. Meeting / EG on Prison Health , 1. - 2. October, 2019

Reference Meeting of EG on Prison Health (8th meeting) Title Practical information for participants Submitted by ITA

CONTACT PERSONS

Contact person from the Host: Prison Health EG Kirsten Mostad Pedersen Elisabeth Schulte Senioradvicer International Technical Advisor The Norwegian Directorate of health Phone: +49 151 2616 4581 Phone: +47 99126482 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

MEETING VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION

Meeting venue

Helsedirektoratet (The Norwegian Directorate of Health) Vitaminveien 4, Storo 0485 Oslo Norway

CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION

Kindly confirm your participation by means of the on-line registration form which is available at https://www.ndphs.org/?mtgs,ph_8__oslo by 20.September 20, 2019.

ACCOMMODATION There are several accommodations close to Oslo Central station. The Directorate do not have any hotels with special prices. Close to the central station there is Thon Hotel Opera and Comfort Hotel Grand central. Cross the street there is Comfort Hotel Xpress Central station, this is not so expensive. There are several hotels close to Oslo Central station

MEALS The host will provide coffee/tea breaks, lunch and dinner on Oct. 1.

MEETING DOCUMENTS Participants are expected to print all documents and bring them to the meeting.

1 TRAVEL INFORMATION From Oslo Airport Gardermoen to Oslo Central station:

Flytoget; Fast train, leaves every 10 minutes, around 20 Euro one way and takes about 20 min.

Airportbus: Available at the Airport exit. A bus ticket to , costs about 15 Euro one way. Tickets are available on the bus or internet.

Taxi: Costs about 63 – 145 Euro. Check the price on the taxi before deciding to go. Travel time: 40 min depending on the traffic.

It is recommended that you go to the meeting venue from Oslo Central station with subway. It is marked by T (T-banen). Entrance from inside the Central station or outside from Jernbanetorget.

From Oslo central station you take line 4 or 5. Line 4 Vestli via Majorstua takes about 23 minutes. You get off on Storo. This line goes west. Line 5 Ringen via Tøyen takes about 15 minutes. You get off on Storo. This line goes east.

Ticket can be bought at Narvesen every where in Oslo.

When you depart from Storo station, you cross the street and go to the right. The meeting venue is 2 minutes' walk. Entrance just before the Lamp store. You have to register in the reception.

Currency: Norwegian Crown 1 Euro = 10,49 NOK. There are exchange offices at the airport, at the Central station and banks. Payment by credit cards is widely accepted.

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