Transportation from the Airport to FIRST HOTEL AMARANTEN

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FIRST HOTEL AMARANTEN STOCKHOLM Kungsholmsgatan 31, 104 20 Stockholm Sweden Phone: +46 8 692 52 00, Fax: +46 8 652 62 48 Email: [email protected]; Web link to: Hotel Amaranten Stockholm

Transportation from the airport to FIRST HOTEL AMARANTEN:

Arlanda Airport Bus: Take the Arlanda Airport Bus “Flygbussarna” to Central Station. Bus tickets cost 110 SEK one way, 199 SEK round trip. You can check timetables and purchase an e-ticket on-line http://www.flygbussarna.se. You can walk approx. 700 meters to the hotel or take a metro blue line from Central Station (T-Centralen) towards AKALLA/HJULSTA. Get off right at the next metro/underground station called Rådhuset, you will find the hotel on the corner (less than 100m).

Arlanda Express Train: This is the fastest way to reach the city centre from Arlanda airport. Arlanda Express takes you from Terminal 5 to the Stockholm Central Station in 20 minutes. Tickets cost SEK 240/one way or SEK 420/round trip. You can check timetables and purchase e-ticket on-line http://www.arlandaexpress.com. Walk approx. 700 meters to the hotel or take a metro/underground from T-Centralen.

First Hotel Amaranten Kungsholmsgatan 31

Stockholm Central Station

Metro/Underground Metro/Underground (T) - T-Centralen (T) - Rådhuset

Taxi: This is perhaps the most expensive way to reach the hotel, but not necessarily the fastest. The taxi fares are fixed for departures to and from the airport. Depending on the taxi company, one way taxi fare costs approximately SEK 500. A budget of SEK 1,000 is recommended for round trip. Travel-time between Arlanda airport and the Hotel is approximately 30-40 minutes. *** See below about purchasing metro & bus tickets

European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control (ECDC), Tomtebodavägen 11A, 117 83 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 (0) 8 5860 1000; Fax: +46 (0) 8 5860 1001, Email: [email protected]; Web: www.ecdc.europa.eu

Transportation from FIRST HOTEL AMARANTEN to ECDC

Take Bus No 3 from Kungsholmstorg towards Karolinska sjukhuset. Bus station is marked on the map below as SL.

First Hotel Amaranten Kungsholmsgatan 31

Bus Stop No3

Get off at the bus stop: Prostvägen. You can ask the bus driver to drop you off at Prostvägen. This bus ride takes about 16 minutes. From Prostvägen bus stop, you should walk away from the direction of the bus (towards the direction of the road crossing). Look at the road sign above the street by the intersection and you will see the sign of ECDC. Just follow the street up (Tomtebodavägen) and you will find ECDC, a red big building. The main entrance has a drive way with the official ECDC flag. It takes about 5 minutes to walk to ECDC from the bus.

Prostvägen Bus stop, Bus nr 3 - Get off here and proceed walking approx. 850 meters towards ECDC.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Tomtebodavägen 11A

Bus nr 3 route from from Kungsholmstorg towards Karolinska sjukhuset

***Bus & Metro/Underground Tickets It is not possible to buy a ticket on the bus; you need to purchase it before the ride. You can buy the tickets in newsagent stores such as Pressbyrån or 7-Eleven. (Pressbyrån can be found at the airport and next to majority of underground and local train stations and in many other places); also on many bus stops (but not all) there are ticket automats. For traveling within 1 zone (hotel, ECDC and central Stockholm is within 1 zone) you will need 2 tickets (“units”). A ticket per 1 unit costs 22 SEK. You can also buy 16 “unit” strips (Remsa) for 200 SEK. When you enter the bus, your ticket will be stamped, and it is valid for 1 hour after the stamp time (i.e. you can change transport, but do not have to purchase another ticket within one hour). More information can be found under SL Ticket Information. You can find schedule of bus 3 (and any other transport) on the bus stop or plan your trip at www.sl.se (available in English). Stockholm’s Metro/Underground