68th Economic Policy Panel Meeting 4-5 October 2018 Vienna Local Information Conference venue Kassensaal Address: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna Registration: Thursday 4 October at 2pm (conference begins at 2.30pm) Wi-Fi: SSID: Freewave, no password needed Accommodation Accommodation has been booked in accordance with participants’ requests at the Hotel Josefshof am Rathaus. Breakfast is included in your room booking, however any incidentals are to be paid directly to the hotel. Check-in time is 3pm / Check-out time is 12pm Hotel Josefshof am Rathaus Address: Josefsgasse 4-8, 1080 Vienna Telephone: +43 1 404 190 Email: [email protected] Website: www.josefshof.com Directions to Hotel Josefshof am Rathaus from Vienna International Airport: by public transport: The City Airport Train (www.cityairporttrain.com) departs for the city centre (to Wien Mitte in the 3rd district) directly from Vienna Airport every 30 minutes and takes about 16 minutes. The City Airport Train (CAT) operates from the city centre to the airport between 5:38 am and 11:08 pm. Tickets can be purchased at ticket machines at CAT stations or on board the train (where they need to be paid in cash). A one-way ticket costs EUR 12.00 and a return ticket costs EUR 21.00 (via online purchase they are EUR 11.00 and 19.00). From Wien Mitte you can take the U3 (direction “Ottakring”), leave at “Volkstheater” and change to U2 (direction “Aspernstraße/Seestadt”) and get out at “Rathaus”. From here, it is a 3 minutes’ walk to the hotel. Vienna has a very well-developed underground, tram and bus system. Tickets can be obtained from ticket machines at underground stations (U-Bahn) and must be validated (blue validator machines) before boarding underground trains. Passengers may change lines but must not interrupt their journey. Traveling without a valid ticket is subject to a fine of at least EUR 105.00. Single-ride tickets: EUR 2.40 24-hour ticket: EUR 8.00 48-hour ticket: EUR 14.10 72-hour ticket: EUR 17.10 Metro stop Hotel by taxi: Airport Driver (www.airportdriver.at) offers pick-up and delivery to and from the airport. The charge is EUR 34.00 (via online reservation 24 hours in advance the charge is EUR 33.00) and payable directly to the driver. For further information please call +43 (1) 22 8 22. Taxi numbers in Vienna: (+43-1) 31 300 // (+43-1) 40 100 // (+43-1) 60 160 Please also refer to the information on the hotel website: https://www.josefshof.com/en/location-contact/ Directions to Oesterreichische Nationalbank… from the hotel: 10 minutes walking distance OeNB Hotel from Vienna International Airport: by public transport: To get to the OeNB, take the S-Bahn to Wien Mitte (Landstraße). From Wien Mitte you can take the U3 (direction “Ottakring”), leave at “Volkstheater” and change to U2 (direction “Aspernstraße/Seestadt”) and get out at “Rathaus”). From there it is a 7 minutes’ walk to the OeNB. All participants’ dinner Thursday 4 October at 8.30pm Huth Gastwirtschaft Address: Schellinggasse 5, 1010 Vienna Website: www.huth-gastwirtschaft.at All dietary requirements will be catered for if known in advance. Directions to restaurant from Hotel Josefshof am Rathaus: By foot: If you prefer to walk, it’s a 24 minutes’ walk through Vienna’s city centre. By tram: Take tram number 2 in direction to “Friedrich-Engels-Platz” and leave the tram at “Schwarzenbergplatz”. From here it’s a three minutes’ walk to the restaurant. Tram stop Hotel Tram stop Restaurant .