Currency krone. 1USD = 5.5NOK, 1EUR = 7.8NOK. ATMs There are lots of ATMs in the city centre, at metro NIME 2011 Flight pack stations and inside many 7-eleven. There is one ATM out- side the main university service building, and one at the entrance of the student house Chateau Neuf. Travel to Oslo from the airports Where to go See below for pictures of the venues, maps and travel Oslo airport Gardermoen (OSL) Approximately 20 suggestions. minutes from the city centre with the airport train (NOK170), or 45 minutes on the bus (NOK130). Be aware that taking a taxi from the airport can be very expensive Art.on.Wires Media Festival Will be held at Betong, in (!), especially with evening/night rates, and will also take the basement of the student house Chateau Neuf. much longer than the airport train. Contact person: Alexander Eichhorn (+47 47 48 91 82) Symposium: Technology and aesthetics Sandefjord airport Torp located on the west side of the Will be held Auditoriet Norwegian Academy of Music city. Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes on the bus. in at the . Contact person: Notto Thelle (+47 98 88 26 13) Moss airport Rygge located on the east side of the city. Tutorials and workshops Will be held at Department Approximately 1 hour on the bus. of Musicology, the Norwegian Academy of Music and NO- TAM. Please check the nime2011.org website for details Travel in Oslo on where your tutorial will take place. Contact person: Anders Tveit (+47 95 20 67 52) The city centre of Oslo is defined by the shopping street Karl Johans gate, going from the central station (Oslo sen- Conference registration (Sunday) at the Norwegian tralstasjon) to the national theatre (Nationaltheatret). Most Academy of Music from 15:00 – 17:00. NIME venues are located on the north-western side of the city centre (see map). It takes approximately 40 minutes to walk from the city centre to the university campus. Opening concert and SID exhibition opening (Sunday) Will be held at Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine. The museum is located outside the city cen- Public transport Oslo has an extensive public transport tre, so we will organise bus transport from the Norwegian system, with metro, busses, trams, boats, trains and city Academy of Music at 17:00. bikes. The easiest and most efficient way to get around Contact persons: concert: Kjell Tore Innervik (+47 90 77 is probably to use the metro system, since both the Uni- 02 37). SID exhibition: Trond Lossius (+47 959 22 613). versity and Music Academy are located next to metro sta- tions (Blindern and Majorstuen). Conference registration, lectures, posters, demos at the University Library Planning Use Trafikanten.no to plan your travel. There Contact person: Alexander Jensenius (+47 95 12 92 32) are also mobile phone apps available of this service. Evening concerts at the Norwegian Academy of Music Tickets There is no ticket sale on the public transport Contact person: Kjell Tore Innervik (+47 90 77 02 37) system, so remember to buy a ticket in advance of your travel. You can buy single tickets (NOK 30), a 24-hour Club concerts Will be held on the 2nd floor and in the pass (NOK 70), or a week pass (NOK 210). The best basement of Chateau Neuf. for NIME participants may be to buy the flexi-card (NOK Contact person: Kjell Tore Innervik (+47 90 77 02 37) 170), which can be used for 8 travels. They sell these cards at any Narvesen or 7-eleven (both of which are ev- Reception (Monday) at the Oslo City Hall erywhere). Remember to stamp your ticket in the small, yellow validation machines at the metro station, or when you enter the bus/tram. They are trying to set up a new Contact points ticketing system (called Flexus), but this only works for Please direct any general enquiries to conference assis- monthly passes, so stay away from those machines. tant Anders Tveit (+47 95 20 67 52). See above for contact persons for the different activities. Money Emergency phone numbers in Norway: • Fire: 110 Payment It is possible to pay with debit cards (Cirrus, • Police: 112 BankAxept) most places, and many shops also take credit • Ambulance: 113 cards (Visa/MasterCard and sometimes also Diners and American Express). 1 Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine Famous ski jump University Library Department of Musicology Chateau Neuf Norwegian Academy of Music Sculpture park Oslo City Hall NOTAM Viking ships Central station Opera Fram City of Oslo with NIME venus. NIME 2011 Venues for NIME 2011: 11th International Conference2 on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 30 May - 1 June, Oslo, Norway. 1,753 views - Public Created on Apr 8, 2008 - Updated 10 minutes ago By alexarje University Library Location of the paper sessions, demos and posters. Department of Musicology Location for several of the tutorials and workshops. The building is called ZEB, and the street address is Sem Sælands vei 2a. University Library Department of Musicology (ZEB) The scientific program (keynotes, presentations, posters, demos) will be held at the University library, which is located at the centre of the University of Oslo campus. Several of the tutorials on Saturday and Sunday will be located at Department of Musicology, a 3-minute walk Building name: Georg Sverdrups hus from the library, and a 10-minute walk from the music Street address: Moltke Moes vei 39 academy. Directions to Unknown road 300 m – about 4 mins Metro station: Blindern Tram station: Universitetet i Oslo Building name: ZEB Bus stop: Vestre Aker kirke Street address: Sem Sælands vei 2A Metro<b>Walking station: directionsBlindern are in beta.</b><br>Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. Tram station: Universitetet i Oslo Bus stop: Vestre Aker kirke University Library (Georg Sverdrups hus) Tram Department of Musicology (ZEB) Metro University Library (Georg Sverdrups hus) Chateau Neuf Department of Norwegian Academy of Music Musicology (ZEB) Direction of Music Academy + Chateau Neuf Map of the central part of University of Oslo campus. Walking from the University library to the Norwegian Academy of Music / Chateau Neuf takes ∼10 minutes. NIME 2011 Venues for NIME 2011: 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 30 May - 1 June, Oslo, Norway. 1,753 views - Public Created on Apr 8, 2008 - Updated 3 days ago 3 By alexarje University Library Location of the paper sessions, demos and posters. Department of Musicology Location for several of the tutorials and workshops. The building is called ZEB, and the street address is Sem Sælands vei 2a. Norwegian Academy of Music Chateau Neuf The Norwegian Academy of Music is the location for Club concerts and the Art.on.Wires Media Festival will evening concerts, the symposium and some of the tuto- be located at the student house Chateau Neuf, which rials. This is also where registration happens on Sunday, is the building next to the Norwegian Academy of Music. and where the busses leave from for the opening concert (at 17:00). Street address: Slemdalsveien 15 Metro/Bus stop: Majorstuen Street address: Slemdalsveien 11 Metro/Bus stop: Majorstuen NOTAM Chateau Neuf Norwegian Academy of Music notam A. NOTAM — Norsk senter for teknologi i musikk og kunst Nedre gateLocation 5, 0551 Oslo, of the Norway Integra workshop on Saturday. +47 22 35 80 60 ! Street address: Nedre gate 7 Metro Tram station: Schous plass (line 11, 12, 13) Bus station: Jakob kirke (line 34 and 54) Tram / bus tram NOTAM NIME 2011 VenuesThe for NIME Norwegian 2011: 11th International Academy Conference on of New Music Interfaces for / Musical Chateau Expression. Neuf 30 May - are 1 June, Oslo, Norway. 1,753located views - Public next to each other, and only a few minutes to walk Created on Apr 8, 2008 - Updated < 1 minute ago By alexarjefrom the Majorstuen area. University Library Location of the paper sessions, demos and posters. Department of Musicology Location for several of the tutorials and workshops. The building is called ZEB, and the street address is Sem Sælands vei 2a. bus 4 City Hall Museum of Science, Techn., Med. The SID exhibition is located at the Norwegian Museum The City of Oslo invites conference participants to a re- of Science, Technology and Medicine. This is also where ception at the Oslo City Hall on Monday 30 May at 17:30. the opening concert on Sunday 29 May will be held. The We will travel together on the metro from the university. museum is located outside the city centre, so we will or- ganise bus transport from the Norwegian Academy of Music on Sunday at 17:00. Directions to Rådhuset 350 m – about 4 mins teknisk museum <b>WalkingMetro directions station: are in beta.</b><br>UseNationaltheatret caution – This route may be Street address: Kjelsasveien˚ 143 missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. A. Norsk Teknisk Museum Kjelsåsveien 143,Bus 0491 Oslo, station: NorwayKjels˚as (lines 54, 25, 22) +47 22 79 60 00 ! 18 reviewsTrain station: Kjels˚as (local train to Gjøvik) Nationaltheatret Business listings providedTram by 1881.no station: Kjels˚as/Kjels˚asalleen (lines 12 Kjelsas,˚ 11 Disen) Museum Bus / train City Hall Tram Direction from Nationaltheatret metro station to Oslo City Hall (∼5 min.) 5.