SOFSEM
SOFSEM 2001
28th Annual Conference on Current Trends in
Theory and Practice of Informatics
November 24 - December 1, 2001
Piestany, Slovak Republic, Europe

How to Reach Bratislava

The nearest large international airports are  Vienna (Austria), Prague (Czech Republic) and Budapest (Hungary). A few international flights land at the Bratislava airport.

From Vienna to Bratislava

There is direct bus connection from Vienna airport Schwechat to bus station Mlynske Nivy in Bratislava. Some buses also continue to Piestany.

Bus connection
Vienna (airport) Bratislava Piestany
08:25
09:45
11:55
13:25
15:45
15:25
17:25
18:55
19:55
20:00
22:25
09:35
-
13:05
14:35
-
16:35
18:35
20:05
21:05
-
23:30
-
12:15 Sun (Thermia Palace)
-
-
18:30 Wed, Sat
-
-
-
-
22:40 Mon, Fri
-
Piestany Bratislava Vienna (airport)
02:30
-
06:35
-
-
-
-
14:10
-
-
-
-
05:40
-
07:00
08:00
09:00
11:00
-
15:00
16:00
20:00
05:30 Thu, Sat
06:50 except Sun
09:20 Wed, Sat
08:10
09:10
10:10
12:10
16:15 Sun (Thermia Palace)
16:10
17:10
21:10

You can also get to Bratislava by train from Vienna Südbahnhof station (preferably to Bratislava hl.st., possibly to Bratislava-Petrzalka). The distance from Vienna to Bratislava is approximately 60 km.

Train connection
Vienna (Sudb.) Petrzalka Bratislava
06:00
06:56
07:21
08:15
10:28
12:28
12:48
13:28
13:48
14:48
15:48
16:12
16:15
16:48
17:28
17:48
18:48
19:28
20:19
21:15
07:02
-
08:18
09:02
-
-
13:50
-
14:47
15:47
16:47
17:00
-
17:47
-
18:55
19:47
-
21:19
22:02
-   Mon-Sat
09:02   change in Marchegg
-  
09:35  
12:07   change in Marchegg
14:11   Sat
-   Mon-Sat
14:45   change in Marchegg, except Sat
-   Mon-Fri
-  
-   Mon-Fri
17:33  
17:23   Mon-Fri
-   except Sat
18:52   change in Marchegg
-   Mon-Fri
-  
20:52   change in Marchegg
-   change in Bruck, except Sat
22:42  
Bratislava Petrzalka Vienna (Sudb.)
-
-
05:56
06:04
-
-
07:55
-
11:02
12:42
13:05
-
-
-
-
17:52
-
16:01
19:05
-
05:02
05:35
06:35
-
06:09
07:10
-
09:45
-
13:21
-
14:16
15:16
16:16
17:16
18:26
19:16
-
-
20:26
06:05   Mon-Fri
06:25   Mon-Sat
07:20  
07:15   Mon-Saty
07:11   Mon-Fri, change in Bruck
08:11   Mon-Sat
09:35   change in Marchegg
10:45  
12:33   change in Marchegg
14:09  
14:33   change in Marchegg
15:11   Mon-Sat
16:11   Mon-Fri
17:11  
18:11   Mon-Fri
19:14  
20:11   Mon-Fri
17:33   Mon-Fri, change in Marchegg
20:33   change in Marchegg
21:45  

From Prague to Bratislava

It takes approximately 5 hours (about 400 km) to get from Prague to Bratislava by train or by bus. You can also fly to Bratislava by regular direct air line from Prague.

Bus connection
Praha Brno Bratislava
-
06:00
-
-
08:45
09:15
-
-
12:30
13:45
15:40
16:30
17:45
18:30
19:35
22:00
05:30
08:50
09:35
11:00
11:30
-
13:45
16:00
15:10
-
-
-
-
21:00
22:25
00:55
07:10
11:10
12:00
13:10
13:15
13:55 except Sun
15:35
18:00
17:10 Sun
18:35
20:20 Mon-Fri
21:10
22:35
23:20
00:45
03:30
Bratislava Brno Praha
00:15
00:30
06:00
07:50
08:50
07:45
09:15
09:30
10:00
10:40
11:00
13:50
15:00
16:20
16:30
19:30
02:05
02:35
-
09:50
10:50
-
-
11:45
11:55
12:55
-
15:45
17:00
18:40
-
21:10
05:45  
06:00  
10:45  
-   except Sun
-   Sun
12:20   Mon-Fri
14:00  
-  
-  
-  
15:45  
18:30   Thu
19:40  
21:30  
21:15   except Sat
-  

Train connection
Praha Brno Bratislava
00:43
06:10
08:58
10:58
12:58
14:10
14:58
15:58
17:58
23:22
04:19
09:42
11:51
13:51
15:51
17:40
17:51
18:51
20:51
02:42
06:07 change in Ceska Trebova
11:36
13:28 Praha Holesovice
15:28 Praha Holesovice, change in Breclav
17:28 Praha Holesovice
19:36
19:36 Praha Holesovice, change in Breclav
20:28 Praha Holesovice
22:28 Praha Holesovice
05:03
Bratislava Brno Praha
06:32
08:34
10:34
11:55
12:34
14:28
14:28
16:34
22:05
23:55
08:06
10:06
12:06
13:42
14:06
16:06
16:19
18:06
00:04
02:02
10:50 Praha Holesovice
12:50 Praha Holesovice
14:50 Praha Holesovice, change in Breclav
17:32
16:50 Praha Holesovice
18:50 Praha Holesovice, change in Breclav
20:03
21:12
03:37 change in Ceska Trebova
05:45

From Budapest to Bratislava

Distance from Budapest is about 200 km. By train or by bus it takes 2.5 hours. Train from Budapest-Keleti pu. Station departs for Bratislava approximately every 2 hours.

Local transport in Bratislava

From Petrzalka railway station to the main railway station (6 km)

Take one of the buses No. 82, 90, 180 in the city center direction and get off at the next stop (Zaporozska, 2 min). Then take the bus No. 81. Its final stop is the main railway station (Hlavna stanica, 12 min). The bus No. 82 also finishes at the main railway station, but it is a little round trip (28 min).

From the main bus station (Mlynske Nivy) to the main railway station

The trolleybus No. 210 is the line between the main bus station and the main railway station. It is about 4 km and it takes 10 min.

The price of the public transport ticket is 12 SKK/10 min, 14 SKK/30 min and 20 SKK/60 min. The ticket can be purchased at the newspaper stand or in the yellow slot machines.

TAXI taken on the street costs approximately 25 SKK/km.

How to reach Piestany from Bratislava

The distance from Bratislava to Piestany is about 80 km.

We are going to arrange a direct bus from Bratislava to the conference hotel (Slnava) in Piestany. The expected departure of this bus from the Main railway station in Bratislava is on Friday, November 23 at about 20:45 (the bus will be available from 20:00 and will wait until the arival of the train EC 77 Comenius from Prague).

There are also regular bus and train connections from bus station Mlynske Nivy (Bratislava) and from the main railway station (Bratislava hl.st.). We recommend to use train, it has frequency at most 2 hours, the journey takes 70 min.

Bus connection
Bratislava Piestany
04:15
04:45
05:40
06:20
07:15
08:00
08:20
08:30
08:50
09:00
09:30
10:10
10:30
10:50
10:50
11:35
11:55
12:15
12:25
12:45
13:10
13:20
13:50
14:10
14:40
14:40
14:45
15:10
15:25
15:25
15:40
15:45
16:10
16:15
16:35
17:00
17:05
18:35
19:00
20:00
20:25
05:40
06:10
07:13
08:00
08:45 Sun
09:33 Mon
09:55
09:40 Mon
10:30 Mon-Fri
10:30 Mon
11:03 Mon-Fri
11:40
11:55 Mon-Fri
12:17
12:25
13:05
13:20 Mon-Fri
13:45 Sun
14:05 Mon-Fri
14:10
14:43 Mon-Sat
14:59 Mon-Fri
15:30 Mon-Sat
15:39
15:55 Fri
16:05 Mon-Thu
16:09 Mon-Fri
16:40
16:44 Mon-Fri
16:44 Sun
17:13 Mon-Fri
17:00 Mon-Sat
17:35
17:44
18:15 Fri
18:25
18:24 Mon-Fri
20:08
20:25
21:25
22:04 Sun
Piestany Bratislava
03:13
05:53
06:00
06:15
06:20
06:31
06:45
06:50
07:01
07:10
07:25
07:40
08:10
08:40
08:50
08:43
09:21
09:30
10:15
11:11
11:50
12:45
13:00
13:31
14:05
14:10
14:15
15:25
15:30
16:10
17:05
17:15
18:10
18:25
20:10
20:10
04:45
07:25 Mon-Fri
07:30 Mon-Fri
08:00 Mon-Sat
07:35 Mon-Fri
07:55 Mon-Fri
08:05
08:20 Mon-Fri
08:25
08:25 Mon-Fri
08:55
09:05 Mon-Fri
09:50 Mon-Fri
10:10 Sat-Sun
10:00 Mon-Sat
10:05 Mon-Fri
10:45
11:05 Mon-Sat
11:50
12:40
13:25 Mon-Fri
14:10
14:15 Sun
14:55
15:40
16:20
15:55 Fri
16:55 Sat-Sun
17:05 Mon-Fri
17:45 Sun
18:30
18:50
19:50 Sun
19:45 Sun
21:40
21:40 Sun

Train connection
Bratislava Piestany
03:50
05:50
07:50
08:50
09:50
11:50
12:40
13:50
14:20
14:50
15:50
17:50
19:50
22:50
23:50
04:58 except Sun
06:58
08:58
09:58 Sat
10:58
12:58
13:50 Fri
14:58
15:28 Fri
15:58
16:58
18:58
20:58
23:58
00:58
Piestany Bratislava
04:17
05:17
06:17
07:17
09:17
11:17
13:17
14:17
15:17
16:17
17:17
19:17
20:17
21:17
05:23
06:23
07:23
08:23
10:23
12:23
14:23
15:23
16:23
17:23
18:23
20:23
21:25 Sun
22:23

How to reach hotel Slnava from bus or railway station

The distance from bus station in Piestany to hotel Slnava is about 2 km. The railway station is near to the bus station.

A shuttle between the Piestany railway (and bus) station and the conference hotel will be arranged on Friday, November 23. The expected departures of the bus from railway station are at about 19:20, 21:20 and 0:10 (Saturday).

There are also local transport from bus station (as well as from railway station) to the hotel. It takes about 17 min. The bus stop near hotel is called Zimny stadion (ice-ring).

There is also possibility to take a taxi. Taxi from bus or railway station to the hotel costs about 110,- Sk

Bus No. 10
Bus station Hotel Slnava
06:30
14:47
18:11
06:45 Mon-Fri
15:02
18:27
Hotel Slnava Bus station
06:53
15:10
18:35
07:10 Mon-Fri
15:28
18:53

Bus No. 20
Bus station Hotel Slnava
09:05
13:05
17:35
09:22 Mon-Fri
13:22 Mon-Fri
17:52 Mon-Fri
Hotel Slnava Bus station
07:23
11:23
15:23
07:40 Mon-Fri
11:40 Mon-Fri
15:40 Mon-Fri

How to reach hotel Slnava by car

In case you travel by car, please consult the maps showing the arrival routes.


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