Dates: 11 — 19 July 2025
The fees are 450 €. They include the lodging, meals, coffee breaks and the excursion from July 11 evening to July 19 morning.
Location:
Hotel Academia
Stara Lesna C.176, Stará Lesná
Slovak Republic
Hotel coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vQKdh9C8XWxzyCAz7
Slovakia is part of Schengen area, without any formalities for the EU and most of European countries, please check eventual entry formalities on: https://www.mzv.sk/en/web/en/visa-and-services/schengen-visa
Currency: Euro, most of credit and debit cards are accepted, cash needed only in rear cases (like in small tobacco shops or newspaper stands or on farmer markets)
Travel:
Transfer from Kosice to Stara Lesna on 11 July 2025, Friday
The bus to St. Lesna will stop at the:
Kosice Airport (KSC) between 14:30 and 15:00 h,
Institute of Experimental Physics, Watsonova 47, Kosice cca. from 15:30 to 16:00,
Railway and Bus Station, Kosice, in case of need.
Please let us know, where you plan to catch the bus.
Room # 108 with Wifi (eduroam) and also some small self servis refresment will be available
in our Institute ( new building, address: Watsonova 47/A, 04001 Kosice) for participants during the day.
If somebody is interested to have a lunch at the Institute canteen (11:30-13:00),
please inform us not later than 9 July 2025.
In case you decided for individual transfer to St. Lesna give us to know the date and
approximate time of your arrival well in advance.
Bus to Stara Lesna will be organized from Kosice on 11 July 2025 around 15:00 (?) (90-120 minutes ride, depends on traffic conditions). Will be picked up the Kosice Airport and at the Institute of Experimental Physics, Watsonova 47, Kosice and if needed at the Kosice railway station.
In case of an earlier arrival, you can come to the Experimental Physics, Watsonova 47, Kosice: https://goo.gl/maps/t98VXYjt3VahL9Qt5
Bus departure after the school from Stara Lesna to Kosice will be on 19th July 2025 @ 10:00 (?) (depends on flight schedule).
Local transport to the Academia Hotel, Stara Lesna:
From Poprad railway station take either the Tatra electric railway
https://www.zssk.sk/en/tatra-electric-railway-tez-and-cog-railway-oz/
to Stara Lesna (change at in Stary Smokovec), then 20 min walk:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vKgPMaME2CULjCxs7
or local train to Tatranska Lomnica and then 30 min. walk:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BBy6AWx1DhPyaZqv5
Flights:
Kosice Airport is the nearest airport with regular daily flights,recommended change at in Vienna or Prague:
https://www.airportkosice.sk/en/passengers/flight-schedule
City bus #23 from the Airport to Kosice downtown.
City buses and trams:
https://imhd.sk/ke/schedules-timetables
Avoid to use taxis waiting at the airport, too expensive
Use mobile apps or web pages:
https://bolt.eu/sk-sk/cities/kosice/
https://www.uber.com/global/en/r/cities/kosice-ki-sk/
https://hopintaxi.com/en/
Other possibilities:
Airport Poprad https://www.popradtatry.aero/?lang=en
5x/week (London Luton, London Stansed), then local train to Stara Lesna
Budapest Airport https://www.bud.hu/en
take Cassovia express (Minibus) to Kosice https://www.cassoviaexpres.sk/en/#/
or
Taxi or city bus to Keleti Palyaudvar (Keleti Station)
Train from Keleti Station to Kosice departures every 2 hours (takes 3 hours)
By train:
Arrival by train to Kosice or Poprad from different directions (Prague, Bratislava, Uzhorod, Budapest,..)
https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Accomodation in Kosice:
Cheap accomodation:
Technical university dormitories (Web page only in Slovak)
https://sdaj.tuke.sk/hotelove-ubytovanie/
University dormitories:
https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/studentske-domovy-jedalne/en/
prices are 15-25 Eur/nigh/person during summer vacations. Ask us for details, if needed.
Standard accomodation:
Nearby the Railway and Bus stations:
https://www.penzionsport.sk/
https://www.horseinn.sk/sk/
https://www.penziongrand.eu/
https://www.hoteldalia.sk/ubytovanie/dalia-dependance
https://www.apartmanykosice.com/