13th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium 2009

About Vienna

Vienna, Austria's capital and primary city is also one of the nine states of Austria. With a population of 2.3 million within the metropolitan area, it is by far Austria's largest city as well as its cultural, economic, and political center. Within the European Union it is the 10th largest city, by population, and was listed by as having the 2nd highest quality of living (as of 2008) by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Vienna is host to many major international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC. Situated in the very east of Austria, Vienna is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and in 2005 a study of 127 world cities ranked it first equal with Vancouver for the quality of life.

Transportation

        

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Location of ESMATS  RUAG Space GmbH  AIT  Airports  Partner Hotels  Wien Mitte (Railway Station)  Technisches Museum, Wien   Location of symposium dinner	Vienna Airport Bratislava Airport Brno Airport Graz Airport Innsbruck Airport Klangenfurt Linz Airport Salzburg Airport Sarmellek Airport

Situated in the east of Austria, Vienna is easily accessible by road, rail or air from most of the countries within Europe. Vienna Airport has excellent Public Transport links to the heart of Vienna; City Airport Train - CAT, S-Bahn, Metroplitan Train System or Vienna Airport Lines Bus services all of which will take you to downtown Vienna within 15-30 minutes. If you prefer to take a hire car then the A4 motorway and Erdberger Lände take you directly to downtown Vienna in approximately 25 minutes (depending on the traffic situation).

Airlines using Vienna's International Airport include most of the major international carriers plus many of Europe's low cost carriers.

Delegates are requested to make use of public transport or taxis where possible. Car parking in downtown Vienna is very limited and expensive. All of the venues are within easy walking distance of the hotel.

Accommodation

A range of hotels are being made available to delegates at special ESMATS 2009 symposium rates.