RHIC SCHOOL 2004

Transport information

HUN-REN Wigner Research Center for Physics

• Address: Budapest XII. Konkoly-Thege Miklós út 29-33.
• Location on Google Maps: see here.
• How to reach the campus: KFKI campus site
• From Hotel Mercure Castle Hill to Wigner:
  • Slightly outdated brochure with maps
  • Take bus no. 221 from "Déli" (i.e. Southern Railway Station)
  • Travel until the final stop ("Csillebérc, KFKI")
  • Buses leave every 10-20 minutes, the trip is around 25 minutes.
• Map of the KFKI Campus
• Information about the KFKI Campus

ELTE Eötvös University Campus

• Address: Budapest XI. Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a.
• Location on Google Maps: see here.
• From Mercure Castle Hill or Ibis Styles City Center to the University campus:
  • Detailed brochure with maps
  • Take tram no. 56 or 56A from "Mikó utca"
  • Travel for 7 stops to "Mórciz Zsigmond körtér"
  • Change to tram number 6 for 2 stops
  • The University is at "Petőfi híd, budai hídfő" (the Buda end of the Petőfi Bridge)
  • You can also use BudapestGo
• Map of the campus
• North Building, ground floor
• North Building, -1th floor
• North Building, 7th floor
• Where to have lunch on our Campus?
• Information about the University
• Homepage of the Physics Institute

Liszt Ferenc Airport transfer

• By car to: Wigner Institute, Hotel Mercure Castle Hill, Eötvös University
• By public transport to Hotel Mercure Castle Hill:
  
  • Bus 200E from the Airport to its final stop, "Kőbánya Kispest"
  • Metro3 from "Kőbánya Kispest" to "Deák Ferenc tér" (partly covered by subway substituting buses)
  • Bus 100E from the Airport to its final stop, "Deák Ferenc tér"
  • Metro2 from "Deák Ferenc tér" to "Déli pályaudvar"
  • Walk 300m to the hotel
• Airport transportation map

Railway Station transfer

• Southern railway station ("Déli pályaudvar") to Hotel Mercure Castle Hill:
  
  • Walk 300m to the hotel
• Eastern railway station ("Keleti pályaudvar") to Hotel Mercure Castle Hill:
  
  • Metro2 from there to "Déli pályaudvar"
  • Walk 300m to the hotel
• Western railway station ("Nyugati pályaudvar") to Hotel Mercure Castle Hill:
  
  • Metro3 from there to "Deák Ferenc tér"
  • Metro2 from there to "Déli pályaudvar"
  • Walk 300m to the hotel

Public Transportation in general

• Official route planner with live info: BudapestGo
• BudapestGO app for planning, live info ant ticket purchase:
  • Android
  • iPhone
• Fare info, bus and tram lines: Budapest Transport Authority (BKK)
• Important ticketing information:
  • You need a pre-purchased ticket to board the BKK vehicles
  • Tickets are usually valid for a single ride with no transfers
  • Tickets must be punched on board (or when entering the Metro)
• Subway, tram and boat network
• Railway network
• City transportation network
• Buda transportation network

Cabs

• If you choose a taxi, please, be careful, and look for the taxi-meter.
• All Budapest taxis operate with fixed price: 400 HUF/km + 1000 HUF base fare
• Taxis are supposed to take cash or bank cards
• Phone numbers (substitute 1, 20, 30 or 70 to 'X' below, each of these are supposed to work):
  • Főtaxi, +36-X-2222222
  • Budapest taxi, +36-X-7777777
  • City taxi, +36-X-2111111
  • Bolt (Taxify), +3614445154

WiFi

• At the Wigner and the Eötvös University campus, you can connect to the Internet through Eduroam
• Eduroam website
• Eduroam Hungary
• Eduroam at Wigner

Hotels

• Mercure Budapest Castle Hill (Former Mercure Buda)
• Ibis Budapest City Hotel (former Emke)
• Booking.com Budapest Hotels
• Hotel directory

Weather

• MSN weather
• Yahoo weather
• CNN weather
• Google weather

Currency

• Current official rates
• You can exchange money at the railway stations or in banks
• There are numerous ATMs, where you can access your money with a credit/debit card.
• There is an ATM at the entrance of Wigner.

Further information

• A short brochure of restaurants, museums, baths and other sights of Budapest
• Budapest Tourism
• Budapest.com
• Wikipedia
• Budapest Airport (Liszt Ferenc Airport)