The city of Lviv can be reached by airplane, train or bus. From Airport it is easy to reach the workshop place by the trolleybus No. 9 (up to “Ustiyanovycha” trolleybus stop). From the Railway Station the workshop place can be reached by tram No. 1 (up to “Lviv Polytechnic” tram stop). From a bus station, the easiest way is to take a taxi.
For more information about the city of Lviv please follow the links:
www.lviv.ua
www.inlviv.info
www.about.lviv.ua
The Organizing Committee recommends participants to book places of accomodation in the city of Lviv. Booking in advance is strongly recommended.
Dnister **** – 3 min walk to the Workshop place, single and double rooms starting from 500 UAH
Eurohotel **** – 30 min/20 min (walk/ city transport), single and double rooms starting from 400 UAH
“At Bürger” **** – 30 min/15 min (walk/ city transport), double rooms starting from 375 UAH
Hetman *** – 45 min/20 min (walk/ city transport), single and double rooms starting from 317 UAH
(100 UAH is about 9 EUR in April, 2009)
More information about these and other hotels, apartments or hostels can be easily found in web.
Organizing Committee has arranged the following places of accommodation for the workshop participants:
- Hotel Dnister **** with 15% discount, Address: 6 Mateyka St. (close to the Workshop place);
- Hotel Perlyna, Address: 34a Puluya St. (20-40 min by city transport);
- Student’s Hostel of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Address: 5 Lukasha St., Hostel No.11 (15-20 min walk to the Workshop place);
- Student’s Hostel of Lviv Forest Technical University, Address: 10 Pryrodna St., Hostel No.4 (20-25 min walk to the Workshop place).
Education
Lviv is an important education centre of Ukraine. It is home to three major universities and a number of smaller schools of higher education. There are eight institutes of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, more than forty research institutes, three academies and eleven state-owned colleges. Another institute that was and is renowned in the region is the Lviv Polytechnic (in Polish: Politechnika Lwowska).