Accommodations in Copenhagen
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish. Thanks. Rhiannon Bury
For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator: www.translate.google.com . It does a pretty good job of translating simple text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right next to the U. to get to the conference quickly. On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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How late does the public transport run in Copenhagen, and how about getting cabs, in general or after the public transport closes? Thanks, Kim On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Christian Nelson <xianknelson@mac.com>wrote:
For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator: www.translate.google.com. It does a pretty good job of translating simple text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right next to the U. to get to the conference quickly.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar
questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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How late does the public transport run in Copenhagen, and how about getting cabs, in general or after the public transport closes?
To reiterate, public transport in Copenhagen is marvelous - the metro, to begin with, is like something out of Star Trek; for an English page <http://intl.m.dk/>
The Metro runs daily between 5 am and 12 pm. Thursday, Friday, and during the weekend, the Metro also runs all night. Tickets can be purchased with credit card / cash at the station; I'd recommend you pick up a 2-zone "Klipperkort" - it can be stamped (clipped) for each ride in the little yellow machines both at the top of the escalators / stairways and on the platform; more convenient and less expensive than buying a ticket for each ride - and the Klipperkort can be used for the buses as well. Buses are clean, quite, and frequent. <http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/turist/rejseplanlaegning/transport_i_koebenha vn/bus> (In Danish) Night buses run from 1:00 - 5:00 a.m.
The page noted above includes a link to the travel planning service ("Reiseplanen" / Need help finding your way around Copenhagen?) on the right side of the page: this will let you input starting addresses and destinations, and give you possible routes with both metro and bus. I haven't checked out the locations of all the hotels - but in the case of the Maritime and the Opera, it's a 5-10 minute walk to the Metro station (Kongens Nyhavn) and from there - take line 1 (Green line), direction Vestamager; get off at the second stop - Islands Brygge - and from there it's ca. 7-10 minutes to ITU. There will be a map or two to help facilitate the walk from Islands Brygge to ITU on the website - but if you feel like playing - go to the Reiseplanen link: http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en? In "From:" put in: Islands Brygge st (Metro) In "To": put in: Rued Langgaards Vej 7 choose any date and you'll get a schedule. Each possible itinerary includes a link titled "Show journey on map." Click, et voila! you'll have a sense of the walk. In my experience, it's best to call / reserve a cab. There are several companies - perhaps our hosts have specific recommendations? Hope this helps some - let me know if there are any additional questions, concerns, etc. And welcome to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen! - charles ess
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Christian Nelson <xianknelson@mac.com>wrote:
For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator: www.translate.google.com. It does a pretty good job of translating simple text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right next to the U. to get to the conference quickly.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar
questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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Exellent info. Just one small correction--the Metro is at Kongens Nytov, not Kongens Nyhavn, though Kongens Nytorv is abuts one end of Nyhavn. --Christian On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:28 PM, Charles Ess wrote:
How late does the public transport run in Copenhagen, and how about getting cabs, in general or after the public transport closes?
To reiterate, public transport in Copenhagen is marvelous - the metro, to begin with, is like something out of Star Trek; for an English page <http://intl.m.dk/>
The Metro runs daily between 5 am and 12 pm. Thursday, Friday, and during the weekend, the Metro also runs all night. Tickets can be purchased with credit card / cash at the station; I'd recommend you pick up a 2-zone "Klipperkort" - it can be stamped (clipped) for each ride in the little yellow machines both at the top of the escalators / stairways and on the platform; more convenient and less expensive than buying a ticket for each ride - and the Klipperkort can be used for the buses as well. Buses are clean, quite, and frequent. <http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/turist/rejseplanlaegning/transport_i_koebenha vn/bus> (In Danish) Night buses run from 1:00 - 5:00 a.m.
The page noted above includes a link to the travel planning service ("Reiseplanen" / Need help finding your way around Copenhagen?) on the right side of the page: this will let you input starting addresses and destinations, and give you possible routes with both metro and bus. I haven't checked out the locations of all the hotels - but in the case of the Maritime and the Opera, it's a 5-10 minute walk to the Metro station (Kongens Nyhavn) and from there - take line 1 (Green line), direction Vestamager; get off at the second stop - Islands Brygge - and from there it's ca. 7-10 minutes to ITU. There will be a map or two to help facilitate the walk from Islands Brygge to ITU on the website - but if you feel like playing - go to the Reiseplanen link:
http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en?
In "From:" put in: Islands Brygge st (Metro) In "To": put in: Rued Langgaards Vej 7
choose any date and you'll get a schedule. Each possible itinerary includes a link titled "Show journey on map." Click, et voila! you'll have a sense of the walk.
In my experience, it's best to call / reserve a cab. There are several companies - perhaps our hosts have specific recommendations?
Hope this helps some - let me know if there are any additional questions, concerns, etc. And welcome to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen!
- charles ess
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Christian Nelson <xianknelson@mac.com
wrote:
For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator: www.translate.google.com. It does a pretty good job of translating simple text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right next to the U. to get to the conference quickly.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar
questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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take Copenhagen city - it is in walking distance from Copenhagen university. (10-15 minutes). Copenhagen dowentown is a bit further, but also central. You would have to get a bus from there or hire a bike:) -- De Bedste Hilsner/Sincerely Jannie Møller Hartley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. student Institut for Kommunikation, Virksomhed og Informationsteknologier Roskilde Universitetscenter Bygning 43.3 Universitetsvej 1 4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4674 3695 Mobile: (+45) 30251066 E-mail: jath@ruc.dk EAN: 57980004181 Institute of communication, business and information technologies, Roskilde University Quoting Rhiannon Bury <rcbury@rogers.com>:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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Dear all, While the local organisers were afk sleeping and doing other things, thanks all for input and suggestions :) It was definitely Copenhagen City Hostel we were thinking of: http://www.danhostel.dk/content/us/hostel_details?HostelId=144 (UK page) If you want to see where the hotels, we have deals with, are located in relation to the conference venue (IT University of Copenhagen), look at this map (linked from the accommodation page now): http://conferences.aoir.org/CphMap-hotels.jpg In general, if you are not using the hotels listed on the conference website, we recommend finding a hotel near a metro stop - the metro will take you close to the IT University, if you get off at either the "DR Byen" stop or "Islands Brygge" stop. But both the City Center Hostel and CabInn city is within walking distance (approx 20 min) of the IT University - Copenhagen is a very safe city to walk in. Cabs: the biggest taxi company in Copenhagen is "3x35" - phone: (+45) 35 35 35 35. Unless it's christmas, friday night or heavy rain, they normally arrive within 10 min of being called. In city center Copenhagen, it is relatively easy to haul one from the street (that saves you approx 13 d.kr on the fare). LOOKING FOR A ROOMMATE? we have made a page on the aoir-wiki, where you can advertise if you are looking for roommates: http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=2008_Roomfinder (this page also linked from the accommodation page on the conf website now) best, Liz Klastrup conference chair
Jannie's helpful note reminds me - Roskilde is an easy, ca. 20 minute train ride from Copenhagen - and worth the visit for a number of reasons, including the cathedral, and a very nice park that you can walk through on the way to the Viking Ship Museum: <http://vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/page.asp?contentsection=3964B7C731974A1DA15F57 41EA743FE9&zcs=> For those of us interested in communication, culture, and technology - I cannot recommend a visit to the Museum strongly enough. In addition to the impressive display of five 11th-century ships recovered in 1962, there are a number of exhibits that provide interesting, sometimes staggering, insight into, e.g. ship-building technologies (these were the starships of the day, for a host of interesting reasons - including the use of some techniques subsequently lost in the late middle ages and only recovered via the efforts to reconstruct these ships), important and highly influential cultural interactions made possible by these technologies (beyond the stereotype of raiding, etc.), aesthetics, etc., etc. Of course, I don't mean to put temptation to skip any of the IR 9.0 conference in anybody's way - so I hope conference participants will be able to take a day or two on either side of the conference to enjoy not only Copenhagen, but also Roskilde, Aarhus (for those going to the workshop on Internet histories), Skagen and any number of other splendid places in our host country ... on those happy thoughts, cheers, - c.
take Copenhagen city - it is in walking distance from Copenhagen university. (10-15 minutes). Copenhagen dowentown is a bit further, but also central. You would have to get a bus from there or hire a bike:)
De Bedste Hilsner/Sincerely
Jannie Møller Hartley
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. student Institut for Kommunikation, Virksomhed og Informationsteknologier Roskilde Universitetscenter Bygning 43.3
Universitetsvej 1 4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4674 3695 Mobile: (+45) 30251066 E-mail: jath@ruc.dk EAN: 57980004181
Institute of communication, business and information technologies, Roskilde University
- and following up on Charles' mail: Some time ago, under the "best of cph" menu item on the conference website (http://conferences.aoir.org > left hand menu > "Best of Copenhagen" ) I have posted various information about Roskilde sightseeing options (incl the viking ship museum) and a couple of links to help out the practical planning of a trip to the city. Also note that the Danish Museum of Contemporary Art, right next to the cathedral in Roskilde, during the conference hosts the exhibition "TOTAL_ACTION: Art in the New Media Landscape" - Im negotiating a deal where conference participants should get a very good discount on access to it. As time nears, we will be posting more info on things to do in Cph under the "Best of Copenhagen" item, as recommended by the local committee and other Cph afficionados :) best Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Ess" <charles.ess@gmail.com> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>; <jath@ruc.dk> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Accommodations in Copenhagen Jannie's helpful note reminds me - Roskilde is an easy, ca. 20 minute train ride from Copenhagen - and worth the visit for a number of reasons, including the cathedral, and a very nice park that you can walk through on the way to the Viking Ship Museum: <http://vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/page.asp?contentsection=3964B7C731974A1DA15F57 41EA743FE9&zcs=> For those of us interested in communication, culture, and technology - I cannot recommend a visit to the Museum strongly enough. In addition to the impressive display of five 11th-century ships recovered in 1962, there are a number of exhibits that provide interesting, sometimes staggering, insight into, e.g. ship-building technologies (these were the starships of the day, for a host of interesting reasons - including the use of some techniques subsequently lost in the late middle ages and only recovered via the efforts to reconstruct these ships), important and highly influential cultural interactions made possible by these technologies (beyond the stereotype of raiding, etc.), aesthetics, etc., etc. Of course, I don't mean to put temptation to skip any of the IR 9.0 conference in anybody's way - so I hope conference participants will be able to take a day or two on either side of the conference to enjoy not only Copenhagen, but also Roskilde, Aarhus (for those going to the workshop on Internet histories), Skagen and any number of other splendid places in our host country ... on those happy thoughts, cheers, - c.
take Copenhagen city - it is in walking distance from Copenhagen university. (10-15 minutes). Copenhagen dowentown is a bit further, but also central. You would have to get a bus from there or hire a bike:)
De Bedste Hilsner/Sincerely
Jannie Møller Hartley
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. student Institut for Kommunikation, Virksomhed og Informationsteknologier Roskilde Universitetscenter Bygning 43.3
Universitetsvej 1 4000 Roskilde Tlf.: (+45) 4674 3695 Mobile: (+45) 30251066 E-mail: jath@ruc.dk EAN: 57980004181
Institute of communication, business and information technologies, Roskilde University
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On Aug 20, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Charles Ess wrote:
Jannie's helpful note reminds me - Roskilde is an easy, ca. 20 minute train ride from Copenhagen - and worth the visit for a number of reasons, including the cathedral, and a very nice park that you can walk through on the way to the Viking Ship Museum: <http://vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/page.asp?contentsection=3964B7C731974A1DA15F5741EA743FE9&zcs=
I second that. The walk is gorgeous and the museum is great. Might want to check if there are any Viking re-enactment encampments (ya' know, like Civil War encampments here in the states) there during or adjacent to the conference time period in order to get the most bang from your visit. For those who like to see art in an idyllic setting, I'd highly recommend the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which is right along the train line that runs north out of Copenhagen up to Kronborg Castle in Helsingor (the site of Shakespeare's Hamlet). For folks attending the conference with kids, Louisiana also has a nice art room, but for a full day of entertainment I cannot recommend Copenhagen's Experimentarium enough. Of course, there's always Tivoli, too. If you're in DK before or after the conference, Skagen is certainly nice. Old Skagen is very quaint, there are a few special shops amidst the more touristy ones, the harbor is beautful and there are a bunch of good seafood restaurants. The one I liked the most, located on the main harbor wharf was quite logically name Skagen Fiskerestaurant. They have at least 8 home-distilled versions of akavit (Denmark's national liquor), and I can vouch that at least two of them are quite excellent. Just be prepared for lots of tourists, particularly when most Danes go on holiday. That also means that staying right in town is expensive. If you do go to Skagen, I strongly recommend trekking to Skagen Grenen, the spit of sand that forms the absolute tip of Jutland. The way the waters of the Kattegat and Skagerrak crash against each other there right at the tip is something to behold (and a good reason to be careful about wading in very far right at the tip-- something that is officially discouraged). A safer and easier place to get into the water is the beach that stretches all along the North Sea to the southwest of Skagen Grenen. To access that, just drive to the end of one of the roads that feeds out onto it. Once there, you park out on the beach itself. (If you zoom in on the satellite photos available at Wikimapia.org you'll see a car here and there all along the coast up toward Skagen Grenen.) Of course, its wise not to park too close to the water, particularly if you don't know when its high tide. Skiveren is probably the closest town to Skagen with a beach access road, and there's also a big campground near the end of that road for those who want to see Skagen, etc., more cheaply. Svendborg, at the southern tip of Fyn, is also a great place to visit. Its a beautiful town with great artisans. Take the channel ferry to visit the scenic towns like Troense as well as Valdemars Castle. On the way there, be sure to stop at Egeskov Castle, outside of Kværndrup. Its a beautiful castle and surrounding gardens--said to be the best example of a Renaissance castle in Europe. There are also some fun attractions for kids on the estate, and they are removed enough from the castle and gardens that they don't spoil things. Geez do I wish I were going to the conference. Cheers, Christian Nelson
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