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Osnabrück, Germany

Osnabrück is in Northwest Germany, near the Dutch border - if you have a larger European sense of distance. Amsterdam is about 180 km to the west and a little north of Osnabrück. Going directly east for about an hour on the train, you will be in Hanover, and if you keep going on this train, after another two hours you will be in Berlin. On a direct train, you can come from Zurich or Paris in 8 hours. Hamburg is about 2 hours to the north. map of Northwest Germany

Train connections are generally very good and run about each hour. Osnabrück has together with Münster a joint airport with connecting flights to European Airports. Quite often it works just as well when one flies to the large international airports of Amsterdam or Frankfurt, from where you can take a direct train of 3 respective 4,5 hours to Osnabrück.

The city has a beautiful old center with a number of Romanic and Gothic buildings as well as the typical half-timbered houses. It is very proud of a long and lively cultural tradition. The writer Erich Maria Remarque was born here as well as the painter Felix Nussbaum. The city lies between the Teutoburg Forest and Wiehen Hills, in a landscape of low mountains and extensive deciduous forests, which give ample opportunity for excursion and hike.
For more information go to: http://www.Osnabrueck.de (pages in German).

Buildings, Meeting Rooms, and Facilities of the University of Osnabrück

The part of the university where the conference will take place is downtown of Osnabrück, with restaurants and cafes, being close by. Auditorium, lecture rooms and seminar rooms are all equipped with internet access. Notebooks can be connected to projectors. Other state of the art equipment is available as well. There is also a room with several computers where conference participants have full internet access. map of Osnabrück inner city

Accomodations

Osnabrück’s inner city has 1607 hotel beds in single and double rooms to offer. Prices range from € 25 to € 143 reflecting different hotel standards.

List of hotels and youth hostels with special rates for EuroCogSci03 including a registration form and a map (.pdf file)

Restaurants

A variety of restaurants of different price ranges are located in the city. Also Osnabrück has Germany’s best student cafeteria, which is located one minute from the conference building.

Travel Information

Ease and costs of reaching the site from within Europe and around the world:

By car: Osnabrück is passed by the Motorways A1, A30, A33 and the highways B51, B68, B214. Routes can be planed with http://www.falk-online.de

By train: Osnabrück can be easily reached from all major northern European cities by train. It takes about 3 hours by train from Amsterdam as well as from Berlin (€ 60-70 standard). For connections and time tables see http://www.deutsche-bahn.de

By plane: Airport Münster/Osnabrück (FMO) has direct flights to major German and European cities. A shuttle service and public transportation regularly link the airport and the inner city. For more information see http://www.flughafen-fmo.de
Also Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover and Düsseldorf International Airports are within 3 hours travel by train.