Accommodation

We wish to accommodate all foreign participants in (completely non-smoking) hotel Pawlovnia or in a hostel run by the student dormitory, both of which are nearby the Institute. Check-in time in the hotel is from 14:00 to 22:00. Later arrival is possible if announced in advance – you may contact the LOC to provide the information about your arrival to the hotel. Guests are asked to check out untill 11:00 from the hotel Pawlovnia. Check-in/out times in the hostel are less clear, however, there is no need for concerns if you are not planning to arrive/depart at crazy times.

Public transportation in Prague

Beside walking, the most convenient way of getting around Prague is the public transportation system which consists of three main parts: subway (metro), trams and buses. Unless something really unexpected happens, the subway is the fastest part of this system as it is burried deep under ground, not being affected by anything that might happen on the surface (e.g. traffic jams). It is thus strongly recommended to travel by the subway when one wants or needs to get somewhere on time (e.g. to our Institute not to miss any of the talks or to the Christmas Market to have enough time to drink some gluehwine). When one is more interested in seeing something of Prague while travelling through it, the trams or buses are (especially in the city centre) a better choice. More information about the Prague public transportation system can be found on the official website.

In general, it is not necessary to study time tables for the subway, trams or buses since the intervals between subsequent connections are pretty short. One can simply come to a station or a stop and wait for something to arrive. It is, however, always good to know what one is waiting for and for this purpose, the connection finder comes in handy.

Unfortunately, public transportation in Prague is not free. Tickets can be purchased in various shops (e.g. newspaper stalls) as well as in ticket machines located at or nearby most stops or stations (including those at the airport). The basic ticket will take 32 CZK from your pocket and it will enable you to travel for 90 minutes by any bus, tram or metro line. Immediately after you have entered a metro station (or got on a bus or tram), do not forget to validate your ticket in one of the small yellow metal boxes you will easily locate unless you wish to pay extra 1500 CZK = more than 50 EUR for the trip if the ticket inspectors come (do not do it twice otherwise the ticket becomes invalid). After the validation, 90 minutes long countdown starts. Within this period of time, you can change the means of transportation as many times as you wish.

How to get to the Institute – hotel Pawlovnia – hostel at the student dormitory

Most of the participants of the (M+2)-nd Aarseth N-body Meeting will arrive to Prague aboard an aircraft. For these, it might be useful to know how to get from the Prague airport to our Institute and hotel Pawlovnia or the hostel at the student dormitory. The recommended connection is this one:

To get an idea of the location of the places you shall visit during the workshop, see the Google map below. You can zoom it, change its type (roadmap, sattelite etc.) or use the street view (take the little yellowish guy in the bottom-right corner and throw him to some of the roads that turn blue).

For convenience, official addresses of the places shown on the map are:

A – Astronomical Institute: V Holesovickach 747/2, Praha 8; search for the buildilng with the entrance label "V"

B – Hotel Pawlovnia: V Holesovickach 1401/5, Praha 8

C – Student dormitory "17. listopadu": Patkova 3, Praha 8

D – Hotel & restaurant Castle residence: Kvetinarska 755, Praha 8