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Welcome to GLOW 33, Wrocław

The Conference Site

The main sessions on April 14 and April 15 will be held at Aula Leopoldina in the main university building (the first floor) at Uniwersytecki Square no. 1. The main session on April 16 will be held at the Faculty of Law, Uniwersytecka Street no. 26.

The workshops on April 13 will take place at the Institute of English, Kuźnicza Street no. 22.


Click here to see the conference venue, hotels, tram stops in the area, the railway station, etc. in a larger map

Travel information

Wrocław airport is located 10 km west of the city centre and is served by LOT (flights from Warsaw, Frankfurt, and Munich), Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich), Ryanair (Alicante, Barcelona Girona, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels Charleroi, Dublin, Dusseldorf Weeze, East Midlands, Frankfurt Hahn, Glasgow Prestwick, Liverpool, London Stansted, Oslo Rygge, Rome Ciampino, and Shannon), and Wizzair (Cork, Doncaster Sheffield, Dortmund, Dublin, Eindhoven, Forli, London Luton, Milan Bergamo, Oslo Torp, and Paris Beauvais).

There is a bus (No. 406) that goes every 30 minutes to the Main Railway Station. The last bus to the station departs at 22:29; the schedule is available here. A ticket costs 2,40 PLN, but if you have luggage with you, you need an extra ticket for 1,20 PLN. You can also take a taxi, which will cost around 50-60 PLN.

The main railway station in Wrocław is called Wrocław Główny. Here you can check train schedules and plan your trip.

The bus station is next to the railway station. Here you can find schedules of international buses going to Wrocław.

Getting to the conference venue

Take tram no. 8 or 11 from the Railway Station and get off at the Hala Targowa, which is the 3rd stop. For detailed instructions on how to get to the conference venue from other locations by public transportation, consult this website.

Accommodation

Partner hotels

GLOW participants can stay at the following partner hotels and ask for a special GLOW room rate. The hotels are all located near the conference venue.

  1. *** HOTEL TUMSKI

    2. Wyspa Słodowa Street no. 10
    Room rates:
    Single room: 240 PLN/€ 58
    Double room: 320 PLN/€ 78
    The rates include breakfasts.

    Reservations for this hotel must be received by 15th March, after which they will be accepted on a space available basis only. To make a reservation, fill in the following form (English version and Polish version) and e-mail it to rezerwacje@hotel-tumski.com.pl or fax it at +48 71 322 61 13.

  2. ***HOTEL LOTHUS

    3. Wita Stwosza Street no. 22/23
    Room rates:
    Single room: 210 PLN/€ 51
    Double room: 250 PLN/€ 61
    The rates include breakfasts.

    Reservations for this hotel must be received by 1st April, after which they will be accepted on a space available basis only. To make a reservation, fill in the following form (English version and Polish version) and e-mail it to rezerwacja@lothus.pl or fax it (0048) 71 341 97 38.

  3. **HOTEL CAMPANILE
    4. Jagiełły Street no. 7
    Single room: 210 PLN/€ 51
    Double room: 240 PLN/€ 59
    The rates include breakfasts.

    Reservations for this hotel must be received by 15th March, after which they will be accepted on a space available basis only. To make a reservation, send e-mail to wroclaw@campanile.com.pl and mention that you are a GLOW participant.

Other hotels

The listing below begins with hotels located within walking distance from the conference site and concludes with the ones further away. The rates stated are per person per night.

  1. *** Best Western Prima Hotel, Kiełbaśnicza Street no. 16-19, 328 PLN/ € 81
  2. *** Mercure Wrocław Panorama, Dominikański Square no. 1, 301 PLN/€ 74
  3. ***** Radisson Blu Hotel Wrocław, Purkyniego Street no. 10, 368 PLN/€ 91
  4. *** Art Hotel, Kiełbaśnicza Street no. 20, 336 PLN/€ 83
  5. **** Sofitel Wrocław Old Town, Św. Mikołaja Street no. 67, 371 PLN/€ 92
  6. *** Qubus Hotel Wrocław, Św. Marii Magdaleny Street no. 2, 317 PLN/€ 94
  7. **** Pensjonat Jana Pawła II, ul. Św. Idziego Street no. 2, 290 PLN/€ 72
  8. *** Centrum Dikul Hotel, Cieszyńskiego 17-19, ask for rates
  9. *** Hotel HP Park Plaza Wrocław, ul. Drobnera Street no. 11/13, 240 PLN/€ 59
  10. ** Hotel Monopol, Modrzejewskiej Street no. 2, 464 PLN/€ 114
  11. *** Europeum Hotel, Kazimierza Wielkiego Street no. 27a, 238 PLN/€ 66

The hotels listed below are located more than 1 kilometer away from the conference site

  1. *** Scandic Wrocław, Piłsudskiego Street no. 49/57, 267 PLN/€ 66, 1.4 km away
  2. *** Holiday Inn Wrocław, Piłsudskiego Street no. 49/57, 283 PLN/€ 70, 1.4 km away
  3. *** Polonia, Piłsudskiego Street no. 66, 135 PLN/€ 33, 1.5 km away (under renovation)
  4. *** Silfor Premium Europejski Hotel, Piłsudskiego Street no. 88, 226 PLN/€ 56, 1.5 km away
  5. **** Orbis Wrocław, Powstanców Śląskich Street no. 7, 189 PLN/€ 47, 1.7 km away
  6. *** Days Hotel, Kromera Avenue no.16, 194 PLN/€ 58, 3.3 km away
  7. ** Hotel Wieniawa, Gajowicka Street no. 130, 170 PLN/€ 42, 3.5 km away
  8. *** Hotel Vega, Grabiszyńska Street no. 251, 215 PLN/€ 53, 4.3 km away
  9. * Dom Snookera, Szpacza Street no. 18, 105 PLN/€ 26, 5 km away
  10. *** Hotel Diament, Muchoborska Street no. 10, 249 PLN/€ 62 5.2 km away
  11. *** Novotel, Wyścigowa Street no. 35, 149 PLN/€ 37, 5.4 km away
  12. * Hotel Bacero, Ołtaszyńska Street no. 107, 265 PLN/€ 65, 5.4 km away

Use www.kayak.com or similar websites to find the best rates.

Hostels

There are a lot of hostels in Wrocław which offer beds in dormitories at very low rates. To make a reservation, go here, here, or here.

The following hostels are the closest to the conference venue:

  1. Kolor Hostel, Kuźnicza Street no. 56/5.
  2. Nathan's Villa Hostel, Świdnicka Street no. 13
  3. Centrum Hostel, Świętego Mikołaja Street no. 16/17
  4. Cinema Hostel, Kazimierza Wielkiego Street no. 15
  5. Cinnamon Hostel Kazimierza Wielkiego Street no. 67