For your convenience we have organized contingents of hotel rooms at various locations and price levels. Please directly contact the hotel of your desire and make your own reservation. Please note that these contingents remain open for limited time only and you need to give them notice of your ECEM participation when placing your reservation. For further details please consult the table below.
Due to the high demand for hotel reservations, the contingents arranged for ECEM13 are almost sold out. However, you book further hotel rooms by means of the online reservation tool at berninfo.ch Please make sure to book a hotel in Bern as the reservation tool also features hotels outside the city!
Hotel
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Tariff and rooming list
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How to place a reservation
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Deadline
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Novotel (****) Luxury |
An additional tax of 3.70 CHF has to be paid per guest and night.
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Please send your reservation by e-mail to h5009@accor.com or by fax to the following number: +41 31 339 09 10 Please indicate in your reservation that you are part of the ECEM contingent |
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Hotel Bären Best Western (****) Luxury |
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Please send your reservation by e-mail to reception@baerenbern.ch or by fax to the following number: +41 31 311 6983 Please indicate that you are part of the ECEM contingent
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07-14-05 |
La Pergola (***) Intermediary |
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Please send your reservation by e-mail to info@hotel-lapergola.ch or by fax to the following number: +41 31 381 50 54 Please indicate in your reservation that you are part of the ECEM contingent
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07-20-05 |
Isola-Garni (**) Budget |
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Please send your reservation using the hotel's webform and indicate that you are part of the ECEM contingent. |
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Etap (*) Budget |
An additional tax of 3.70 CHF has to be paid per guest and night.
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Please send your reservation by fax to the following number: +41 31 335 12 13 Please indicate in your reservation that you are part of the ECEM contingent
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Youth Hostel (*) Budget |
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Please use the online webform of the Swiss youth hostels' reservation system. |
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Nydeck (**) Intermediary sold out |
sold out |
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National Bern (**) Intermediary sold out |
sold out |
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Ibis (**) Intermediary sold out |
sold out |
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Arabelle (**) Intermediary sold out |
sold out |
Offers listed in table above may be subject to changes or error. Please note that ECEM13 is not directly affiliated with these hotels and can not guarantee your desired accommodation. Offers are good until the deadline has elapsed or the offer has been sold out. Offers are being sold on a "first come, first serve" system. ECEM13 doesn't offer any accommodation or handle reservations; only the accommodation arrangements you directly enter with your hotel of choice are binding.
Swissgeo
is a great place to get a map of every address in Switzerland. The address
for the main conference location is: Universität Bern
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012 Bern
The Survey Department of Bern features an interactive map of Bern on its website.
The closest airport in the vicinity of the city is Bern-Belp (site is offered in German only). Bern-Belp is mostly being frequented by business travelers who need local and easy connections to various European cities. Passengers transfer between Bern-Belp and the city by train, bus, and/or taxi.
Most travelers, however, will enter Switzerland through her largest airports in Zürich-Kloten or Genève-Cointrin. Bern is excellently connected with the two airports by the Swiss Federal Railways' system, you will find the trainstations directly built into the airports with trains heading to Bern every 30 min. Visit SBB Online to query the exakt timetable and check out the following paragraph for information on traveling by train.
Traveling to Bern by train is very easy as it is one of the neural spots in the Swiss Federal Railways' network. Visit SBB Online to query the exakt timetable, purchase tickets and receive various other information. There is also a map avaible of Bern Main Station (German and French only). The university's main building is situated right next to the trainstation and can be reached easily using the elevators near track 13 up to the top floor. This map shows the location of the main building ("Hauptgebäude" in red letters) as well as the spot where you will exit the elevator ("Lift Bahnhof" in blue letters).
Arriving by car you are heading to Bern on the interstate ("Autobahn") A1 until you reach exit "Bern-Neufeld" or "Bern-Forsthaus" (green letterson the linked map) which are closest to the campus area. Switzerland is roughly divided into four sections with the A1 crossing the country from the west (Geneva) to the east (St. Gallen) and the A2 from the north (Basel) to the south (Bellinzona). No matter where you are coming from, you will end up sooner or later on one of these routes. The junction between these two major routes of traffic is near Olten.
In Switzerland, interstates are marked with green traffic signs, highways with blue and local/country roads with white ones. To plan your journey by car you may use viamichelin. To travel on Swiss interstates it is mandatory to purchase a Vignette (site is offered in German, French, and Italian only) that needs to be visibly stuck onto your windshield.
Due to limited space parking in Bern is quite difficult and often very expensive. In the center of the capital there are no free parking slots at all. You can search on http://www.parking-bern.ch/ for available parking slots, but be warned that these slots may cost up to CHF 40.- per day.
It is cheaper to find one in a "Blue Zone" (German: "Blaue Zone"), where you can place your car for free for one hour during business hours, during lunch hours, and for the whole night. Mark the arrival-time on your parking disk (Parkscheibe) which has to be visibly placed behind your windshield.
If you intend to keep your car during business hours for more than one hour you should obtain a "Parkkarte für die Blaue Zone" for CHF 15.- which is valid for 24h. These tickets are available at every Bus-stop.
Location |
Nearest available parking |
Hotel Bären Best Western |
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Hotel La Pergola |
Between CHF 10.- and 15.- p.d. |
Hotel Isola Garni |
"Blaue Zone" |
Novotel |
CHF 12.- p.d. |
Traveling within Bern is very easy by the means of the buses and trams of Bernmobil. Every bus and tram stopps at Bern Main Station which serves as the core of Bernese public transportation. At virtually every bus and tram stop you will find a vehicle heading into your desired direction every 5 min during daytime and every 15 min at night. Last rides leave the Main Station exactly at midnight.
To find out what ticket you need to purchase look up your desired destination on the list at the bus/tram stop and see what cathegory it is placed in. Tickets can either be purchased by means of coins at every bus/tram stop or at the "Libero Shop". Before boarding a bus or tram you need to insert your "Mehrfahrtenkarte" into the vending machine (found at every bus/tram stop) to have a timestamp printed on it. Check your ticket to learn how many minutes it is valid.
The site of the conference is University of Bern, Main Building. If you arrive by train, it is very close: After you have left the train, take the stairs or ramp from the platform down to a connection hall between the platforms. Please do not head into the main direction to the city but to the other end of the hall where there are three elevators that will take you up to the top floor. Don't let yourself confuse by the open-air cinema, just pass it and you'll be right in front of the main building as it is pictured on our homepage.
If you arrive by car, head towards "Bahnhof Parking" where limited parking is available at standard parking fees. Use the elevator as described in the previous paragraph.
When you have arrived at University Main Building, please start with Registration.
You will receive your participant's documentation folder, and in case you
have not yet paid the full amount, you should pay the balance of the fee in
cash either in Swiss Francs (preferably) or Euros. (no cheques or credit cards
will be accepted). During the conference, you should always wear your name
card, since there is an entrance control at lecture rooms.
Registration is open on Sunday between 17:00 and 19:00. On the following days,
the registration opens at 08:00 am. and closes at 10:00 am.
If you arrive on Sunday evening before 20:00, join us at the welcome
come-together in the University Main Building.
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