Venue

Workshop Site and Travelling

IWSDS09 will be held at the Schwäbisches Tagungs- und Bildungszentrum Kloster Irsee in the south of Germany. All attendees are accommodated at Kloster Irsee  or in a nearby Hotel. Kloster Irsee is 7 km from Kaufbeuren and about 90 km from Munich. Kaufbeuren  has a train station with convenient connections to Augsburg  and Munich.

Travelling from Munich international airport (easiest way):

A regular train service from Munich airport brings you to the central station in Munich in about 40 minutes. Half-hourly train connections will bring you to Kaufbeuren in about 1 hour. From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact train schedules.

Travelling from Nuremberg airport

There are a number of low-cost airlines going from and to Nuremberg airport. A regular train service from Nuremberg airport (U2) brings you to Nuremberg central station in about 30 minutes. From there, you can get to Kaufbeuren in about 2:90 - 2:50 hours (usually change in Augsburg Hbf). From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact trains schedules.

Travelling from Stuttgart airport

A regular train service from Stuttgart airport brings you to Stuttgart central station in about 30 minutes. From there, you can get to Kaufbeuren in about 2:30 - 3:00 hours (change in Augsburg Hbf or Kempten). Half-hourly train connections will bring you to Kaufbeuren in about 1 hour. From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact trains schedules.

Travelling from Frankfurt Airport (Train station: Flughafen Fernbahnhof):

There are several ways to get from Frankfurt Airport (Flughafen Fernbahnhof) to Kaufbeuren. One option is to take the train to Augsburg Hbf (about 3 hours) and travel from there to Kaufbeuren (about 1 hour). From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact trains schedules.

Travelling from Zürich Airport (Switzerland):

There are several ways to get from Zürich Airport to Kaufbeuren. The easiest options is to take the train to Buchloe (about 3:30 hours). From there, take the train to Kaufbeuren (about 15 minutes). From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Other options are to travel via Lindau. However, in this case you will have to change trains about 4 times. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact trains schedules.

Travelling from Salzburg Airport (Austria):

Recently cheap flights became available from London Stansted to Salzburg, Austria. You may get by bus to Salzburg Central Station (about 20 minutes). There are regular train connections to Munich (about 2 hours). Half-hourly train connections will bring you to Kaufbeuren in about 1 hour. From here it is easy to reach the workshop site Kloster Irsee by taxi. Please have a look at reiseauskunft.bahn.de for exact trains schedules.

Hotels in Munich and Augsburg

For those who arrive earlier, e.g. Saturday 18, you may wish to stop on your way to Irsee for sightseeing in Augsburg or Munich. For accommodations check out: