Venue and Directions

The Freedom of Information Under Pressure conference will be held at the Kuppelsaal of the Vienna Univesity of Technology (TU Vienna), which is situated at the centre of Vienna, very near Karsplatz square, the Vienna State Opera and the historic centre of Vienna.

Venue: Kuppelsaal of Vienna University of Technology
Capacity: Up to 300 persons
Address: Karlsplatz 13, 1040, Vienna, 4th floor

The main building of the Vienna University of Technology (image credit: Peter Haas)

The Kuppelsaal of Vienna University of Technology (image credit: TU Vienna)

How to get to the conference venue:

The Vienna University of Technology can be reached by:

• subway number U1 (red line), U2 (purple line), U4 (green line) - station Karlsplatz
• tram number 62, 1 (station Resselgasse)
• tram number 2, D (station Karlsplatz)

From the airport to the city center:

Vienna International Airport is about 16 km east of Vienna in Schwechat. The city center can be reached quickly and in comfort by public transport.

The following services ply between the city center, the main railway stations, the Vienna International Centre and the airport:

City Airport Train CAT

• Plies between the airport and Wien Mitte/Landstraße
• Travel time: 16 minutes
• Operating hours:
• Wien Mitte/Landstraße -  Airport
  Daily from 5.38 am - 11.08 pm
  Airport - Wien Mitte/Landstraße
  Daily from 6.05 am - 11.35 pm
• Frequency: every 30 minutes
• Rates:
  One way: €11.00
  Return: €17.00
• CityAirport Train for less with the Vienna-Card:
  One way: €10.00
  Return: €16.00
  Children up to 14 years travel on the CAT free of charge.
• Passengers can complete check-in and receive their boarding cards for many flights at Wien Mitte.

You can buy your CAT ticket online, from ticket machines and from tourist information at the airport.

Express train S7

• Plies between the airport and Wien Mitte/Landstrasse
  Other stops in Vienna: Kaiserebersdorf, Zentralfriedhof S-Bahn, Geiselbergstraße, St. Marx, Rennweg, Praterstern, Traisengasse, Handelskai, Floridsdorf
• Travel time from/to Wien Mitte/Landstrasse: 26 minutes
• Operating hours:
  Wien Mitte/Landstrasse - Airport
  Daily from 4.31 am - 11.46 pm
  Airport - Wien Mitte/Landstrasse:
  Daily from 4.54 am to 0.18 am
  Timetables for all stations are available at www.oebb.at
  Frequency: mostly every 30 minutes
• Rates:
  Vienna-Card: You only need to buy one additional ticket for €2,10 in advance. Please validate before boarding.All holders of a multi-day network card of the Vienna Lines (e.g. 24-hour ticket, 72-hour ticket, weekly ticket, etc.) will also need just one additional ticket.

One way tickets:  €4,20 in advance and at ticket machines. Each passenger needs two tickets of €2,10 each. Validate both tickets before boarding.The one way tickets can be purchased from tourist information at the airport and from ticket machines in Vienna and at the airport.

(Source: www.wien.info)