Travel Information
Getting there
By plane
Basel has an
airport, airport code BSL.
If you fly from France, try Mulhouse (MLH), from Germany, Freiburg (EAP), it's the same airport but it's a domestic flight then.
There's a bus line, 50, going every 10 minutes to Basel main station.
For cheap(er) intercontinental flights, flying to Zürich, Strasbourg, Frankfurt or Stuttgart and using a train to get to Basel would also be an option.
By train
Basel SBB is the station you want unless you come from or through Germany, then it's Badischer Bahnhof Basel.
getting from Bahnhof SBB to the conference
Take the bus line 30, direction
Schönaustrasse get out at
Bernoullianum
(4th stop), go right for 50 m and you are in the Bernoullistrasse.
getting from Badischer Bahnhof to the conference
Take the bus line 30, direction
Steinenschanze get out at
Bernoullianum
(9th stop), cross the street, go right for 50 m and you are in the
Bernoullistrasse.
By car
Remember you need a Vignette for the Swiss motorways. Expect scarce parking.
For geocachers
The conference location is at 47.5601, 7.5819 (claims
Google Maps)
Recommended Hotels
Petersgraben 23 - CH-4051 Basel Tel. +41 61 261 81 40,
this hotel is about 100m away from the conference room and directly
situated in the city
Standard Price: single CHF 110.--, double CHF 180.--
There's a lower conference rate if you book before May 5th and claim the
NetBSD meeting rate when booking.
The hotel's web-page shows no rooms available because we reserved
them all for you! Mail info@hotelrochat.ch to reserve your room.
Just in case the Rochat should be full.
Basel has two youth hostels, both are ok.
City information