Local information
How to get from the airport downtown?
You can either take a taxi or the bus 'Flygbussen'. You can pay your taxi by credit card; the bus ticket can be paid on the bus by credit card only! For more information on the bus 'Flygbussen' seehttp://tabussen.nu/sv/flygbussen/english/ .
How to reach the site of the workshop?
You can reach the site of the workshop by bus from the bus station Vasaplan downtown (Comfort Winn hotel is located at Vasaplan). Take one of the lines 2, 5, 6, 8 and get off the bus at station Universum (or take one of the lines 6, 9, or 1 and get off the bus at bus station Universitetssjukhuset). Here you can find a map showing the bus station Universum and the way to the department (MIT-huset, Lat: 63°49,22956'N, Long: 20°18,43834'E). From there you follow signs leading you to the site of the workshop. This is a more detailed and extended sketch showing the university campus and surroundings and here you find the corresponding on a Google map . Here you can find the bus connection lines:
tabussen.nu/media/64485/linjekarta_vitbakgrund.pdf You can buy bus tickets at Vasaplan at "reseinfo" beforehand or you pay your ticket on the bus by credit card only! Walking to the workshop site from downtown takes you between 25 and 40 minutes depending on your pace and fitness level!
Where is the workshop dinner?
The workshop dinner is at the brasserie Rex which is located downtown. For more information please see http://www.rexbar.com/Where to eat?
Pubs:
http://www.bishopsarms.com/Umea/Presentationhttp://www.lottas.nu/
Italian restaurants:
http://www.invitobar.se/umea/http://vezzo.se/
http://www.angelini.se/
Sportsbar:
http://www.allstarbar.se/umea/Boat restaurants at the river:
http://www.vitabjörn.se/http://www.sjobris.nu/static/sv/
http://www.batenumea.se/
Other nice restaurants:
http://www.clubsocialize.se/http://www.viktoriaumea.se/
http://www.rexbar.com/