SoMaS Summer School 2011: General Information

Duration of the summer school:
Beginning: Sunday 10th July (afternoon)
End: Friday 15th July (after lunch)

Location:
Centre de Mittelwihr        
16 rue du Bouxhof       
68630 Mittelwihr, France    
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 47 93 09
www.mittelwihr.com/english.html

Travel information:
Airports
The closest airports are Frankfurt in Germany, Basel in Switzerland or Strasbourg in France. At all airports there is a train station and fast connection to Strasbourg or Freiburg (ca. 2 hours).
 
Shuttles
We have organized shuttles on Sunday, July 10th, departing at 3:15 p.m. from the train station in Strasbourg and 3:15 p.m. from the train station in Freiburg to the “Centre de Mittelwihr”.
The shuttles return on Friday, July 14th, departing at 2:00 p.m. from the hotel and arriving at Freiburg (train station) approximately 3:00 p.m. and at Strasbourg (train station) approximately 3:15 p.m.

Trains and Busses to the Centre de Mittelwihr
From Strasbourg or Freiburg, you can take the train to Colmar. There are also busses between Breisach and Colmar for people coming from Freiburg.

Then take the regular bus N°106 “Colmar - Route des Vins – Ribeauvillé” and get off at “Mittelwihr Mairie”  

   
N°106: Ribeauvillé - Route des Vins – Colmar

(http://www.cg68.fr/horaires-des-bus/horaires-des-bus.html)

Stop ”Mittelwihr-Mairie” to Centre de Mittelwihr: 500 meters

By car
From Strasbourg: RN83 – Exit Ostheim - direction Beblenheim, Riquewihr
From Mulhouse: freeway A35 - Exit Bennwihr, Kaysersberg
From Freiburg: via B31 and A5 to Breisach, D415 to Colmar, A35 direction Nancy/Strasbourg/Colmar-Nord - Exit 23 (Bennwihr, Houssen), then take D83 and D4 (direction Kaysersberg) to Mittelwihr
 

Hotel:
Seniors, please reserve a hotel in Mittelwihr.

For the students, i.e. PhD students and post docs, we have reserved double rooms from July 10-15, 2011 at:

Centre de Mittelwihr
16 Rue du Bouxhof
68630 MITTELWIHR
e-Mail : info@mittelwihr.com
Tél. : +33 (0)3 89 47 93 09
Fax : +33 (0)3 89 49 02 25