Conference Venue: Stadthalle Wels, A-4600 Wels, Austria

• List of hotels in Wels, Linz and surrounding municipalities (pdf, 777 kB)
• Information on the city of Wels

Arriving by train:

Direct connections from Linz, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich

• Arriving by train from Linz:
  (distance Linz - Wels: approx. 25 km)
  There is a good and fast train service.
  It takes about 15 - 20 minutes to get to Wels.
  
  One way ticket 2nd class ~ 6 Euro
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en or www.westbahn.at/en
  
  

• Arriving by train from Vienna:
  Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station) to Wels.
  There are direct connections at least every hour.
  It takes about 2 hrs to get to Wels.
  
  One way ticket 1st class ~ 60 Euro
  One way ticket 2nd class ~ 35 Euro
  One way ticket Westbahn ~ 16 Euro
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en or www.westbahn.at/en
  
  

• Arriving by train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (Salzburg main station):
  There are direct connections at least every hour.
  It takes about 1 hrs to get to Wels.
  
  One way ticket 1st class ~ 36 Euro
  One way ticket 2nd class ~ 20 Euro
  One way ticket Westbahn ~ 11 Euro
  
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en or www.westbahn.at/en

• Arriving by train from München Hauptbahnhof (Munich main station):
  It takes about 3 hrs to get to Wels.
  Change train in Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (Salzburg main station) or in Plattling.
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en

Wels Hauptbahnhof (Wels main station) to conference venue (Stadthalle):
map (pdf, 192 kB)

• you can either walk (about 30 minutes) or
• take a taxi or
• use the train shuttle (during the trade show days only)

• A1 and A25 motorway
• See map of Wels 

On Thursday, 28 February and especially on Friday, 1 March there will be heavy traffic (due to the trade show). We therefore strongly advise you to take the train and not cars or taxis.

Arriving at Airport Linz:

• Airport Linz
• distance Airport Linz - Wels approx. 20 km
  
  
• Direct flights to Linz:

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• Shuttle bus from Linz airport to Hörsching Bahnhof (Hörsching station):
  This service is available upon request between 05:00 and 22:00 hrs. It is free of charge and it takes about 3 minutes to get to Hörsching Bahnhof (Hörsching station). Please ask at the information desk of the airport for details.
  
  
• Train from Hörsching Bahnhof (Hörsching station) to Wels Hauptbahnhof (Wels main station):
  There are direct connections at least every hour.
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the website of the Airport Linz

• Wels Hauptbahnhof (Wels main station) to conference venue (Stadthalle):
  - you can either walk (about 30 minutes) or
  - take a taxi or
  - use the train shuttle (during the trade show days only) 
  
  
• Taxi from Linz airport to conference venue (Stadthalle):
  It costs about 40 - 50 Euro and takes about 30 minutes.

Arriving at Vienna Airport:

• Vienna Airport
• distance Vienna - Wels approx. 200 km
  
  
• Shuttle bus from Vienna airport to Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station):
  The shuttle bus departs every 30 minutes. It takes about 45 minutes and costs ~ 7 Euro.
  For more information on shuttle bus connections, please visit the website of www.postbus.at/en
  5:00 - 23:00 Linie 1187
  
  
• Train from Vienna airport to "City Air Terminal - Wien Mitte" (Vienna Centre Station)
• "CAT" (City Airport Train): train nonstop (16 minutes) to "City Air Terminal - Wien Mitte" (Vienna Centre Station) every 30 minutes from 6:00 - 23:00 hrs; costs ~ 10 Euro
  For more information, please visit: www.cityairporttrain.at
• "S-Bahn": train nonstop (30 minutes) to Wien Mitte (Vienna Centre Station) every 30 minutes from 4:00 - midnight; costs 3,60 Euro
  For more information, please visit: www.viennaairport.com
• continuation from Wien Mitte (Vienna Centre Station) to Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station):
  metro line No. 3 from Wien Mitte/Landstraße to Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station) every 5 minutes from 5:00 - 23:00 hrs; costs ~ 2 Euro
  Fore more information, please visit Wiener Linien: www.wienerlinien.at

Arriving at Salzburg Airport:

• Salzburg Airport 
• distance Salzburg - Wels approx. 100 km 
  
  
• Shuttle bus to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (Salzburg main station):
  Shuttle bus: line 2 (about 25 minutes) and line 27 (about 40 minutes) from 5:30 - 22:30; costs ~ 2 Euro 
  Fore more information, please visit: www.salzburg-airport.com
  
  
• Taxi to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (Salzburg main station):
  it takes about 10-15 minutes and costs ~ 20 Euro
  
  
• continuation of the journey by train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (Salzburg main station) to Wels Hauptbahnhof (Wels main station)
  For more information on train connections, please visit Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en or www.westbahn.at/en
  
  
 

Arriving at Munich Airport

• Munich Airport
• distance Munich - Wels: approx. 210 km
  
  
• "S-Bahn" to München Hauptbahnhof (Munich main station):
  S1 and S8: direct connections (about 45 minutes) at short intervals from 04:00 - 01:30 hrs; costs ~ 10 Euro
  Fore more information, please visit: www.munich-airport.de/en
  
  or
  
  
• Airportbus to München München Hauptbahnhof (Munic main station)
  
  
• continuation of the journey by train from München Hauptbahnhof (Munich main station) to Wels Hauptbahnhof (Wels main station).
  For more information on train connections, please visit Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at/en
  
  

Rooms in Wels

List (pdf, 777 kB) of hotels in Wels and surrounding villages

For information on accommodation please contact:
Tourist Agency Wels (Tourismusverband Wels)

Stadtplatz 44
A-4600 Wels
Phone +43-7242-67722-0
Fax +43-7242-67722-4
eMail officewels-infoat 
www.wels-info.at

http://www.stadtmarketing-wels.at/stmwels/site/207600147905904795_0_0,en.html

Rooms in Linz and surrounding municipalities

In case you are not able to find a suitable hotel in Wels, a good alternative is to choose a hotel in Linz which has a good and fast train service to Wels (15-20 minutes). 

List (pdf, 777 kB) of hotels in Wels, Linz and sourrounding municipalities.

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