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
  
  

• 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
  
  Attention: The Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station) is under construction, therefore the way to the train station may be longer in some cases.
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.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
  
  For more information on train connections, please visit the Austrian Railways: www.oebb.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, 1,4 MB)

• 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, 1 March 2012 and especially on Friday, 2 March 2012 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
  
  
• 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 ~ 9 Euro
  For more information, please visit: www.cityairporttrain.at
• "S-Bahn": train nonstop (25 minutes) to Wien Mitte (Vienna Centre Station) every 30 minutes from 5:00 - midnight; costs ~ 4 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
  
  
 

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
  
  
• 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)
Kaiser-Josef-Platz 22, A-4600 Wels/Austria
T: +43-7242-43495-31
F: +43-7242-47904
E: officetourism-welsat
I: Wels Tourism

Please book your accommodation very promptly. Due to the trade show the hotels in Wels will be fully booked soon.

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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