Overview EURING 2003 will be held at the Radolfzell Ornithological Institute, in Radolfzell, Germany, from October 5-12. Radolfzell is a small city with about 29,000 inhabitants in Southern Germany, situated directly at the western shore of Bodensee (Lake Constance), on an axis between the larger cities Singen and Konstanz (Constance). The border to Switzerland is 8 km away across the western end of Lake Constance. The direct distance to Zürich is 50 km. Most info about the city unfortunately is only available in German but probably also the pictures may give you an idea about the place. If you load the city map you find the railway station (Bahnhof) next to the blue sign "P 2" near the lower border of the graph. The hotels with the prebooked rooms are located at the numbers (23) and (24) few meters east of the market place (Marktplatz). If you scroll the map a bit up (click near the upper border of the frame) you see a red building symbol labelled "TKM". This is the "Tagungs- und Kulturzentrum Milchwerk" where we will hold our meeting. Meeting Facility The city hall of Radolfzell ("Tagungs- und Kulturzentrum Milcherk (TKM)") is used for concerts and cultural events as well as for conferences and meetings. This former factory for dairy products has been converted into a well equipped and appealing centre with several halls and meeting rooms for 30 to 1100 participants. For our purposes the small hall ("Kleiner Saal") with a maximum of 139 seats is booked for the lectures and the foyer is suitable for the posters. We also have an additional room where we will get our meals and which can be used as an additional meeting room for informal sessions. Slide and transparency projection equipment as well as video proejctors and laptops (IBM compatible) are available. In order not to waste valuable time with changing computers it is highly recommended that participants either (i) bring their presentations on CD-ROM, ZIP Drive (up to 250 MB), floppy disk or memory stick (USB, if necesary including driver on floppy disk). The conference will support presentations in PowerPoint, Corel Presentations, or Adobe PDF formats only. Posters can be fixed on Monday October 6 and stay in the foyer until the end of the meeting. They should not exceed the size of 90 x 120 cm. Getting there Because of its size and location, there are no options for direct air travel to Radolfzell - we anticipate that most participants will travel to Radolfzell by air to an airport in a nearby city, and then make there way from there to Radolfzell. Air Travel The nearest airports are Zürich (Switzerland) Friedrichshafen (Germany) Stuttgart (Germany) From these airports there are good train connections to Radolfzell. Travel time by train from Friedrichshafen is 1:30 hrs, from Zürich 1:25 - 2 hrs, and from Stuttgart 3 hrs. It is less convenient to come by train from Frankfurt Airport (4-5 hrs) or from München (Munich) Airport (5-6 hrs). If you want to stay a few additional days in Zürich or if you have very late arriving or early departing flights you may find useful information here. There is a city train connection to the airport every 15 minutes or more between 5:00 and 24:00 (see train schedule). It might be convenient not to use the expensive hotels directly at the airport. Alternatives can be found here. Train Travel Radolfzell has a railway station which is at the crossing of the main lines Lindau - Basel and Konstanz - Offenburg. The international fast train line Stuttgart-Zürich crosses the city of Singen nearby where you can get one of the frequent local trains which brings you to Radolfzell in 7-10 minutes. Please check the following German Railways (DB), Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Note that there will be a minor change in the schedules of the trains in June. The latest connections we can recommend depart at Zurich Airport 21:22 (arrival in Radolfzell 23:11), at Friedrichshafen Airport 19:45 (arrival 21:38) and at Stuttgart Airport 20:08 (arrival 23:05) Auto travel The local details given here may help you to find your way into the city of Radolfzell. Visa requirements You can get information about entry requirements and German visa regulations here.