The Cracow Epiphany Conference
has had a different topic every year.
The series started in 1995. By bringing in new subjects and inviting new
participants every year the meetings offer a general forum to discuss
the frontiers of physics. The number of participants is about one hundred
and there are twenty to thirty invited talks.
The conference will be held in the Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, Cracow, Poland. Participation by invitation only. Persons interested in attending the conference and in getting help with accommodation in Cracow please send e-mail to epiphany@ifj.edu.pl before December 1, 2000.
Cracow (Kraków) -- Poland's former capital city -- is a center
of Polish intellectual and artistic life. For its unique urban and
architectural values the city is quite exceptional. Its
Jagellonian University was founded in 1364. Cracow has today a
population of 800 000. In recent years hundreds of new pubs, cafes,
jazz clubs and restaurants have opened in the old center of Cracow.
For more info about Cracow see
http://www.krakow.pl
You will be lodged in the University Guesthouses at 7a Garbarska street ( Bursa Pigonia located in the courtyard behind the building # 7, tel. 422-30-08) or at 49 Floriańska street, tel 421-12-25. Garbarska street is only two streetcar stops (# 4 and 14) from the Main Railway Station. Floriańska street is in the very old town, within a walking distance from the Main Train Station. Accommodation will be in single rooms (for families in double) with breakfast. The Institute of Physics is located at 4 Reymonta street within 20-25 min. walk from the Guesthouses. Please, note that number of rooms is limited, especially at Floriańska street.
If you arrive to Cracow by plane, you can reach the town by taxi - approximate price 60 złoty ( i.e. approximately DM 30) or get to the Main Railway Station by busses 152 or 208.
If you decide to come by train from Warsaw we give you some information concerning public transportation and train connections to Cracow (however we recommend that you fly directly to Cracow, or fly from Warsaw to Cracow, if necessary). The most convenient connection between the Warsaw airport and the central railway station is provided by the Marriot Hotel shuttle service. The bus stop is at the exit from the arrival hall on your left side (follow the signs). Get off at the Marriot Hotel which is just opposite to the Warsaw railway station Warszawa Centralna. Alternatively you can take the regular city bus #175. Taxis have a tendency to overcharge foreigners.
There is a number of Express and Intercity
trains from Warsaw to Cracow. Departure times from Warszawa
Centralna:
6:15, 6:50, 7:35, 9:35, 11:35, 12:35, 13.35, 14:35, 15:35,
16:35, 17:35, 19:35;
arrival at the Kraków Główny railway station in approx. 2 hrs. 35 min.
Be aware of pick-pockets, they are very active, mostly at the railway stations.
The exchange rate for polish złoty is now (October 2000) approximately:
1 USD = 4.6 zł. ,
1 DM = 2.1 zł.
In addition to the regular banks there are many exchange offices
called "Kantor"
(some of them open also on Sundays), where you
can exchange money. Major credit cards are commonly accepted in most
restaurants and gift shops; travellers cheques and Eurocheques can be
cashed in the PKO Bank (Eu-cheques also at some major Post Offices).
You may have problems, however, to cash cheques
on weekends, when the banks are closed.
ATM cash machines are widely available.
If you wish to use city transportation in Cracow you have to buy tickets
in advance in newsstands called "kiosk" or "Ruch". Price of one ticket
is 2 zł ; for sub-urban lines (numbers 201-299) 2.50 zł.
You have to punch the ticket immediately after you get
on a bus or on a tram. (You have to punch ticket for each large luggage
as well!). Daily and weekly tickets are also available.
For more info about communication in Cracow see
http://www.mpk.krakow.pl