Venue address: Ullensvangveien 865, 5781 Lofthus
The hotel is in the center of the small town Lofthus, which is a 2.5 hour drive from Bergen (the second largest city in Norway). Lofthus is about 1 hour drive from Voss train station, which can be reached from Bergen (1-1.5 hours) and the capital, Oslo (5.5 hours).
The easiest way to get to the conference venue is either by plane to Bergen (shortest) or Oslo. We are organizing buses to go from the Bergen city center to Ullensvang hotel. These bus will also pass by Voss to pick up those of you arriving from Oslo by train. See time schedules for the buses on the right.
You should plan for at least 1 hour time slot getting from Bergen airport to Bergen central station and vice versa. There are buses (https://flybussen.no/en) and a light rail (https://www.skyss.no/en) going from Bergen airport to the city center. For those of you going from/by Oslo, the easiest would be to take the train either from Oslo airport or Oslo city center (https://www.vy.no/en).
Public Transport
There are trains going from both Bergen and Oslo to Voss (https://www.vy.no/), where you can take a public bus to Lofthus (1h 20 mins) if you are not able to take the SCAPE bus. The buss schedule can be found here: https://www.skyss.no/en if you put: from "Voss stasjon" to "Lofthus, Ullensvang" (not Lofthus, Voss), which stops right outside the venue/hotel.
SCAPE bus from Bergen/Voss to Lofthus:
Two SCAPE shuttles will leave from Bergen central station.
To make sure we don't overbook the buses:
Please fill out this form (This is the same form that Jørund sent on email, so no need to double register!)
Thursday 10 October
First bus:
Leaves Bergen busstation 15:00
Second bus:
Leaves Bergen busstation 16:30, at Voss train station 18:15 (corresponds with train from Oslo)
Sunday 13 October
First bus:
Leaves Ullensvang hotel 07:45 (corresponds with train to Oslo, in Bergen ca. 11:00)
Second bus:
Leaves Ullensvang hotel 10:00 (corresponds with train to Oslo, in Bergen ca. 13:00)
Getting from Bergen airport to the bus station:
Light rail ("Bybanen")
Easiest and cheapest (> 4 euros). Departs from just outside the main entrance of the airport about every 5-10th minute (depending on time and day) – just take the escalator down when you come out from the airport. This takes about 40 mins to the Bus station, which is two stops before the last stop (City centre - 43 mins). The city centre is relatively small, and you can walk to most things you would want to see there, including the bus station.
Airport bus ("Flybussen Bergen")
Leaves every 30-60 minutes. It is much more expensive (<14 euros), but the travel time is 13 minutes less than the light rail.
Taxi
The maximum price between the airport and city centre is almost 50 euros on weekdays (53,5 on nights and weekends). Taxis use 20-25 minutes to the city centre.
What if I miss the last bus?
If you miss the last SCAPE bus because your plane is late you can do the following:
- Contact the organizers, preferably Jørund: tlf.: +47 994 93 343; email: jorund.johansen@nibio.no
- Take the light rail to Bergen city centre, go off at "Bergen busstasjon", which is by the train station.
- Take the train to Voss station (1h & 18 min)
- If you catch the 16:46-train to Voss, you will catch up with the bus, and be able to get on it when it stops in Voss around 18:15.
- If you catch a later train, one of the organizers can probably come get you by car in Voss, and bring you to the venue (1h drive).
- There is one public bus from Voss to the hotel at 22:15, which you can take if you only manage to catch the 20:40-train from Bergen.
Train schedule from Bergen to Voss on Thursday October 10 (after the SCAPE buses have left):
