Dear colleagues - participants of COST734 MC Meeting in Novi Sad (28-30.10.2009)!

It is our pleasure to host you in our beautiful city and provide some useful information about its location and hotels.

I About the cityNovi Sad (Нови Сад/Novi Sad in Serbian) is the capital of Vojvodina, the northern region of Serbia. Situated on the Danube River between Budapest and Belgrade, it is a treasured regional and cultural centre. Novi Sad has the population of 400,000 and it's home to EXIT, a large 4 day music festival which takes place each July at Petrovaradin fortress.

Get inOrientation: Novi Sad has good transport connections with nearby cities thanks to its great position. It is located about 80 km to the northwest of Belgrade, about 300km from Budapest, 424 km from Ljubljana, 309km from Zagreb, 548 km from Podgorica, 150km from Timisoara (Romania), 100km from the border town (with Hungary) of Subotica and about 100km from the Romanian border town of Jimbolia.

By plane

Airport Nikola Tesla – Beograd 44°49'08,83"N20°17'28,62"E

The city itself doesn't have an airport and the closest one is Nikola Tesla International Airport (IATA: BEG) [1] near Belgrade (about 70 kilometers). There is no easy bus/train connection, but some taxi companies run regular cars between Belgrade Airport and Novi Sad:

• Aldo travel (http://www.aldotravel.co.yu/TRF-eng.htm)• Jam transfer (http://www.jamtransfer.com/taxi/index.php?

option=903&userid=&lang=en&rid=1484&taxi=Belgrade%20Airport%20&dest=Novi%20Sad )

• Gonzales Taxi, tel. +381 63 514 850 (English Speaking).

Other useful airports with low-cost flights might be:

• Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (IATA: BUD) [2] (247 kilometers from Novi Sad, serving numerous low-cost airlines, the best way to get to Western/Northern Europe by plane)

• Osijek Airport [3] (96 km from Novi Sad, serving Ryanair [4] flights) • Timisoara Traian Vuia International Airport [5] (126km far, serving Wizzair[6])

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By car

E-75 highway that connects Belgrade and Budapest is passing by some 5 km from Novi Sad. Toll fare for passenger cars coming from Belgrade is 240RSD (or 3EUR). Prices for other types of vehicle (bus, truck) are higher.

If you want to go in the direction of Zagreb, Ljubljana take E-70 highway which is some 40km south/west of Novi Sad.

By bus

Using the bus is the most recommended option. The bus stations for long-distance trips are:

• "Old bus station", at Bulevar Jase Tomića 6 (still much more used than the new one) • "New bus station", at the corner of Sentandrejski Put and Novosadskog partizanskog

odreda, near "Novosadska Mlekara" (Novi Sad's dairy plant).

Internationally, the city has frequent bus connections to Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb, Vukovar, Osijek in Croatia, Sarajevo and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Hercegovina, and Budva, Tivat, Podgorica, Herceg Novi in Montenegro, but also many other international and domestic lines.

Bus station - Novi Sad:45°15'55,06"N19°49'46,41"E

By train

Using train can be very comfortable way to reach Novi Sad from Vienna or Budapest. The main train station is next to main (old) bus station and approximatelly 3 km from the city center.

Train station - Novi Sad:45°15'55,06"N19°49'46,41"E

II Meeting place

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Dositej Obradovic Sq. 8.:45°14'50,07"N19°51'06,28"E

More information about how to reach University campus you can find on http://www.ns.ac.yu/location/howTo.htm

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(Meeting place is No 2)

III Hotels (http://www.novisad-hotels.com/)In Novi Sad you can find a variety of hotels, from low budget to five stars hotels. We make a short list of hotels for you. However, if you choose Voyager, Zenit or Mediteraneo which are on walking distance from the campus we can arrange that somebody pick you up on reception on 28th October in the morning.

Hotel Voyager (www.voyagerns.co.rs ):45°14'53,93"N19°50'55,57"E

It is very nice hotel just 100 m from meeting place. We make a special arrangement for you with hotel management (see at the end of this document). You just have to indicate in your reservation that you are participant of COST734 MCM. However we would like to underline that there is a limited number of rooms in this hotel.

Hotel Zenit (http://www.hotelzenit.co.rs/index-en.html ):

45°15'21,23"N19°50'45,95"E

It is a nice small hotel placed in the City center. It is 10 min walking distance from the Campus.

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Hotel Mediteraneo (http://www.novisad-hotels.com/index.php/Hotels/Hotel-Mediteraneo.html ):

45°15'20,14"N19°50'52,81"EIt is a nice small hotel placed in the City center. It is 10 min walking distance from the Campus.

Hotel Park (http://www.hotelparkns.com/en/strane/glavna.html ):

45°15'11,17"N19°49'36,32"E

It is luxury hotel but not close to the Campus. There is a direct bus line (No. 11) or you can use taxi (app. 3-4 EUR). Transfer takes app 15 min.

Hotel Aleksandar (http://www.hotelaleksandar.rs/ ):45°14'25,96"N19°49'43,86"E

It is luxury hotel but not very close to the Campus. There is a direct bus line (No. 9) or you can use taxi (app. 2-3 EUR). Transfer takes app 5-10 min.

IV Organisation, food and excursions

If you have any questions regarding your travel and stay in Novi Sad you can contact Branislava Lalic (branka@polj.uns.ac.rs). Please send to her confirmation of your hotel reservation. However, we will highly appreciate if you can inform us about your special needs regarding food (vegetarian, macrobiotic or without certain component). Since we plan a small sightseeing, please let us know would you like to join to this excursion.

We are looking forward to see you in Novi Sad.

Sincerely,

D. T. Mihailovic and B.Lalic

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Dear Mrs Lalic

Based on Your inquiry for accomodation for members of COST-734 seminar during theperiod of 27-30th October 2009.,we have prepared an offer :

* In case that the reservation is made for equal or more than 12 rooms during thewhole period of stay,we will be able to prepare a discount of 10 % on CASH payments only!*regular price for singlebed room is 51 euro ( 53 for kingsize bed ).Breakfast andall taxes are included in the price.(those are the prices we could grant a 10%discount on CASH payments)

Reservations should be made before the 10th of October.

Thank You for your bussinesBest regards,

Zoran Hajnaloffice manager"Voyager" apartmentsStrazilovska 16,21000 Novi Sad, Serbiatel/fax: 00381 (21) 453-711E-mail: voyageragencija@sbb.rswebsite: www.voyagerns.co.rs

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