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VERSIM 2008
The Workshop will be held in the lecture theater in
Balaton Limnological Research Institute (BLRI) of Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3., Tihany, Hungary H-8237
Tihany is a beautiful peninsula at Lake Balaton in Hungary.
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| Balaton Limnological Research Institute (BLRI) | View at the Tihany village | Lake Balaton |
About Hungary:
Hungary is member of European Union, the local currency is Hungarian Forint, but some places, including hotels, restaurants, petrol stations accept Euro. The population of Hungary is a bit more than 10 million.
Climate:
The climate in mid-September is usually mild, the mean temperature is 15-18oC with 20-25oC daytime maximum. The 'Indian Summer' starts at mid-September and lasts till early October. The temperature of the lake water is usually between 15-20oC.
Access to Tihany:
See: http://www.blki.hu/BLRI/how_to_eng.htm or http://www.tihany.hu/en_menetrend.htm
The nearest airport is the Budapest-Ferihegy airport (about 150 km East - North-East of Tihany). All major European air company fly to Budapest and it can be reached from overseas countries through major European hubs (London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, etc).
We are organizing direct transportation From Budapest Airport to Tihany, details will be available later.
All major car rental firms are available at the Budapest Airport, Tihany can be accessed from the airport through M0-M7-71 roads.
Tihany can be accessed by train from Budapest-Déli Pályudvar (station), see the webpage of Hungarian Railways (http://elvira.hu). The nearest train station to Tihany is Balatonfüred (5 km), from here you can take a bus or a taxi to Tihany.