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Going to Typo-Berlin 2004?
Posted by dan_reynolds in
25 Apr 2004 — 2:59pm
25 Apr 2004 — 2:59pm
Back a January we had a little thread going about people going to Typo-Berlin, and maybe a little gathering of Typophiles there. Is anyone still interested?
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25 Apr 2004 — 5:18pm
There's a bridge between Sweden (Malm
26 Apr 2004 — 3:04am
Yeah, the train. There's a nice bridge.
magnus
27 Apr 2004 — 11:59am
Stephen,
You can fly from Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) to Hamburg Lübeck (LBC) on 12 May 04 with Ryan Air (FR9701) 13:55-15:20 (bookryanair.com). It costs a total of 156 SEK (approx. 17 EUR). You can then get a bus to Lübeck Hbf (train station), then a train from Lübeck Hbf to Berlin Friedrichstr. The train departs 16:36 (ICE express train, arrives 20:28) or 17:03 (RE regular train, arrives 20:51). For the latter, you pay 35 EUR, so the entire travel costs you 52 EUR plus some bus charges.
http://www.bookryanair.com/
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/
Best,
Adam
27 Apr 2004 — 3:31pm
No idea (really). In Berlin, I never stay in hotels (it's just 80 km from where I live, and I've got quite a few friends there.)
Adam
28 Apr 2004 — 2:09am
when is it?
I hear Underware are doing a radio broadcast whilst the conference is one.
28 Apr 2004 — 2:24am
Yes, Sami Kortem
28 Apr 2004 — 4:44am
Stephen, I have no idea where the conference is.. but there's always the Forum Hotel at Alexanderplatz...with teh subaway just beneath.
And it's close walk to Prenzlauer Berg.
28 Apr 2004 — 6:27am
Typo Berlin 2004 is at:
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin
Go to: http://42.pl/url/4uS
The red flag you see is the conference location. "Pariser Platz" is where the Brandenburger Tor is. The easiest way to get there is to go by S-Bahn to "Berlin Unter den Linden", switch to Bus number 100 direction "Zoologischer Garten" and exit at the 3rd stop which is right at the front of the conference building. BTW: You can download the PDF plan of the Berlin public transport from http://www.bvg.de/plan/liniennetz.html
If you want to check the route by train, bus or subway from virtually any place in Europe (e.g. from the hotel you intend to book), you can go to http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?ld=105&searchMode=ADVANCED
there, enter the starting point of your choice and put "Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin" as your destination station. You'll get detailed travel description.
28 Apr 2004 — 7:31am
BTW: I will be looking into available hotels tonight.
Adam
28 Apr 2004 — 12:26pm
Hotel tips: You can start with going to http://www.yellowmap.de/ymcity/?CSS=&ID=669B6901-C962-425D-967D-9F7D10733814
Then, under Branchen, select Kategorie: Unterkunft, Unterbranche: Hotels, Suchen. The map will show red dots as hotels. I recommend that you move a bit to the North, to the West or to the East (but not to the South) and look for affordable locations.
Hotel Villa Kastania is pretty close to the conference location and has doubles for 120 EUR/night. As you can see, there are quite a few locations between Invalidenstr (North from the Unter den Linden) and Leipziger Str (South from the Unter den Linden).
Ideally, look for locations along S1/S2 S-Bahn line (stations: Nordbahnhof, Oranienburger Str), U6 subway line (Zinnowitzer Str, Oranienburger Tor) and along the main East-West train/S-Bahn line (Ostbahnhof, Jannowitzbrücke, Alexanderplatz).
A few of my Czech friends and I will be staying at the "Artist Hotel Riverside":
http://www.yellowmap.de/ymcity/?CSS=&ID=FD958B09-B32F-49FD-8AC4-99DE673F4B0A
http://www.yellowmap.de/Eintragsarten/Home.asp?EBINR=XWGX17292335BTPJ61
http://www.great-hotel.com/willkommen.html
You can try getting a room there (approx. 60 EUR/night) -- their phone is +49 30 284900.
If you want it cheap, you can go to the Hotel-Pension Aacron (Friedrichstr. 124, phone +40302829352). It's basically a hostel, you can get a double for 40 EUR, with showers on the corridor. It's fairly well-located, just at the Oranienburger Tor subway station.
You may also try H./G./K. Hotel, Am Weidendamm 1A, Phone +49303152661 which is just at the river, close to Friedrischstr (but I've never been there).
Happy hunting
Best,
Adam
28 Apr 2004 — 12:28pm
Of course, the Aacron phone number should be +49 30 2829352.
3 May 2004 — 8:21am
Berlin is super-cool. This will be my second visit, but my first design conference.
11 May 2004 — 11:18am
Hello all,
On May 13-15, the Typo Berlin 2004 conference will be held in the capital city of Germany: http://www.typo-berlin.de/
While visiting Berlin is surely a unique experience, most certainly, not everybody will be able to attend the conference. But there's the remedy: there will be an Internet radio streaming from the conference, hosted by the Underware guys: http://www.typeradio.org/
I expect this to be fun so try to reserve your time!
Regards,
Adam Twardoch http://www.twardoch.com/adam
Multilingual typography, OpenType font engineering.
Typographic consultant, MyFonts.com & Linotype.
Scripting Products and Marketing Manager, Fontlab Ltd.
Board member and country delegate for Poland and ATypI.
25 Apr 2004 — 3:37pm
I was just about to get a hotel room and then I realized how
pricey Stockholm-to-Berlin plane flights are. Nuts.
26 Apr 2004 — 5:17am
Well, shoot.
27 Apr 2004 — 12:31pm
Wow, Adam! My new travel agent of choice. Hotel recommendation?
3 May 2004 — 4:08am
Adam, thanks for all the cool info!
I am going to be there as well. This will be my first trip to Berlin, and I'm really excited. We definitely need to get everyone together, as lots of our typo friends will be there.