Logistics🏕️🗺️
Venue🏡 and Accommodation🛌
The school will take place at Seminar House of the University of Bayreuth in Wallenfels, Germany. Wallenfels is a small village in the middle of the Franconian Forest, a region in the north of Bavaria, Germany. The village is located in a valley surrounded by hills and forests.
We are providing accommodation for free as part of the Science School.
The participants will be accommodated in shared rooms at the Seminar House of the University of Bayreuth. The rooms are equipped with bunk beds, a desk, and a wardrobe. The bathrooms are shared. The participants are expected to bring their own towels and toiletries.
Food🍱
The organisers will provide main meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for free as part of the Science School.
If you have any dietary preferences and/or restrictions (vegetarian/vegan/…), please let us know in advance.
Travel🚗
The participants are expected to organize their travel. The nearest train station to Wallenfels is in Kronach, which is 20 km away, and the nearest airport is in Nuremberg. The is a possibility to park a car at the Seminar House. If you want to drive a car and want to share the ride with other participants, please let us know in advance.
Hop over to the Travel channel on our GitHub forum to self-organise car-sharing and/od ask about travel options.
To join in the fun, you’ll need a GitHub account. No worries if you don’t have one yet-check out this easy tutorial to get started. Hot tip: Use your university or scientific institution email to get some cool student perks!
Inside the forum, you’ll also find different channels to keep things organised: Questions, Travel, and Offtopic (because we all need a place for memes, right?). Just a heads up: the forum is public, so be sure to follow the GitHub community guidelines.
Please note that traveling to SSoQE2026 requires advance planning. However, we will do our best to facilitate the logistics for all participants.
Arrival and Departure 🚆🚍:
Your arrival date is Monday, 14th September 2026. Ideally, plan to arrive in Bayreuth by train at 13:00 PM. We will arranged a shuttle service that will take you from Bayreuth to Wallenfels. Still, you can also come directly to Wallenfells (Universität Bayreuth Ökologische Außenstelle, Am Allerswald 1, 96346 Wallenfels).
The Science School will end on Saturday, 19th September 2026. The final day will finish with excursion, which will end around 15:00, after which you can start your journey back home. Please plan your travels and book your tickets accordingly.
Travelling from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿➡️🇩🇪:
If you are traveling from the Czech Republic by public transport, we find out that the only feasible option is by train.
ErgoNet ticket 🎫:
In order to buy the cheapest train ticket you should get ErgoNet ticket, which can be only bought at the ticket office only the day you are travelling.
Therfore, you need to buy tickets from České Dráhy and ErgoNet ticket separately.
Reimbursement of travel costs 💸:
We might be able to reimburse part of your travel costs. The amount will depend on the overall costs.
What to bring🎒
- Laptop + charger
- Towels
- Slippers or warm socks (it’s not allowed to wear street shoes inside the venue)
- Toiletries
- Personal medicine if needed
- Warm clothes
- Hiking shoes/Raincoat (we might go hiking in the forest)
- You can bring your own snacks and drinks
- Water bottle
- Games or music instrument for social activities
- Money in cash (Euros; There is an option to buy some drinks at the venue)
- Good mood