Seasonal Hydrological Forecasting Workshop
21-23rd September 2015, Norrköping, Sweden
The venue for the HEPEX workshop will be at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological
Institute (SMHI), Folkborgsvägen 17, Norrköping, Sweden (http://www.smhi.se/en/).
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How to reach Norrköping
By Flight:
Norrköping airport has direct connections to Helsinki.
Stockholm Skavsta airport, situated 50 minutes by bus from Norrköping, has connections by
e.g. Ryanair.
Linköping airport, situated 30 minutes by taxi from Norrköping, has direct connections to
Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
Stockholm Arlanda airport, situated 2 hours by train from Norrköping, has plenty of
international connections.
By Train:
Swedish railways has plenty of train connections to Norrköping from Arlanda (2-2.5 h),
Stockholm (1.5 h) and Copenhagen (4 h).
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Hotel information
Block reservations with SMHI rates have been made at 2 hotels
Hotel Kneippen (15 rooms) 650 SEK including breakfast http://www.kneippen.se/en/
Last day to book 11 September 2015 – booking reference HEPEX – Hotel Kneippen
unmanned after 22:00 – door code 2001
Elite Grand Hotel Norrköping (25 rooms) 890 SEK including breakfast
Last day to book 20 August 2015 – booking reference GSMH200915
https://www.elite.se/en/hotell/norrkoping/grand-hotel/ Hotel Kneippen
Other hotels are:
Hotel President
Scandic Norrköping City
Cloud Hostel Norrköping http://www.cloudhostel.se/en-GB
Borgs Villahotell, Odensgatan 29,
http://www.booking.com/hotel/se/borgs-villahotell.engb.html?aid=330843;sid=19749479927f8771293a16a85efe85c2;dcid=4;dist=0&type=total&
Västra Station B&B, Odensgatan 27,
http://www.booking.com/hotel/se/vastra-station-b-b.engb.html?aid=330843;sid=19749479927f8771293a16a85efe85c2;dcid=4;dist=0&type=total&
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How to reach SMHI
Walk from Norrköping city centre to SMHI about 30-40 mins.
Tram: Take tram no. 3 towards Klockaretorpet. The stop is called SMHI.
The journey takes about 20 mins from Norrköping Central station.
http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se/en/OstgotaTrafiken-in-english/
Tickets 27 SEK (70 SEK for 24 hour ticket) need to be bought beforehand at the
“Quickomaterna” or over the counter e.g. at Pressbyrån (kiosk) by the Centralstation. Open
05:00-22:00
https://www.pressbyran.se/butiker/pressbyran-norrkoping-cstn/
or at Bussväntsalen, Resecentrum (Travel centre), Norra Promenaden 90. 06:20-20:00
Map to SMHI from the central station.
For more, see tourist information near the Museum of work
Local contact:
Ilias Pechlivanidis
SMHI / Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Folkborgsvägen 17, SE - 601 76
Norrköping, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)11 495 82 58 | ilias.pechlivanidis@smhi.se