NanoMesh Workshop

BRAUNWALD, Switzerland
September 17-20, 2006






 
 






Travel and accommodation

Accommodation

Accommodation and workshop will take place at the ***Alpenblick Hotel in the car free village of Braunwald, located in the heart of the Glarus Alps.

Single and double occupancy are available. The accommodation requests will be honoured within the realms of possibility.

Rooms will be retained even in case of late arrival.

Free 24h Internet cafe and free internet access will be provided during the workshop.

Unfortunately wheelchairs cannot access to the conference room.


Excursion

On Tuesday afternoon an excursion will be organized. On the registration form, you can either choose a visit of the Linthal power station or a hike from Braunwald.

Hike from Braunwald More than 50km of hike trails with different difficulties can be chosen from Braunwald. We will organize a hike of a medium difficulty. See the map of the region.

Linth-Limmern power station The hydroelectric Linth-Limmern power station was built between 1957-1968. The principal item is the artificial lake Limmernboden, which lies at an altitude of 1850m. The 146m high and 370m wide dam can store up to 92 Mio cubic meters water. We will visit the engine room, the control room and the water arrival.


Travel information

Braunwald can easily be reached by train or car (and train) from the Zurich international airport, Switzerland.
Aerial view of Braunwald region

By train
2 hours from the Zurich airport.
For schedule, check www.rail.ch from for ex. "zurich airport" to "braunwald".
Tickets have to be purchased before getting on the train (from automatic ticket machines or counter).
Price: 38.20CHF Zurich airport-Braunwald. Tickets can be purchased online (validity: 1 day) under the "Ticket shop" or the "Booking" link of the detailed connections. If you purchase your ticket from an automatic ticket machine, the validity time is then longer.

By car
1 hour from Zurich: take highway A3 direction "Chur" till Niederurnen, then follow the direction of "Linthal".
See ViaMichelin, for ex. from city "Zurich" to "Linthal".

Parking at the Linthal-Braunwald Railway (daily fees: about 5CHF first day, 3CHF next days).
For schedule of the railway, choose from "linthal brb" to "braunwald".


Local information

Contact during the workshop:
Hotel Alpenblick
8784 Braunwald
Switzerland
FON ++41 (0)55 643 15 44
FAX ++41 (0)55 643 19 75



Webcam from Braunwald (if black, try another browser)

Braunwald is a paradise for hiking, biking, climbing and with families. For more information, see www.braunwald.ch.