RiConfigure Consortium Meeting, Budapest, January 2019

• Agenda
• Main locations (Consortium Meeting Venue; Places to go/see)
• Arriving to Budapest
• Budapest Public Transport (BKK)
• Accomodation

Agenda

Download the agenda HERE

Locations

VENUE: Corvinus University of Budapest, Corvinus Faculty Club

Corvinus Faculty Club is located in the basement of the university,
its entrance is right in front of the Southern entrance of the university

Corvinus University of Budapest

On the following Google Maps document, we collected some useful and interesting places for your stay in Budapest:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OB0P55girp551BwrXgVy1BuD4Eo&usp=sharing
 

Here you will find:

• The above markers related to the venue
  • Corvinus University (buldings E [main building / place of the venue])
• Some main touristic attractions (locations and routes) worth seeing
  • landmarks (e.g. Buda Castle, Parliament, St. Stephen's Basilica)
  • scenic tram routes (see above)
  • shopping streets (Váci utca, Ráday utca, Andrássy út or the New Main Street)
  • Budapest's party disctrict
• The locations of central Budapest's main shopping malls
  • Allée: the closest to the venue. Can be reached directly from Corvinus [Fővám tér] by tram 47 and by metro line M4 (stop: Újbuda-központ), or from Szent Gellér tér by tram lines 18, 41, 47
  • West End City Center: one of Central Europe's largest malls. Can be reached by metro line M3 or tram lines 4 and 6 (stop: Nyugati Pályaudvar / Nyugati railway station)
  • Arena Plaza: Central Europe's largest mall. Can be reached by metro line M2 (stop: Kelti Pályaudvar / Keleti railway station) then a 5-minute walk or by taking trolley lines 80 or 80A.
  • Mammut: Can be reached by metro line M2 (stop: Széll Kálmán tér), or tram lines 4 and 6 (stop: Széna tér)
  • Mom Park: Can be reached by tram line 61 (stop: Csörsz utca) departing from Széll Kálmán tér (M2 metro station) or from Móricz Zsigmond körtér (M4 metro station, not far from Hotel Gellért)
  • Corvinus Plaza: Can be reached by metro line M3 and tram lines 4 and 6 (stop: Corvin-negyed)

Bars / Places to eat next to the University:

Our picks:
Budapest Music Center - Opus Jazz Club
Bálna - Jónás Kézműves Sörház in the new Bálna commercial center next to the University, with an open-air projector and craft beers, Akvárium Klub (Erzsébet tér / Deák tér) or Szabadság tér (Belvárosi Foci Mozi) (all three places are marked on the google map we provided - see link above).
Bálna - Esetleg Bisztró

Arriving to Budapest

Arriving to Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport Terminal 2

The airport is well served by public trasport (BKK). An added-value service, bus line 100E serves the city center directly. (Traditional BKK tickets are not valid on it, you need to purchase a separate ticket for 900 HUF [3 EUR].)

A regular bus line, line number 200E commutes between Terminal 2 and Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal (metro line M3). To reach the University, you need to change at Kálvin tér metro station to metro line M4 (direction: Kelenföld vasútállomás). Corvinus University is situated at the very next stop (Fővám tér). Two BKK (Budapest Public Transport) offices operate at the airport: one at Terminal 2A (arrivals) and another at Terminal 2B (arrivals).

The airport's official taxi operator is Főtaxi. Taxis in Budapest are subject to a 'Taxi Decree' with regulated prices. A ride to the city center should typically cost around 7.000-10.000 HUF (22-31 EUR) depending on traffic conditions. Since there are many issues with taxis in Budapest, we advise you not to use non-regulated taxi service providers. It is safest to call for a taxi through a phone operator (for doing so, a dedicated Főtaxi booth is also available at the aiport.)

A minibus service (miniBUD) also operates from the airport. MiniBUD Desks are to be found at every terminal. The transfer operates as a shared-ride service, which means that you might have to wait a little before a minibus gets filled with people heading towards the same area.

When geeting back to the Airport, care to leave enough time to arrive (during the day: minimum 1 hour): since Budapest does not yet have a track-based option to and from the Airport, traffic is a heavy bottleneck. Also, bus line 100E can sometimes be crowded.

For more information on arriving to Budapest Airport, please visit:
https://www.bud.hu/en/passengers/transport
https://welovebudapest.com/en/2014/08/27/how-to-get-to-downtown-budapest-from-the-airport/

Arriving by train to Budapest Keleti Pályaudvar

Metro lines M2 and M4 are the main transport services serving the train station. Direct metro connection to Corvinus University by line M4.
We advise you not to use non-regulated taxi service providers or to take a taxi ride whatsoever from the train station (unless called for through a phone operator).

Budapest Public Transport (BKK)

Website: http://www.bkk.hu/en/
 

Ticket offices: http://www.bkk.hu/en/ticket-offices/
Timetables: http://www.bkk.hu/en/timetables/
Tickets & prices: http://www.bkk.hu/en/prices/
Budapest transport maps: http://www.bkk.hu/en/maps/
 

We advise you to purchase a 72-hour or a 7-day travel pass (respectively: 4150 and 4950 HUF, approx. 13 and 16 EUR). The BKK pass is valid on every metro, tram, bus and trolleybus line operated by BKK and every suburban bus (Volánbusz) and local train line (MÁV) within the Budapest administrative area.

BKK offices operate at the aiport (see above) or closest to the venue at Kálvin tér metro station (5 mins from Corvinus). You can also purchase tickets from vending machines that equally accept bank cards and contactless payment. These can be found closest at Fővám tér metro/tram station, Szent Gellért tér metro station or Kálvin tér metro station (and also at the airport). Ticket vending machines also have foreign language options.

If you can spare the time, we advise you to take a scenic ride on tram no. 2. (stops at Fővám tér, near Corvinus) towards the center. Tram 2 circulates on the left bank (Pest side) of the Danube, and offers a great view of Buda (and with it, Gellért hill with the Citadel, Buda Castle or Matthias Church). Another great sighteeing tram route is the joint section of trams no. 19 and 41 which run along the Danube on the Buda side (right bank). They connect Battyanyi Square (metro line M2) with Gellért Square (and with it, Hotel Gellért) stopping at Adam Clark Square (Funicular to Buda Castle) and offer a great view of Pest (Parliament, Duna corso, Chain bridge [Lánchíd], Liberty bridge [Szabadság-híd]) as well as the joint section of trams no. 47 and 49, which connects Deák tér (the heart of the city, at the junction of metro lines M1, M2 and M3), the Small Boulevard [Kiskörút] with the National Museum, the Central Market Hall, Fővám tér and Corvinus University, and Gellért Square).

Accomodation

A non-exhaustive list of accomodations near the university:

• International hotel chains: ibis Budapest Centrum, Mercure Budapest Korona (both near Kálvin tér metro station, at a less than 10-min walking distance form the university); ibis Styles Budapest City (near Boráros tér, two stops on tram line 2)
• Danubius Hotel Gellért (part of the Hungarian Danubius Hotels chain, Hotel Gellért is at walking distance from Corvinus (on the opposite bank of the Danube), in a pretigious Art Nouveau building, with a famous thermal bath)
• Smaller, friendly boutique hotels near the university: Hotel Rum Budapest, Three Corners Hotel Art, Boutique Hotel Budapest
• A few other nice hotels (5 mins by tram, 15 mins on foot): 12 Revay Hotel, Centrál Hotel 21, Danubius Hotel Astoria

Utolsó frissítés: 2019.03.11.