1. Conference / Information Desk | 11. Electricity |
2. Lunch | 12. Telephones |
3. Restaurants | 13. Insurance (Disclaimer) |
4. Getting around | 14. Medical services |
5. About Frankfurt | 15. Recommended vaccinations |
6. Museums in Frankfurt | 16. Safety and security precautions |
7. Currency | 17. Tipping |
8. Banking & cash machines | |
9. Shopping | |
10. Weather |
On Sunday, 4th September it will be located in the foyer of the conference rooms K1 and K2 at the Hessischer Rundfunk / Hessian Broadcasting (hr), building K 2nd floor.
From Monday, 5th September - Thursday, 8th September the desk will be located in front of the Vortragssaal in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / German National Library (DNB), 1st floor.
Delegates can collect their conference bags and other relevant information from the desk.
Opening hours:
Sunday to Tuesday (4th to 6th September) and Thursday (8th September):
8.30 to 16.00 h
Wednesday, 7th September 2011:
8.30 to 14.00 h.
Phone: +49 173 / 32 65 340.
Please note that all payments at the conference desk must be in cash!
Please contact the conference and information desk regularly during the conference for changes of the program, individual notes and messages!
As the meetings scheduled at the weekend (Saturday, 3rd to Sunday 4th September) will take place in the conference rooms at Hessischer Rundfunk / Hessian Broadcasting Station (hr), building K, 2nd floor, we recommend lunch at the restaurant there (on the same floor). Please note that you can only pay cash there.
Together with your conference bag you will receive a so-called RMV—ticket which allows you to use U-Bahn (Underground), S-Bahn (rapid train), buses and tram within Frankfurt city for free. It includes the ride to Frankfurt airport and is valid from Saturday, 3rd to Friday 9th September 2011.
If you go outside Frankfurt in the Rhein-Main area, you can use the same transportation possibilities. However, in this case you need to buy a so-called “Anschlussfahrkarte” (connecting ticket), the ticket machine should help you with that (on hand languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish).
About Frankfurt
"Welcome to the most international city in Germany...". General tourism information can be found here: http://www.frankfurt.de (in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese).
See also www.iasa-conference.com/invitation.
Museums in Frankfurt
With an impressive variety of museums and galleries, Frankfurt am Main has earned a national reputation as a city of the arts. Every year more than 2 million people visit the city’s approximately 60 exhibition centres. Galleries also present a comprehensive range of contemporary art from the areas of painting, photography and sculpture.
A prominent attraction is Frankfurt’s Museum Riverbank, one of the most important locations for museums in Germany and all of Europe. Renowned exhibition centres such as the Städel Museum (Städel Museum), the German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum), the German Film Museum (Deutsches Filmmuseum), or the Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum) can be found along the bank of the Main river.
In your conference bag you will find the museum card which allows you free entrance to most of the museums in Frankfurt
Currency
The Euro (€) is the only currency generally accepted in Germany. It is divided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and 1 and 2 Euros. Bills come in 5, 10, 20, 50,100 and 200 Euros.
Banking and cash machines
Cash machines are found everywhere, especially at banks, and of course at the airport and the Hauptbahnhof /main railway station.
Next to the conference rooms at the Hessischer Rundfunk / Hessian Broadcasting (hr), building K 2nd floor you’ll find the Frankfurter Sparkasse where you can change money (open 10.00 to 14.00 Monday to Friday). There is a cash machine as well.
Most banks downtown Frankfurt city are open 9.00 to 17.00 Monday to Thursday, until Friday 16.00.
In shops and most of the restaurants (except the restaurants of the Hessischer Rundfunk / Hessian Broadcasting, hr, and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / German National Library, DNB) all major credit cards are accepted.
Shopping
Frankfurt city is famous for its excellent shopping opportunities. Around the station “Hauptwache” you will find every kind of store you like, small boutiques as well as big department stores. From the Goetheplatz you can enter the famous Goethestraße, one of the most luxurious shopping streets in Germany. Shops open between 9.00 and 10.00 h in the morning and close variably between 19.00 and 22.00 h in the evening. All shops are closed on Sunday.
In principle service is included in German bills. However, it is important to realize that for many professions, particularly waiters and waitresses, taxi drivers, porters and bellhops, tip is not obligatory but welcome. 10% will be great, especially if service was good or the person was friendly. It will always be appreciated.
Enjoy your stay in Frankfurt ;-)