How do you get to Slovak PyCon?

By air

If you are travelling to Bratislava, you can fly to the Bratislava airport (airport code: BTS) or the Vienna airport (airport code: VIE). The selection of flights to Vienna is better than to Bratislava.

There are shuttle buses running between Bratislava and Vienna airport every hour and they are relatively cheap (the bus ride costs about EUR 8 one way, if you book in advance it can got much cheaper). There are three bus companies operating airport shuttles between Vienna airport and Bratislava: SlovakLines (red buses), Blaguss (silver buses) and RegioJet (Yellow busses).

By car

• From Vienna, take highway A4, heading to Schwechat airport, when possible take the exit that leads to highway A6, which heads towards Bratislava.
• From Budapest, take highway M1 heading to Gyor, follow this route until you see signs for highway M15 headed to Slovakia and Bratislava.
• From Prague, take highway D1 to Brno, once in Brno take highway D2 heading to Slovakia and Bratislava.
• From Warsaw, take highway A1 heading to Katowice. From there follow the road for Čadca, Slovakia. Take this road all the way to Žilina, then switch to highway D1 to Bratislava.

By bus

All neighbouring capital cities Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Kiev have direct bus connections.

Once you arrive at the Bratislava bus station (Mlynské Nivy), you'll need to walk through the terminal towards its main entrance. Take a left and walk about 70 meters towards a busy street. Do not cross the street. There will be public transportation bus stops immediately on your right hand side.

By train

All neighboring capital cities Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Kiev have direct train connections.

Once you arrive at the Bratislava train station (Bratislava hlavná stanica), you'll need to walk through the terminal towards its main entrance. Directly in front of the main entrance you'll find all your public transportation options on your right hand side.