Location, Travel, and Accommodation
VCBM 2010 will be held in Leipzig, Germany. Leipzig hosts the 2nd oldest university in Germany, which is currently celebrating its 600 anniversary. Next to cultural landmarks (former home of Johann-Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the New Leipzig School of painting, etc.), it provides a rich research environment for medicine, biology, bioinformatics, and visual computing.
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Leipzig is conveniently located in the heart of Europe and it is a major hub of the German Railway (with direct train connections from Frankfurt Airport (400km)). Nearby airports include the Airport Leipzig/Halle (20km) and the airports of Berlin (150km).
The airports of Leipzig/Halle and Frankfurt have direct train connections to Leipzig’s central station (Hauptbahnhof), whereas the airports of Berlin have to connect through Berlin central station or Berlin Südkreuz train station.
The workshop will be held at Leipzig’s Mediencampus home of Leipzig School of Media.
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For hotel accomodations, we recommend to use reservation websites like HRS, hotel.de or expedia.de.
All locations of VCBM 2010 are well covered by the local public transportation system in Leipzig.
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- The Leipzig Opera (original image from openpr.de)
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- Albertina Reading Room (University Library – Original image courtesy of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig)
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- Old Leipzig city hall (Original image courtesy of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig.)
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- Federal Administration Court building (Original image courtesy of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig)
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- Leipzig Music Hall Gewandhaus (Original image courtesy of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig)
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- New Leipzig City hall (Original image of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig)
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- Thomas Church – working place of Johann Sebastian Bach (Original image courtesy of Institute of Musicology, University of Leipzig)
