One week to the LibreOffice Conference in Budapest

The LibreOffice Conference will start in a week from today with the Community Meeting, at the Faculty of Informatics of ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) in Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, 1117 Budapest. The building is just in front of the Danube on the historic Buda side, and can be easily reached either by walking or by public transportation from the city center in Pest, where you can find the majority of hotels and restaurants.

To reach the city from the airport, take Bus 100E which goes directly to downtown (Deák Ferenc tér). Buy and validate tickets directly on the bus using your bank card for the Budapest Pay&GO service. bkk.hu/en/travel-information/airport-express/

Inside the city use public transport (BKK): metro, tram, bus. Buy tickets from purple machines or use the BudapestGO mobile app (iOS, Android). bkk.hu/en/ The best deal is a 24h / 72h travel pass, which does not need validation at each trip. IMPORTANT: the travel pass is not valid for the airport bus!

Currency is Hungarian Forint (HUF). Cards are accepted almost everywhere, but also you may need some Forint cash from Correct Change, Exclusive Change, or Gold Change. Avoid Euronet ATMs, use instead ATMs at major Hungarian banks like OTP, K&H, Erste, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, or CIB.

Time zone is CEST (UTC+2). Electricity is 230V, with standard European plug.

The Survival Guide with more information will soon be available on the Conference website.