General Information

About Fiskebäckskil
Fiskebäckskil is a picturesque little community on the island Skaftö some 120 km north of Göteborg. It was originally a fishing village, and developed during the 19th century into a prosperous shipping community. Surrounded as it is by windblown granite cliffs and the bracing sea, during the 20th century Fiskebäckskil grew into a centre for leisure activities and bathing. The town has retained its well-preserved wooden architecture in a charming mixture of styles.

Photo: Gullmarsstrand Hotell & Konferens

Venue
Gullmarsstrand Hotell & Konferens will be the venue for the The 4th Annual meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials (ScSB) 2011.

Address:
Gullmarsstrand Hotell & Konferens
SE-450 34 Fiskebäckskil
Phone +46-523-66 77 88
Fax +46-523-228 05

For travel directions see www.gullmarsstrand.se external link, opens in new window

Travel
The closest airports are: Landvetter Airport (GOT), served by all major European airlines, and Göteborg City Airport (GCA), served by Ryanair.

Gullmarsstrand Hotell & Konferens at Fiskebäckskil is easy to reach by road, only taking around 1 hour and 15 minutes from Göteborg, by air via Landvetter airport or by train to Uddevalla and then by coach or car.

IMPORTANT CHANGES REGARDING THE CHARTERED BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MEETING !!!!

Clarification of the chartered bus transportation to and from Gullmarsstrand Hotell & Konferens in Fiskebäckskil:

The bus will first pick up participants at Landvetter Airport, Göteborg, at 9.30 on May 4. It will be waiting outside of the International Arrivals hall (more details on the bus company and pick-up location will be forwarded later).

The bus will then continue to the center of Göteborg, where it will pick up participants at Nils Ericsson bus terminal (located at the Central Train Station in Göteborg) at 10.00 on May 4 (more details on the bus company and pick-up location will be forwarded later).

From there it is a ca 1.5 hour trip to the conference hotel.

At the end of the conference, the bus will leave for Göteborg after lunch on May 6, ca 13.15. It will stop at Nils Ericsson terminal, and then continue on to Landvetter Airport if there is a demand for that. It is estimated to arrive to the airport at ca 15.30.

IF YOU PLAN TO TAKE THE BUS FROM or TO LANDVETTER AIRPORT, PLEASE SEND YOUR FLIGHT INFORMATION TO julie.gold@chalmers.se

Language
English is the official language of the conference. No interpretation to other languages will be available.

Climate
Coastal climate. The climate of Western Sweden is generally described as temperate and also maritime, and summers are predictably warm. Plenty of sunny weather means that temperatures in August regularly hover around 22°C / 72°F, at times rising to around 28°C / 82°F or even 30°C / 86°F, or lowering to 14°C / 57°F.

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