Ioffe Institute International Conference
Physics of Neutron Stars - 2011
July 11-15, 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia

How to reach us

Saint-Petersburg has well-developed transportation links to other Russian cities and large cities all over the world.

The conference sessions will take place in the building of Saint-Petersburg Academic University — Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (briefly "NOC"), ∼ 10 minutes of walk from the Ioffe Institute or from the metro station "Ploshchad' Muzhestva".

Train: If you arrive by train:
There are several large railway stations ("vokzals") in St. Petersburg. Trains from Moscow, other Russian cities to the south and south-east of St. Petersburg and some trains from Ukraine arrive at the Moskovskii vokzal, linked to the metro station Ploshchad' Vosstaniya. Most trains from the west and south-west (including European countries) arrive at the Vitebskii vokzal (metro station Pushkinskaya). Trains from the east and nord-east, as well as transit trains Helsinki—Moscow, arrive at the Ladozhskii vokzal (metro station Ladozhskaya). Trains Helsinki—Saint-Petersburg arrive at the Finlyandskii vokzal (metro station Ploshchad' Lenina). Baltiiskii vokzal (metro station Baltiiskaya) serves only regional trains.

Plane: If you arrive by plane:
Almost all passenger flights to St. Petersburg arrive at the Pulkovo international airport, located ca. 15 km south of St. Petersburg. Domestic and some international flights arrive at the Pulkovo-1 terminal, from where one can reach the Moskovskaya metro station by bus No. 39 or "route taxi" (express minibus) No. 39. Most of international flights arrive at the Pulkovo-2 terminal, from where one can reach the Moskovskaya metro station by bus No. 13 or "route taxi" No. 13. You will have to pay ∼20—60 roubles inside the car (depending on the route and your luggage). Alternatively, you can use an ordinary taxi (a cab), which is recommended to order either at the special taxi desks located in the arrivals halls of Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 terminals or by phone number 068 upon arrival.

More detailed information can be found at the airport Web site.

From the Moskovskaya metro station please follow by the Second (blue) metro line to the correspondence station Tekhnologuicheskii institut (Technological Institute), then change to the First (red) line (see the metro scheme) and follow to Politekhnicheskaya.

Here is a scheme of the St.-Petersburg metro lines:

Ploshchad' Vosstaniya, Baltiiskaya, Ploshchad' Lenina, and Pushkinskaya stations are on the First (red) metro line; Ladozhskaya is on the Fourth (orange) line.

Politekhnicheskaya and Ploshchad' Muzhestva stations (your destination) are on the First (red) metro line

Scheme of the metro
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The Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (briefly Ioffe Institute) is located at the corner of Politekhnicheskaya and Kurchatov streets, near metro station Politekhnicheskaya. Scheme of the venue
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The "Saint-Petersburg Academic University — Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences" (briefly "NOC", pronounced as [nots]) is located between Khlopin street and the Polytechnical University Park, between the Ioffe Institute and metro station Ploshchad' Muzhestva. Scheme of the NOC location
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The "Old" and "New" Guest Houses are located at the NOC, between the Politekhnicheskaya and Ploshchad' Muzhestva metro stations (see the maps above).
The Orbita Hotel is located at 4, Prospekt Nepokoryonnykh, near the Ploshchad' Muzhestva metro station. Scheme of the Orbita Hotel location
Orbita Hotel

Page last updated on July 5, 2011.