Location Aula

The SBW will take place in Uppsala, at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), in the Aula of Undervisningshuset, Almas Allé 10.

Getting there

by bus:

From Uppsala main station take bus lines 4, 100 or 101 to Campus Ultuna. From there is is only a few hundred meters to the venue (see map above).

Tickets for the bus can be bought in the UL app or directly from the bus drivers (card-only). For more information, please visit https://ul.se. UL tickets can also be purchased through the SL app. To learn how, visit https://sl.se.

by car (from Stockholm):

Drive E4 to Uppsala. When you are close to Uppsala, the motorway exit is to the right, with signs “Uppsala S”. Continue to the roundabout and turn right at the third roundabout exit. Follow the signs to “Ultuna” (you will pass a bridge over the Fyris river). At the traffic light after the bridge, turn left. After about one kilometer, turn left at the sign “Djursjukhus”. You are now at the Ultuna campus site.

by bus or train from Arlanda Airport:

Buses and local trains go from the airport to the city centre of Uppsala. Find information and time tables at https://sj.se, https://sl.se, or https://ul.se.

Accomodation in Uppsala

There are many different hotels in central Uppsala. A convenient hotel is the Elite Hotel Academia – right by the train station, very central and with good connections to SLU. If you contact them via reservation.academia@elite.se and name the booking code ”SLU - Bioinformatics conference” you’ll get a discounted rate on their rooms.