OpenOffice.org Conference 2005

Koper - Capodistria and the area

For all those interested in checking out what Koper - Capodistria and the surrounding area have to offer, you can check out these sites with touristic information.

• Virtual reality panoramas of Koper - Capodistria
• Tourist Information Koper
• Welcome to Slovenian ISTRA
• Tourist Information Slovenian Coast
• Slovenian Tourist Board
• Information about Croatian Coast

Useful city maps of Koper - Capodistria

• Koper - Capodistria, big picture, showing some important buildings like train and bus station and their distance from OOoCon2005 location.
• Detailed map of OOoCon2005 locations: Theater, Museum, University...
• Even more detailed map of OOoCon2005 locations with sessions tracks... (and in EPS format, 2.7 MB)

Tourism in Italy

• Tourism in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
• Agency of information and tourist acceptance.
• The last one is very important if you will stay in Trieste: there is a lot information regarding accommodation that are not listed on accommodation.html.
• For a view of Trieste

Weather forecasting

Updated on 13.7.2005

Updated on 11.7.2005

We have arranged for some kind of shuttle, which will take visitors from Trieste airport (Ronchi del Legionari) or Ljubljana-Brnik airport to Koper. this will cost about 10 EUR (max) per person and will take you from the airport directly to the center of Koper. It is cheaper than train and you don't have to worry about catching a bus or train or getting lost. :-)

If anyone is interested, a car rental company has offered some very cheap prices for renting cars to conference visitors. this would include also delivering the cars to the airport, if you wished so. If two or more of you decided to share a car, you could get off much better than using the bus services. Besides, the slovenian coast is only about 40 kilometers long, but has some very nice scenery. This would also enable you to look for accomodation outside of the city center and you could get much better prices for rooms.

The car-rental company promised us to not worry you much aboutinternational driving licenses, since they have never had any problems with that. The website is still being worked on, but if you are interested in their current prices (OOoCon attendees are entitled to 10 % discount), check out http://rentacarslo.net.

We have been asked, however, that you do not make reservations through the form on the website, because you will be entitled to different prices and conditions. Anyone interested in renting a car, should send information to rentacar@urska.org.

Travel By Airplane

Trieste Airport Ronchi dei Legionari (TRS) is located 50km north of Koper - Capodistria in Italy.
Venice, "Marco Polo" Airport.
Treviso, Airport.
The closest one is "Ronchi dei Legionari" near the city of Gorizia, ~40km from Trieste. Venice is surely the biggest one, and maybe has much more flights from other countries but is a bit away from Trieste: ~160km. Treviso is ~20km from Venice.

International Airport of Ljubljana-Brnik (LJU) is located 100km north east of Koper - Capodistria.

• From Brnik you can take a taxi (tel.:+386 4 20 61 678, 15 minutes, 30 EUR) or a bus (4 EUR) to Ljubljana city.
  
• From Ljubljana city you can take a bus (2 hours, 10 EUR) or a train (2 hours 30 minutes, 7 EUR) to Koper - Capodistria.
  
• Both bus and train station in Koper - Capodistria are 15 minutes walk from the city center, where the OOoCon is held.
• You can find more information and city maps on Tourist Information Koper.

Travel By Car

EU citizens use their regular license. Everyone else (with some exceptions) should obtain an international drivers license.

You must have your car lights on all the time. Pay attention when you cross Italy or Austria, you must have a "high visibility warning clothing" - I don't know if it is obligatory in the other countries too. You can buy it on gas stations.
If you have problems with your car, you can call AMZS (Automobile Association of Slovenia) on tel. 1987 (call from Slovenia) or +386 1 530 53 53 or you can use telephone cabines on highway, located every kilometer. On AMZS site you can find more information on highways and toll prices. For orientation: a toll from Maribor (NE of Slovenia, entry toll station Pesnica) to Koper (SW of Slovenia, exit toll station Videz) is 2.410 SIT (~10 EUR).
Speed limits:

• 130 km/h (~85 mph) on highways
• 100 km/h (~65 mph) on roads reserved for motor vehicles
• 90 km/h (~60 mph) on other roads

• Police: 113
• Ambulance: 112

Travel By Train

For train connections in Slovenia and throughout Europe check out Slovenske zeleznice.
Trains from Venice to Trieste go every hour according to RailEurope.
Check also Italian national railroad.

Travel By Bus

SAF maintains an international bus line Trieste (Italy) - Koper (SLO)

Travel By Ship

From Venice you could take the catamaran Prince of Venice to the nearby town Izola. From Izola you can take a local bus to Koper - Capodistria (approximately 10 km).

Exchange Rate

1 EUR = 240 SIT (Slovenian tolars)

You should exchange your currency to SIT in one of the exchange offices - if you pay with EUR, you get approximately only 228 SIT per 1 EUR.

Average Prices

Pizza: 900 SIT and on = 4.5-6 EUR
Beer: 300-500 SIT = 2 EUR
Meal: 1500-2500 SIT (soup, main course, salad) = 6-7 EUR
Car Rental: from 7500 SIT/day or 45.000 SIT/week = 30 EUR/day or 180 EUR/week
Hotel rooms: from 8000 SIT/day (breakfast incl.) on = 33 EUR/day