The venue of the meeting is the historic Auditorium Maximum of the Babes-Bolyai University. The venue is used both for scientific and artistic events. Often it is hosting music concerts and the local philarmonic.
It is located in the building of the Academic College, next to the main building of the university in the heart of the Cluj’s old city center. The street address of the Academic College is Mihail Kogalniceanu street 5, 400394 Cluj-Napoca.
The precise address of the Academic College can be viewed here
The conference gala dinner will take place at the CLUJANA FESTA which is situated along the Somes river and is specialized in organizing events. The address is Str. Tăbăcarilor 15 C, 400139 Cluj-Napoca
Clujana Festa can be easily reached by public transport using Bus No. 1 (from stop “Strada Memorandului Sud” to stop Piata 1 Mai), 52 (from stop “Strada Memorandului Sud” to stop “Rasaritului”) or 50 (from stop “Piata Cipariu” to stop “Rasaritului”. From the last bus stop, its a 10-15 min walk to the actual location. see route here
You can also group and use Uber or Bolt.
You should count on a 30 min ride from the conference venue to the dinner venue and you should aim to be at 19:45 at the dinner. If you want to have a good walk through the city (maybe along the river), its about 45-50 min walk from the conference venue to Clujana Festa.
For the return after the dinner to the city, the best option is car sharing (Uber Bold) unless you want to depend on the late bus scheduling (last bus departing at 22:45 from Piata 1 Mai).
In general, Google Maps is reasonably accurate in finding the public transport connections within the city. Just add your destination (e.g. Auditorium Maximum for the conference venue) and let the Maps navigate you.
Very convenient are car sharing options such as Bolt and Uber (book directly through their apps). Local Taxis are also an option and can be ordered by phone if you don’t want to deal with the apps and you know your departure and arrival street addresses. Here are some numbers: Nova Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 949, Diesel Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 946, Napoca Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 953, ProRapid Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 948, TerraFan Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 944, Nova Taxi - telefon: (+40)264 949
To get from the airport to the city center you can take the Bus no A1E which is a direct, express line departing from within the airport terminal. However, bus A1E only goes every hour. Alternatively, if you just walk out of the terminal, on the right side of the roundabout there is a regular bus stop. From there you can take bus number 5, 8, or M41 at regular, short intervals. They are slower than A1E but will all take you to the city center, to slighly different locations (e.g. M41 takes to the station “Opera”, whereas 5 and 8 to the station “Constanta”). From where the buses stop you, you may have another 10-15 min walking or you may change the bus.
Alternatively, you can use Uber and Bold car sharing apps or local Taxis to get from the airport to the city center. Taxis located at the airport are in general reliable but if they ask you for a price bigger than 15 EUR (approx 75 RON) please double check with other drivers
The city center of Cluj-Napoca is walkable. The entire west-east area between the Cluj arena stadium, the Central park and the National theater and the Orthodox cathedral can be walked either on pedestrian streets or on sidewalks. You can also reach the botanical garden by walking (a short walk up the hill from the university) and the fortress park for great views over Cluj (longer walk up the hill).
The main building of the university is a historic landmark in the old city center. The precise address can be viewed here
