Transfer
HOW TO TRAVEL
Train and/or bus
From Europe you can travel by train and /or bus.
For example, you can enter the "Snälltåget" (Train of kindness with a double meaning Speed train) at Hamburg Hbf around 4:30 pm. sleep on the train and arrive to Stockholm early morning, around 5:30 or enter the train around 10 pm and travel sleeping to Malmö which you will arrive around 5:30. Observe that you need to check the time tables yourself on their website Snälltåget
From Stockholm or Malmö you travel to Karlstad either with train or bus.
Train
Check time tables, prices and book your journey through the Swedish train company SJ, Swedish railways. You can also check possibilities to travel from Europe to Karlstad, Sweden.
(Pay attention to that prices for trains through www.sj.se becomes more expensive when booking close to the travel date.)
Bus
Check time tables, prices and book your journey through one of the two bus companies:
Flixbus This bus company may be able to travel with all the way from your home town in Europe to Karlstad in Sweden.
By car
Just enter Karlstad, Sweden in google maps and enjoy a trip through Europe. Make sure that you rest enough and hopefully share the driving with a colleague. Drive safely!
Flying
Karlstad has easy access from big cities. You can fly to Stockholm, Gothenburg or Oslo. From the airports there are several options to reach Karlstad by train, bus or a rental car.
By train: Stockholm city centre 2.5 to 3 hours, Gothenburg city centre 2.5 hours, Oslo city centre 3 hours. Check the time tables and book your journey on SJ, Swedish railways (Pay attention to that prices for trains through www.sj.se becomes more expensive when booking close to the travel date.)
By bus: Stockholm Arlanda (direct from Arlanda airport to Karlstad) 4 hours, Oslo city centre 3 hours. Check the time tables and book your journey through VY Bus4You or Flixbus
There will be possibilities to rent a car on all airports. Time to travel by car, from: Stockholm 3.5 hours, Gothenburg 3 hours, Oslo 3 hours.
Information about flight departures is available on the following websites:
Landvetter Airport, Gothenburg
Travel by car to the venue
If you travel to Karlstad by car on the European route E18, put the address Sundsta- Älvkullegymnasiet, Sävegatan 7, 654 63 Karlstad in Google maps or your GPS.
Sundsta- Älvkullegymnasiet have some parking spaces on the north side of the school. These parking spaces are free and available to everyone.
Karlstad swimming hall, Sundstabadet, is very close to the school and has more parking spaces, these are subject to a fee and available to everyone.
Getting around in Karlstad
Easiest way to get from the City Center to the Venue, Sundsta- Älvkullegymnasiet, is to walk or borrow a bike. It is a 1,5 km walk from the City Square. However there are also plenty of buses that brings you to the venue.
Bus no 3 is a direct bus to the the school and running approximately every twenty minutes to and from the city centre for the major part of the day, it takes 3 minutes from the city square. Also buses no S, 4, 5 and 6 stop at the Sundsta- Älvkullegymnasiet, it is a a 300 - 400 m walk from the bus stop to the venue.