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Travel and local information

Hotel options

The various hotels near the central station would be a good choice for travellers. From there KTH can be reached easily by metro. The Odenplan area could be an alternative as there is a frequent bus service to the KTH campus. Elite Hotel Arcadia is right on the edge of the KTH campus and hence also a possible choice.

Flying to Stockholm

The main international airport serving Stockholm is Stockholm Arlanda.

There are 4 ways to get to central stockholm from the Arlanda airport:

  • Taxi - Expensive, go to the labeled taxi ranks in the airport. There is a fixed price to the city, which should be displayed on the taxi and will be different for different companies

  • Arlanda Express - Moderately expensive, very fast direct train to stockholm central station

  • Commuter train - From Sky City in the Arlanda airport you can get the normal trains. You need to pay 147 SEK (toll to use the tunnel under Arlanda) at the ticket barriers plus a normal SL ticket

  • Airport bus - cheapest option, but takes longest. The central bus station in Stockholm is right next to central station.

Budget airlines also fly to Skavsta Airport in Nyköping. There is a bus to/from Stockholm central that meets all flights and takes about 1h20 mins. Cost is 229 SEK for a single. Tickets can be bought in advance on their website.

Public transportation in Stockholm

Probably simplest if you just get the SL (Stockholm Localtrafik) app on a smartphone, will give you a QR code that you can use at ticket barriers. Tickets can be bought using a credit card in the app. Physical cards are also available, but cost 50 SEK for the card, plus extra for the tickets you put on it.
Credit cards can also be used with contactless pay as you go to buy a single.

Single tickets are fairly expensive. If you plan to use public transportation not only to come and go to the venue, but also at night to travel in Stockholm, a travelcard, which you can get in the app, may be a better option.

Be careful when using the route planner in the app to travel to the course venue. If you search for KTH, several options will be offered to you, some of those in entirely different parts of the city. Search for "Tekniska högskolan", the metro station, or "Lindstedtsvägen (Stockholm)". But do NOT take "KTH - Royal Institute of Technology (Södertälje)" as this will take you to a different place, even outside Stockholm.

Lunch during the course

Participants are free to go for lunch during the course wherever they want.

There are two main restaurants on campus, both fairly close to the course venue. They have daily lunch menus that are available online, though only in swedish, but Google Translate should work well.

Valhallavägen (go back past T-bana stop and turn right) has got a load of restaurants as well.

Recovering from the course at night

With a good meal and a good glass of beer of course... You won't die from dehydration in Stockholm but you may go broke.