Around 42.000 students fill the three universities with life, the oldest dating back to the 16 th century. Narrow alleys, courtyards and you are right in the middle of it - in one of the best preserved old town centres in Central Europe. It is easily accessible with excellent road, rail and air links. The Airport near Graz is called Thalerhof . Austrian Airlines, Swissair and Lufthansa connects Graz to Vienna, Zurich and Frankfurt.
Accommodation is arranged at various hotels in the city to suit all budgets and requirements.
Rooms are already reserved and available for IWSM14 participants in hotels of different categories. Note that the Workshop will take place at the Technical University Graz, Rechbauerstr. Names and locations of the conference accomodation as well as hotel rates and reservation guidelines are available now. A Sunday Evening Informal Gathering will be organized at a pleasant and original tavern , which is located at the bottom of the central 'Schlossberg', our green hill which rises up 473 m above the unique red-tile roofscape of Graz. You will see Mediterranean scenes on the squares and Renaissance impressions in the streets.