Wikimedia Hackathon 2017/Venue and Vienna

Venue
The venue and accommodation are both at the same site: JUFA Wien City. One main hall, two conference rooms and several small workshop rooms are available to us, plus a nice yard.

Accomodation
Accommodation is on the upper floors and in an adjacent building. There are four types of rooms :
 * single rooms
 * twin/double rooms (with two joint or separate beds)
 * triple rooms (with beds for three people)
 * family rooms (for families from 3 up to 5 members: double beds, single beds; baby bed on request)

Accommodation is booked as part of the registration.

If there is demand, we offer childcare at the venue during the day. Please indicate in the registration form in case you plan to bring your little ones and want to use the day care.

Shopping



 * Cash machine Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * The nearest 24 hrs cash machine is located at the post office at Exenbergerweg 4/2.


 * Merkur supermarket Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * Huge supermarket of the Austrian Merkur Wikidata-logo.svg chain. Opening hours: M-F 7.40 am-8 pm, Sa 7.40 am-6 pm, Su closed Su.


 * Simmeringer Hauptstraße shopping street Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * Simmeringer Hauptstraße Wikidata-logo.svg is the main street of Simmering, the 11th district of Vienna. You find mainly all kinds of cheap shops there, less fancy than in the city centre.


 * Zentrum Simmering mall Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * Zentrum Simmering Wikidata-logo.svg is a modern mall with more than 55 shops and restaurants, including international chains and local shopkeepers. Opening hours: M-W F 9.00-19.00, Th 9.00-20.00, Sa 9.00-18.00; closed Su.

Local sights

 * Neusimmering Church Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * Neusimmering Church Wikidata-logo.svg is a landmark of Vienna’s 11th district. Completed in 1910, the Romanesque-revival church was one of the city’s first reinforced concrete buildings. The romantic painter Leopold Kupelwieser Wikidata-logo.svg created its altarpiece.


 * Sefrit cross Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * The Sefrit cross is a wayside shrine erected in 1632. It is named after its donor Georg Sefrit.


 * John of Nepomuk statue Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * John of Nepomuk Wikidata-logo.svg is one of the most depicted Christian saints in Eastern Austria. You can spot this late 18th-century statue in a niche from the street next to our venue.


 * Plastikenzaun Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * This eccentric piece of public art is a long metal fence incorporating modern sculptures made of dolostone. It is a work by the Austrian sculptor Kurt Goebel Wikidata-logo.svg of 1967.


 * Anton-Schrammel-Hof Gnome-globe.svg on OpenStreetMap
 * Anton-Schrammel-Hof Wikidata-logo.svg is a fine example of Vienna’s renowned public housing program of the 1920s and 1930s. Back then, more than 60,000 apartments were built by the left-wing administration all across the city. Their often fortress-like architecture reflects the social conflicts in the decades after the collapse of the Austrian empire.

Vienna
Situated in the heart of Europe, Vienna has become a hub for Central Europe‘s lively and dynamic IT community. According to a survey by Mercer, Vienna has been the leading city concerning quality of living for several years in a row. One important aspect of this survey was Vienna‘s status as one of the safest metropolitan areas worldwide. Vienna is also LGTB friendly and proud of it. Public transport in Vienna as well the hackathon venue stand out due to high accessibility standards.


 * Vienna

Major sights and how to get there
Historic Centre of Vienna

Quoting from the document which the made the Historic Centre of Vienna a UNESCO World Heritage Site: “The urban and architectural qualities ... bear outstanding witness to a continuing interchange of values throughout the second millennium. Three key periods of European cultural and political development – the Middle Ages, the Baroque period, and the Gründerzeit – are exceptionally well illustrated.” In other words: Vienna’s city centre is a lively mixture of the best.

The quickest way from our venue to the city centre:
 * Take the U3 underground line (direction Ottakring) from Enkplatz underground station Wikidata-logo.svg - and depart at Stephansplatz underground station Wikidata-logo.svg. It takes you 11 mins.

Zentralfriedhof

You will never get closer to Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, the Strauss family and other personalities from Vienna’s past. The Zentralfriedhof with its impressive Jugendstil cemetery church is one of Europe’s largest graveyards and linked to the city’s sometimes morbid side, as the wicked saying goes: “In Vienna, you have to die first before they celebrate your life”.

From our venue it’s only a 10 mins tram ride to Zentralfriedhof:
 * Take the 6 tram line (direction Zentralfriedhof 2. Tor) or the 71 tram line (direction Zentralfriedhof 3. Tor) - both depart at Enkplatz underground station Wikidata-logo.svg - and get off at Zentralfriedhof 2. Tor at the cemetery’s main entrance.

Contact: hackathon@undefinedwikimedia.at This e-mail address can be used for all inquiries or questions regarding the event.