NVUG 2025
Date: January 29th-31st, 2025
Location: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Travelling to Odense
BY AIR
Together, Billund and Copenhagen airports are directly connected to more than 100 cities all over the world, and handle over 32 million passengers every year.
BY TRAIN
Transfer by train from Billund takes approximately 75 minutes and 98 minutes from Copenhagen. From Hamburg you can travel by train directly to Odense railway station. Travel time approx. 4 hours. Car rental is available. Travel time by car from Hamburg is approx. 3 hours.
TRAINS FROM COPENHAGEN AIRPORT
Having exited the baggage claim area, you find yourself in the arrival hall of Copenhagen Airport. Go straight ahead and you will reach the train tracks. Just before the tracks, there are ticket vending machines and a vending booth. All trains towards Odense depart from platform 2. Take the IC or ICL trains in direction of Aalborg/Aarhus. They all stop in Odense with a travel time between 1,5 and 2 hours.
BY CAR
Several car rental services are available from both airports, and many cities including Odense. As a visitor in Denmark they offer tax free car rental.
Venues
ODEON
ODEON is located right in the heart of the historic city center of Odense, just 400 metres from the train station. Opened in 2017, ODEON is a light and modern concert hall, congress center and culture house with space for up to 1,700 spectators. ODEON also houses the conservatory of music of Southern Denmark and the school of acting.
Upon exiting the main entrance of the train station, cross the street, turn left and continue for 200 metres. When you reach the Netto supermarket, turn right and walk along the white building, take a left and you will be at the main entrance of ODEON. The red building on the opposite site of the cobblestone square is the Comwell H. C. Andersen Odense.
University Of Southern Denmark
The ESMAC gait courses and symposia will be held at the Odense campus of the University of Southern Denmark. The Odense campus is home to approximately 23,000 students and 3,200 employees. The gait courses and symposia will be hosted next to the lively Campus Square where students mill around between lectures and take breaks over a cup of coffee.
Transportation time between Odense train and bus station is approx. 20 minutes and busses will depart with short intervals.
Accommodation
Almost 1.000 hotel rooms in all price ranges can be found within a 10-minute walk from ODEON and Comwell H. C. Andersen Odense.
Comwell H. C. Andersen Odense
Comwell H.C. Andersen Odense is located in the city center just a few minutes walk from the station, pedestrian zone and H.C. Andersen's House and other attractions.
Please book your room directly on e-mail hotel.odense@comwell.com and don’t forget to use a code „ESMAC“ in order to get special conference rate!
Hotel Odeon
Located in the heart of Odense and the cozy Hans Christian Andersen neighborhood, Hotel Odeon is close to both historic and vibrant culture with easily accessible transport opportunities throughout Denmark. We combine first class international standards with the very best of Funen – beautiful Nordic design infused with a calm and relaxing ambience.
Find Hotel Odeon just a stone’s throw from the congress and cultural centre, ODEON.
For booking please click here - and don’t forget to use a code „esmac2020“ in order to get special conference rate!
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About Odense
Odense is situated on the island of Funen, right in the heart of Denmark, and is the country’s third largest city with 200,000 inhabitants. The city is one of Denmark’s oldest, granted town rights in the year 988, and was originally named Odins Vé, as a place of worship for the Nordic god Odin. It was once the site of a Viking ring fortress on the banks of the Odense River. Due to this rich history, it has for centuries been a favorite destination for visitors. Today, it is first and foremost known as the hometown of the celebrated author Hans Christian Andersen.
The city invites guests to wander its cobblestone streets with its many shops and rows of cafés. Odense is easy to reach, easy to navigate, and easy to feel at home in. Everything is within comfortable walking distance, creating an intimate infrastructure and feel around your meetings. The city of Odense has a strong vision for its continuous growth and welfare, encouraging big dreams and challenging the norms, for example through festivals, congresses and other events of international scale. An ambitious urban development plan is currently reshaping major parts of the city, which are being connected by an environment-friendly tramway.
This transformation will further consolidate Odense’s position as a centre of innovation, knowledge and education, where strong clusters in the fields of robotics, drones, health technology and IT are booming. In Odense there is a unique and very strong collaboration between the city of Odense, the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital. This collaboration is a main factor behind the city’s status as one of the centers of knowledge and education in Denmark.
Within the next few years, the strong profile of Odense as a city of education and science will be confirmed and enhanced even further through the establishment of a brand new university hospital linked to the University of Southern Denmark and a new science park.