Accommodation,
travel and other useful information
The 5th NAHWOA Workshop in Denmark
November 11-13, 2001
Venue, costs and other useful information
Rødding
Højskole (Tel 00 31 74 84 22 84; Fax 00 31 74 84 19 98; e-mail rodd-hsk@post7.tele.dk
), the venue of 5th and last of the NAHWOA Workshops, is an important
place in the history of the Danish farmers’ co-operative movement and a modern
conference and meeting centre, offering simple but comfortable accommodation in
beautiful and peaceful surroundings. It is situated in southern Denmark, some 60 km from the
German border. A Danish language web-site is available at http://www.roedding-hoejskole.dk/
.
The
venue is rather isolated from any major centres and the arrangements for
accommodation and food are all inclusive. The isolation of the Højskole makes
it difficult to organise alternative accommodation for delegates who join the
Workshop from outside the partnership. NAHWOA is, therefore, subsidising the
cost of the accommodation and food for the non-partner delegates so that the
total cost for four nights and three days is EURO 250, payable at the Højskole.
It is also possible to stay for a shorter time and pay accordingly.
Please contact the Højskole (contact detail at the web-site) for any queries on
this. – Due to the difficulty of organising additional or alternative
accommodation near the main venue, it is important that delegates – both
partner and non-partner – register early, to ensure a place.
We
have been told that the weather can be very rainy in Jutland at this time of the
year. For the farm visits, and if you intend to spend any of the free time
outdoors, be advised to take waterproof footware and other clothing with you.
Payment of board and accommodation by non-partners
You are required
to pay the
Euro 250 to the Danish Institute of
Agricultural Science account before the Workshop.
Delegates from ouside Denmark cn pay either by giro (number above) or by bank
transfer to the following bank:
Danske Andelskassers Bank
Baneskellet 1, Hammershøj
DK 8830 Tjele.
Account no. 5999 - 4500896 and swift code DANB DK 22. The transfer
should be marked with the code 'NAHWOA-1208'.
Rødding
can be reached by air via Billund International Airport, which is around 50 km
from the Højskole. The Billund Airport web-site at www.billund-airport.dk
is very useful for checking flight departures from that end. The journey from the airport
to the workshop venue takes about 45 minutes by taxi.
There
is also another possible airlink to Esbjerg Airport from England. The company is
Ryan Air and they operate out of Stanstead
or Edinburgh. The distance from Esbjerg to Rødding is about 45 km, and
the journey takes some 35 minutes by taxi.
Via
Copenhagen by air and rail
Alternatively,
you can fly to Copenhagen and take an Intercity train (these go every hour from
the Central Railway Station in Copenhagen to direction Esbjerg) to Vejen, which
is some 15 km from Rødding. Again, a 15 minute taxi journey from the railway
station in Vejen will take you to the Højskole.
By rail from Germany/South
If
you arrive by rail from Germany or other countries south of Denmark, you should
get of the train in Vamdrup (the trains coming from Germany have a destination
Kolding, Arhus or Copenhagen), which is about 18 km from Rødding. A taxi will
take you to the Højskole in 20 minutes.
Taxis
We are told that taxis are
available at all the above mentioned airports and railway stations and that they
are used to taking visitors to Rødding. As the journeys are rather long and
expensive (from 400 to 600 DKr, depending on the length of the journey), please
look for other delegates to share the taxi journeys with you unless you have
organised a lift with Mette in advance (see below). If you arrive at one of the
airports or railway stations at odd hours and no taxis are available, please
call the Højskole (phone number above, leave out 00 31) and we will organise a
lift for you.
If you let Mette Vaarst know your
exact arrival time and location, she will try and arrange several shared
transports to Hòjskole for you. Please contact her at Mette.Vaarst@agrsci.dk
as soon as you have made your travel arrangements and she will let you know if
an arrangement has been made for your forward journey.
By road
Arriving
by car is fairly simple. Coming from north on the motorway E45 you turn of in
Vejen for the direction of Vojens, or you can take the next exit at Brørup. The
road from these exits is signposted for Rødding.
Coming
from the south (Germany) on the motorway E45 towards Kolding, you turn off for
Vamdrup and Tønder. The road from this exit is signposted for Rødding.