Today I have gathered the most necessary information about the arrangements needed for the Winter meeting in Kalkar (DE)/Nijmegen (NL)/Arnhem (NL).
As I told before we will all stay in the same hotel, at wunderland kalkar, Germany. Here is a list of the approximate prices:
The prices for the hotel are known:
In case that we do not reach the number of 25 persons:
- 3 Nights, including all meals and drinks (all inclusive): €190,- (of course it's still possible to leave on Sunday)
- Private room (for a planned surprise activity) €2,50.
In Case we will reach the number of 25 persons:
- - 3 Nights, including all meals and drinks (all inclusive): €165,- (of course it's still possible to leave on Sunday)
- Private room (for a planned surprise activity) €2,50.
Additional costs:
- Evening arrangement only: €39,50 (from 18:30 - 2:00)
- Additional nights: €70,- per person, per night
I have also arranged that we can pay the costs for the hotel cash
, so we don't need to pay by bank in advance.As for the activities, on day 0 (the day of arrival) we will gather at the hotel, if necessary I will pick up people from the airport in Weeze, or from the train station in Kleve/Xanten, with my own car. There are also taxi's available from both facilities. A evening activity will be planned, this will probably be bowling which is included in the hotel price.
On day 1 there is a trip planned to the city of Nijmegen (this is the oldest city in the Netherlands, more than 2000 years old). We will go to Nijmegen by car, there are a couple of EBT users who will drive (the costs for gas/parking wil be shared)
Once we arrive in Nijmegen, there will be a city tour with a guide, and will take about 1/1,5 hour(s). After the city tour we will visit the National bike museum where there is also a lunch arranged. After the lunch we will be hopping on a bike and we visit a bit of the country side around Nijmegen. If the weather does not allow a bike tour, there will be a semi indoor activity, but this will cost about €4,50 more per person. After our afternoon activity we will return to the hotel for diner and most likely the pub afterwards. (also included in the hotel price) Here is a time table for day 1:
8:00 - 8:30/8:45 Breakfast
8:30/8:45 Driving to Nijmegen
9:30 - 10:45/11:15 City tour with guide
11:30 - 13:00 Visit to the national bike museum (with guide)
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch at museum
14:00 - 16:30/17:00 Bike tour through the country side.
18:30 - 20:30 Diner at hotel
20:30 - 22:00 We wil be watching a movie (something the EBT'er will certainly like
)22:00 - ........ Free time in the various pubs in the hotel.
On day 2 we will go to the city of Arnhem, to Burgers Zoo. This zoo is quite unique because they also have a lot of indoor facilities like a real life jungle and dessert, we will also have a guided tour here, but there is also plenty of time to discover the zoo on your own. At the evening we will close the official part of the meeting. Here is a timetable for day 2:
8:00 - 8:30/8:45 Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 Driving to Arnhem
9:30/9:45 Arrival at the zoo, there might be a possibility that Vermeer will meet us here.
11:00 - 12:30 Guided Bush and Ocean tour
12:00 - 17:00 Free time at the zoo, there are also plenty of possibilities for a lunch.
17:00 - 18:30 We will be driving back to the hotel, and there is of course the possibility to visit some ATM's.
18:30 - 20:30 Diner at the hotel.
20:30 - ........... Free time, this wil also be the end of the official part of the meeting.
Here is a list of the prices for the activities:
Day 1 Nijmegen:
€4,35 for a guide (city tour)
€4,50 entrance to the museum, tour included
€9,50 Lunch
€10,65 Bike rental
€2,50 Private room for the movie
------------------------ Total
€29,00
(In case we can not do the bike tour, there will be a different activity outside of Nijmegen and this will cost €15,00 p/p instead of the €10,65 for the bike tour)
Day 2 Arnhem Zoo:
€17,50 Entrance to the zoo
€ 1,00 Guided tour.
------------------------ Total
€ 18,50
A lunch will cost about €5,00/10,00.
The dates are now set for 11th, 12th and 13th of March 2011. Check-in at the hotel is on Friday noon/evening and
check-out is at Monday in the morning.
If you want to join, or announce that you will not join, this topic is preferred
How to get there:
The area is accessible by air, Weeze airport (mainly ryanair) and Dusseldorf airport are close by.
Weeze has flights from:
: Trieste, Venice, Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Milan, Lamezia, Rome, Pisa, Trapani, Cagliari and Alghero.
: Girona, Barcalona, Reus, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Valencia, Alicante, Almeria, Malaga, Madrid, Sevilla, Valladolid, Santander, Tenerife, Grand Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
: Faro and Porto
: Kerry
: LappeenrantaDusseldorf has flights from:
: Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg and Vienna : Catania, Lamezia-Terme, Milan, Naples, Olbia, Rome, Turin and Venice. : Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Fuertevantura, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madris, Menorca, Malaga, Mallorca,Santa Cruz, Sevilla, Tenerife North, Tenerife South and Valencia.
: Faro, Madeira, Lisboa and Ponta Delgada.
: Lyon, Nice, Paris - Charles de Gaulle, Paris - Orly and Toulouse. : Helsinki and Kuusamo. : Dublin.
: Ljubljana.
: Luqa Airport.
: Larnaca and Paphos. 
: Athens, Chania - Kreta, Heraklion - Kreta, Karpathos, Kavala, Kerkyra, Patras-Araxos, Kos, Prevesa, Rhodos, Samos, Thira and Thessaloniki.Airports further away:
Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Eindhoven Airport, Maastricht-Aachen.
For train schedules:
DB Bahn
NSFor people coming by car:
The adress of the hotel is:
Wunderland Kalkar
Griether Straße 110-120
D-47546 Kalkar
Germany
Locations on google maps
Origination Team
Rlaurenssen Eddydevries MdeenAfter the meeting on monday, there will probably be a dothunt organized, this will depend on how many people will join.
) Friday is the arrival day, so most people will arrive in the afternoon. 
