The workshop will take place at the Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra, where all the needed infrastructures are available:
Location of the Department of Physics of the UC
The University of Coimbra
The University of Coimbra (UC) is a Portuguese public higher education institution with more than 700 years of experience in education, training and research. The UC was classified as World Heritage by the UNESCO in 2013 for its role as the centre of production of Portuguese language literature and thinking and for the universal value of its campus, which dates back to the 16th century.
Here https://worldheritage.uc.pt/en/ you can find more information about the University.
Travelling to Coimbra
Coimbra is 100 km away from Porto/Oporto and 200 km from Lisboa/Lisbon, both cities having an international airport. Although Lisboa has more connections to European capitals, Oporto also offers good connections. From either airport you can use the metro (running every 5-10 min in Lisboa and every ~20 min in Porto) to the railway stations of Lisboa-Oriente (Lisboa; 5-10 min) or Porto-Campanhã (Oporto; ~ 40 min), respectively. Then you take the fast trains ("Alfa Pendular" (AP) or "Inter-cidades" (IC) to Coimbra-B (1h35 to 1h50 from Lisboa; or 1h from Porto), that depart every hour in average, timetables and prices can be found here https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/train-times. From Coimbra-B there is a direct train to the station in the centre of the city, "Coimbra station", it is only one stop.
Shuttle
Service door to door by www.airportshuttle.pt (29-34 € each way).
Car
Not necessary in Coimbra but if you choose this option expect about 1h30m ride from Porto and 2h00m from Lisbon to central Coimbra.
