Registration / Transportation
Registration for in-person attendance is now closed. If you would like to participate remotely, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Transportation
WMO is located next to station Geneva-Sechèron (this is NOT the main station Cornavin). From Geneva Airport (GVA) it takes a couple of minutes by taxi/uber, or around half an hour by either bus or train to get to WMO or the center of Geneva. More information on public transport is available on https://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-67/. In the baggage hall of Geneva Airport are machines where you can get a free 80-minute ticket for public transport to get to your hotel. Several hotels provide free public transport cards to use during your stay in Geneva, otherwise, a single ticket is CHF 3.
Geneva is also well reachable by train from several directions allowing flights to other airports as well or full train rides to Geneva.
Bus Access to WMO:
Buses 1, 25, stop Jardin Botanique and 11, 28 (stops
Secheron or Jardin Botanique).
United Nations building is at about 500 m.
Accommodation
There are several hotels close to WMO, and many more around Cornavin station and in other parts of Geneva. Besides using public transport you can also walk from hotels in near Cornavin station to WMO, this takes around 20 minutes and it is a very nice walk along the lake.
Hotels close to WMO headquarters:
- Hotel Ibis Geneve Centre Nations
Rue du Grand Pré 33-35 - 1202 Genève
- Hotel Ibis Genève Centre Lac
Rue De Berne 26, Pâquis, 1201 Geneva
- Hotel Drake-Longchamp
Rue Butini 7, Pâquis, 1202 Geneva
- Hotel Les Nations
Rue du Grand Pré 62, 1202 Geneva
- Hotel Eden
Rue de Lausanne 135, 1202 Geneva
- Hotel Mon Repos
Rue de Lausanne 131, 1202 Geneva
Or look at booking.com (direct link for Geneva, adjust dates to your own travel schedule) or any other booking site of your liking for hotels
Visa information
On this website, you can check the requirements to enter Switzerland. If you need an invitation letter to obtain a visa to attend the Polar Data Architecture Workshop, please contact Peter Pulsifer and Marten Tacoma.