Swedish open 2010!

[coinman]

Welcome to attend Swedish open 2010!

Its fairly cheap to fly here with Ryan Air from many countries.
We have a really nice venue and you can stay at the venue for a very low price sins it owned by a cuber! A bed in a double room is about 20€ a night, a bed in a dormitory is about 10€. The venue is a small conference center in the countryside near the city of Uppsala, not to far from Stockholm.

For more info se: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=SwedishOpen2010

And: http://apelgam.se/Rubik/SM2010/?lang=ENG

The venue: http://www.wattholma-kursgard.se/

 

[Shortey]

Hm.. interesting.

 

[coinman]

In your case Norwegian air or train

 

[Shortey]

It's a bit far away, but I'll have to check out the train prices.

 

[kinch2002]

Anyone know whether it's easy to get to the venue from Vasteras or Svatska airports?

 

[Kenneth]

Svatska?

Is that Skavsta?

Skavsta, there is a bus from there to Stockholm, then local train from Stockholm to Uppsala and from there another local train to the Venue (total 200 km)

Västerås is much better because there is a bus directly from there to Uppsala and then from there the local train to the venue (total 100 km)

Arlanda is the best option because that is not far from Uppsala (total 60 km)

 

[coinman]

Both this airports are about 100 km from Stockholm so you can easily walk Ryan air always lands a 100 km or more from everything

No seriously, there's buses to Stockholm and from Stockholm there's trains to Uppsala. Most likely someone can pick you up in Stockholm or in Uppsala depending on when you arrive if you decide to go.

Edit:
I didn't se that my brother already replayed, i wrote this a few hoers ago and forgot to click the post bottom. So if he is right there is a bus from Västerås.

 

[Kenneth]

Ye, sure, the 804 : http://www.ul.se/Global/Tidtabeller_pdf/RegionS2010/S804.pdf

 

[Shortey]

Does anyone have room for 3 (perhaps 4?) awesome norwegian dudes to stay during the comp?

 

[coinman]

I might have some room but i'm not 100 % sure i will be at home when the competition takes place (but maybe 95 %). I also live about 85 km from the venue so i might also stay there over the competition to save some time in the morning, i hate getting up early

After al a bed in a dorm is only 100 SEK or a if you want to bring a tent it's only 50. If you arrive on the thursday i can for sure host you to friday if i'm at home.

Hope you can come, it will be a great competition!

 

[Akuma]

This might be my first competition I go to

 

[Shortey]

What's the closest train station?
Also if there are any people in Stockholm that are going by car, is there any chance you could pick me up?

 

[Kenneth]

What's the closest train station?
Also if there are any people in Stockholm that are going by car, is there any chance you could pick me up?

Depends, if you come from Oslo by train it will be Stockholm central... But there you can change for one that takes you to Uppsala and from there it is a local train that stops a few km from the venue.

Do you know when you arrive in Stockholm? My brother will probably pick me up on his way and I live in Stockholm, Lid will probably also go with us because he lives between me and the brother but besides that (him) it is probably a spare seat in the car that you can use

(probalys because I can't say for sure because I did not talk to Tommy about this matter yet, I'm just guessing =)

 

[kinch2002]

Rob Yau and I have registered Very excited about coming to Scandinavia for the first time

 

[joey]

Johannes signed up? O_O

 

[Kenneth]

@ Daniel, nice, so far we only had Joey from the U.K. before (and DHJ from ST of course but he didn't compeate). We look forward to see you and Robert here =)

edit: BTW; Gunnar is handling the registrations and he is away to Oslo this weekend, it will not be updated until he is back home again.

@ Joey, first time he is in a comp abroad!!

 

[Robert-Y]

Are there going to be any puzzles available for sale? I'm particularly looking for another blue/pink type F, dayan guhong, QJ 4x4x4, and possibly a few others.

I have a white type F (clone) DIY kit that I'm willing to trade for something (It's basically brand new, and hasn't been assembled)

 

[coinman]

I don't know if there will be any puzzles for sale. It depends on if any dealer will come or if someone has something up for trade or sale.

 

[Kenneth]

It will be, several cubers bring spare cubes nowdays, people buy extras just to have a few to sell at the comps...

 

[Gunnar]

I've ordered 10 GuHongs and 10 A5:s which will be for sale, also lots of stickers for 2x2-5x5, pyra, mega and sq-1. Other than that I will not have stuff for sale, I'm not sure about others.

Also, I've descided to set a limit of 80 people in the competition, so at the moment there's room for 25 more people. If you wanna register after the limit is reach, I'll have to check if the schedule allows for it.

I can also tell that ALL competitors will get a cube-related prize.