DebConf15/Germany/VenueScouting/JugendherbergeNuernberg

Contact

Sigrid Natterer, Leitung
Jugendherberge Nürnberg
Burg 2
90403 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911 230936-0
Tel. 0911 230936-15
Fax 0911 230936-28
sigrid.natterer@jugendherberge.de
http://www.nuernberg.jugendherberge.de

Venue

• €14.900 per day for exclusive access incl. breakfast, lunch, dinner
• It's the actual city castle of Nuremberg with the view to prove it
• Fully renovated in March 2013
• 20 minute walk from central station
• Conference Rooms
  • Eppeleinsaal which seats 200 people officially (more will fit inofficially, I suspect) It's pretty
  • Meeting room 3 holds 80 people
  • 8 meeting rooms, two of them can be combined into one Details
• Sleeping rooms
  • 355 beds in 93 rooms
  • 2-6 people per room
  • Every room has its own toilet/shower
• Community rooms
  • Dining hall
  • Bistro
  • Lounge
• Fully accessible
  • All floors, community and meeting rooms reachable via elevator
  • Two rooms specifically designed for wheelchair access
  • Two fully accessible showers/toilets
• Food
  • Breakfast, warm lunch buffet, warm dinner buffet
    • warm buffet includes main courses, salad bar, dessert
• Family friendly
  • Specific family rooms with child beds, changing stations, bottle warmers, etc [1]
• Internet
  • Fully covered with WiFi

Surroundings

• Located in the center of Nuremberg
• _In_ the actual historic castle
• Several hotels in walking distance (less than 500 meter)
• Meeting rooms on site
• Bike tours: maps, tools, and storage on site

Possible Day Trips

• Winery tour
• Brewery tour
• High rope course / Hochseilgarten

Additional info

• Public transport
  • Airport <> venue
    • 25-30 min by local train
  • Main station <> venue
    • 20 min by foot
    • underground 2 min, then 10 min foot
    • underground and bus 18 min, then 5 min foot
• No camping nearby
• 16M ADSL via Telekom
• No VAT on invoice (sind nicht umsatzsteuterpflichtig da gemeinneutzig)
• Prices during Debcamp
  • €125 per four-person room, incl Breakfast
  • €139 per meeting room
• During Debconf, external people are €19.50 per person & day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Conference rooms accessible from 0700-2200
• Foodening: 160 people at once
  • Usually, they can feed about 355 people per hour
• 24/7 access to conference rooms?
  • talks ~8 hours -> yes
  • hacklabs 24/7 -> more discussion needed, but looks realistic as long as people are reasonably silent
• We will be fully separated from normal tourists
• 3 course menu on site is possible for activity dinner
• No clothes washing machine on site
• Prices
  • coffee 1,50
  • water for free
  • beer 2-2.5
• we can get our own front desk right across the reception (easing check-in & registration)
• no dedicated server room, but there's space for servers

Shopping

• Shops 500m away
• Restaurants 160m away