Podim 2023 venue information

PODIM Conference 2023 is happening between two 1-minute-walking-distance places in the heart of Maribor city center:

  1. Maribox (Kinobox)
  2. Narodni dom Maribor

PODIM Conference 2023 is happening between two 1-minute-walking-distance places in the heart of Maribor city center:

  1. Maribox (Kinobox)
  2. Narodni dom Maribor

With a beautiful view of the river Drava, you’ll enjoy the old town of Maribor with a pinch of the modern touch! Dobrodošli – Welcome!

Slovenia

Slovenia lies in the heart of Europe, where the Alps meet the Mediterranean sea and the Pannonian Plain meets the Karst. This small green country measures 20,273 km2 in area, and is home to sincere, hospitable people of great diligence. It has an exceptional number of top athletes, and a wealth of cultural creativity. In Slovenia, it is not difficult to compare the value of goods and services, as they are priced in one of the world’s major currencies, the Euro.
 
  • Currency: Euro
  • Time zone: CET (UTC +1)
  • Temperature in May: 15 – 17 degrees
  • Safety: Slovenia is amongst top 10 safest countries in the world
  • Second language: English (people speak English very well)
  • Population: 2 mio
  • GDP per capita: 28.000$> More about Slovenia

 

Source: I Feel Slovenia

Directions

By plane

Maribor has an international airport, i.e. the Edvard Rusjan Airport or simply just the Maribor Airport that provides some regular flight connections. Nearby airports are also in:
 

Airports in Ljubljana, Graz and Klagenfurt are also destinations of the low-cost carriers easyJet (Ljubljana) and Ryanair (Klagenfurt and Graz). The Graz Airport is the closest to Maribor: trains from the Graz Airport to Maribor leave six times a day, and the journey takes about an hour and a half.

By train

The Maribor train station is situated in the eastern part of the Maribor city centre (at Partizanska cesta 50). By train, you can travel to Maribor from for example:

  • Vienna Meidling – Maribor (3 h 30 m)
  • Graz – Maribor (1 h)
  • Venezia Santa Lucia – Ljubljana – Maribor (9 – 10 h)
  • Zagreb – Dobova – Zidani most – Celje – Pragersko – Maribor (3 h 30 min)
  • Budapest – Vienna – Graz – Maribor (6 h 30 m)
  • Budapest – Hodoš – Murska Sobota – Ormož – Ptuj – Pragersko – Maribor (6 h 30 m)
  • Budapest – Murakerestur – Zagreb – Maribor (13 h 30 m)
  • Prague – Vienna – Maribor (9 h)
 
You can find more connections and schedule information at Slovenian Railways (Slovenske železnice).

By car

By car, you can travel to the Maribor region from the direction of:

  • Ljubljana (Slovenia) on the A1/E57,
  • Zagreb (Croatia) on the E59,
  • Budapest (Hungary) on the E59/E65/E71/M7 and
  • Trieste (Italy) on the E57/E70.
 

Maribor is located only a few minutes from the Austrian border. You can travel to Maribor from the direction of:

  • Graz on the A9/E57/E59,
  • Klagenfurt on the road B80/B70 and
  • Villach on the B80/B70/E66/B83.
 

The distance between Maribor and other capitals countries is:

  • Ljubljana 123 km (Slovenia)
  • Zagreb 110 km (Croatia),
  • Sarajevo 487 km (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
  • Belgrade 512 km (Serbia),
  • Podgorica 703 km (Montenegro) and
  • Skopje 945 km (Macedonia).
 

The distance between Maribor and other European cities is:

  • Paris 1299 km
  • Venice 365 km
  • Prague 548 km
  • Budapest 340 km
  • Berehove 653 km
  • Shkodra 759 km
  • Hamburg 1163 km
  • London 1488 km
  • Nordkapp 3699 km
  • Lisbon 2739 km
  • Belgorod 1925 km
  • Thessaloniki 1134 km
  • Frankfurt 1050 km
  • Graz 68 km
  • Milan 622 km
  • Munich 493 km
  • Salzburg 352 km
  • Split 460 km
  • Trieste 216 km
  • Vienna 255 km
  • Zurich 803 km