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 **[[information_for_astronomers:​user_guide:​index|Effelsberg User Guide]] - please have a look!** **[[information_for_astronomers:​user_guide:​index|Effelsberg User Guide]] - please have a look!**
  
-Please communicate your travel plans at least two weeks prior to your arrival in Effelsberg to Ms. A. Franzen ​(afranzen_at_mpifr.de) **and** Ms. S. Wilfert (swilfert_at_mpifr.de), so that we can book (a) guest room(s) at the observatory and/or the institute'​s headquarters in Bonn and try to assist you in organizing your transport to Effelsberg.+Please communicate your travel plans at least two weeks prior to your arrival in Effelsberg to Mr. A. Reimann ​(areimann_at_mpifr.de), so that we can book (a) guest room(s) at the observatory and/or the institute'​s headquarters in Bonn and try to assist you in organizing your transport to Effelsberg.
  
 Note, that reaching Effelsberg by public transport is not easy. We recommend to rent a car as Note, that reaching Effelsberg by public transport is not easy. We recommend to rent a car as
 this will be most convenient. The Max-Planck-Institute can offer limited shuttle services this will be most convenient. The Max-Planck-Institute can offer limited shuttle services
 between Bonn and Effelsberg – please contact us well in advance if you intend to use this.\\ between Bonn and Effelsberg – please contact us well in advance if you intend to use this.\\
-Some public hints about using public transport are listed below.+Some public hints about using public transport are listed below. ​
  
-For the guest room we have to charge you 10 EUR per night and person at the observatory (30 EUR in Bonn). If you receive travel support under TNA rules (see http://​www.radionet-eu.org/​transnational-access/​),​ this charge can be reimbursed later. We would ask you to pay during your stay in Effelsberg in cash.  +Food supplies in Effelsberg are limited (there is no canteen). You should bring to the observatory what you need. There is a kitchen available where you can prepare your meals. A small choice of deep frozen meals as well as sweets are usually available.
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-Food supplies in Effelsberg are limited (there is no canteen). You should bring to the observatory what you need. There is a kitchen available where you can prepare your meals.+
  
 You are welcome to bring up your laptop – a DHCP server is running. But we ask you to have an up-to-date virus scanner installed on your computer. And, please switch off any WLAN devices (and mobile phones!), in order not to interfere with you own observations!! You are welcome to bring up your laptop – a DHCP server is running. But we ask you to have an up-to-date virus scanner installed on your computer. And, please switch off any WLAN devices (and mobile phones!), in order not to interfere with you own observations!!
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 +**Reaching Effelsberg with Public Transport**
 +
 +Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Bad Münstereifel (via Euskirchen).
 +Depending on the day of the week and the time, there is a direct connection ​
 +or you might have to change to another train or bus in Euskirchen (some connections
 +go via Rheinbach - check the websites below).
  
-=== Reaching ​Effelsberg ​with Public Transport ===+In Bad Münstereifel continue by bus or ALT/AST ("​Anruf-Linien-Taxi"/"​Anruf-Sammel-Taxi"​  
 +- taxi on demand, to be ordered about 30 minutes before by phone: 01806 - 151515). Note, 
 +that the ALT/AST only go once per hour (on a fixed schedule), but they are cheaper 
 +than a regular taxi.\\ 
 +The bus and the ALT taxi leaves you in the village of Effelsberg, so you need to walk to the 
 +observatory (about 2km).
  
-Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Bad Münstereifel via Euskirchen. Depending on the day +To search for proper connections,​ please use the websites ​of Deutsche Bahn (www.db.de) ​or of 
-of the week and the time, there is a direct connection ​or you might have to change to +the VRS (www.vrsinfo.de).
-another train or bus in Euskirchen.+
  
-In Bad Münstereifel continue by bus or ALT taxi (order the taxi ~30 minutes before by phone: 01804 151515). 
-The AST taxi leaves you in the village of Effelsberg, so you need to walk ( 
-This is a regular service and can be found on the Deutsche Bahn (www.db.de) website (search Bonn to Effelsberg). 
  
-//During working hours and Saturdays morning// 
-//During evenings and on weekends// 
-The AST taxi doesn'​t go, but instead there is a "​Sammeltaxi"​. 
-You can find out the schedule by calling the taxi number listed above. The Sammeltaxi will bring you till the telescope (2.30 € for students). 
  
-Using the db website: one should search for transport between Bonn and Bad Münstereifel,​ entering Effelsberg will give no hits. 
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