Juggling On Ice –
4th Waidhofen juggling and performing arts convention
When?
Jan 2–6, 2015
Where?
Schulzentrum Plenkerstraße, Plenkerstraße 8a, 3340 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Waidhofen is located in the west of the Mostviertel (a part of Lower Austria), about 25 km south of Amstetten.
How to get there?
By train:
Take Austria’s main railway line in East–West direction (which connects e.g. Salzburg, Linz and Vienna) to Amstetten and change trains for Waidhofen an der Ybbs or Kastenreith or Kleinreifling. Get off in Hauptbahnhof Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Hauptbahnhof = main train station) and take the City-Bahn (= Ybbstalbahn) in direction Gstadt bei Waidhofen. Get off at the second station (Lokalbahnhof). Cross the street and you are there. The train ride from Amstetten to Hauptbahnhof Waidhofen an der Ybbs will take about half an hour, from there to Lokalbahnhof five minutes.
For details and timetables, please, check: http://www.oebb.at/en/
By car:
Take the autoroute A1 (Salzburg–Vienna) to Amstetten. Leave it at exit Amstetten West and follow the signs „Waidhofen/Ybbs“. In Waidhofen follow the signs to the convention site.
Housing:
In the school building:
Classrooms will be adopted as sleeping halls. Bring your own sleeping bag and mat.
Private accomodation:
For more information, please, check:
http://www.waidhofen.at/index.php?a=26&b=269&lang=en
Organize the booking yourself.
Food:
You will get breakfast at the convention site. For self-catering there are supermarkets, a bakery and an organic food store close-by (2 to 10 minutes walk).
Festival program:
Free juggling, workshops, ChocoLateNight, juggling on ice, fightnight, open stage, gala show. Find more details at the convention homepage.
Preregistration:
Please, preregister via the convention homepage. Deadline of preregistration: Dec 24, 2014.
Please, note: For legal reasons, children up to the age of 13 may enter the festival area only in company of a grown-up person. Juveniles from 14 to 18 need a written consent of their parents. (Forms are downloadable at the convention homepage.)
Cost:
Convention fee (5 days):
Grownups and juveniles (14 years and older): EUR 55,– (EUR 50,– if preregistered)
Children (6–13 years) EUR 35,– (EUR 30,– if preregistered)
Daytickets:
Fri: EUR 5,–;
Sat, Sun: EUR 12,–;
Mon: EUR 18,–; (without gala show: EUR 9,–);
Tue: EUR 3,–;
Breakfast and – if not otherwise stated – gala show tickets are included.
Further information:
Festival homepage: http://www.juggling.at/
Organisation:
Contact:
Email: info@juggling.at
Tourist information:
Tourismusbüro Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Oberer Stadtplatz 28, 3340 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Phone: +43 7442 5110
E-Mail: tourismus [AT] waidhofen . at
Opening times: Mo–Fr 9:00–18:00, Sa 9:00–17:00 Uhr
Some further links:
Waidhofen an der Ybbs:
Official home page:
http://www.waidhofen.at/index.php?lang=en&a=26
English Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waidhofen_an_der_Ybbs
German Wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waidhofen_an_der_Ybbs