ECGBL – Practical Information

Registered participants will receive specific joining instructions two weeks before the conference. In the meantime, we hope you find the following, more general, ECGBL Practical Information helpful.

Conference Location

Nord University
Address: Høgskolevegen 27, 7600 Levanger, Norway

Phone: +47 75 51 70 00

Nord University has multiple campuses throughout the north of Norway. The conference is taking place at the Levanger campus, Levanger, Norway and the closest airport is Trondheim.

Please do not book flights to Bodø, as this is 600 km further north.

University Information

The university has 11 000 students and 1300 employees at study locations Bodø, Levanger, Steinkjer, Stjørdal, Mo i Rana, Namsos, Nesna and Vesterålen. The conference takes place at the Levanger campus.

Nord University is committed to delivering relevant educational programmes and research, with a focus on blue and green growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as welfare, health and education.

The university has leading research communities within aquaculture, biosciences, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Web site: www.nord.no/en and www.nord.no/en/about

Local Information

• 10.000 inhabitants (22.000 in the municipality)
• Main industries: Trade and service industry, agriculture and production industry.
• Great skiing and sports facilities
• Great nature & wildlife
• A large shopping mall, pubs, gyms, cafes, cinema, library, beaches, escape room, cocktail bar, student life etc.

Tourist site: https://en.visitinnherred.com/forside/hovedside/

Getting to ECGBL

Trondheim Airport (TRD), https://avinor.no/en/airport/trondheim-airport/

From Trondheim Airport Værnes, you can take the train to Levanger station – or Røstad station if you are going directly to the University. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes, and the cost is 161 NOK.

You may also arrive by train or bus from Oslo via Trondheim S (central station), where you must change trains. View train times and fares at VY.no.

Buy tickets from the machine on the platform (cheapest), the VY app or on board the train.

Walking from the hotel in Levanger to the conference will normally take about 10 minutes.

Taxi’s are not needed from the airport. The train leaves from the airport and directly to the campus. It will also stop in Verdal, where several of the hotels are located.

For those who prefer to take a taxi try TrønderTaxi – https://www.trondertaxi.no/ (note: it will be expensive)

Accommodation Information

Suggested local hotels can be seen in the table below. The main conference hotel will be highlighted in green.

This is usually the most convenient to the conference venue and is usually where pre-conference drinks are held.