Toruń centre

• CAMK - Rabiańska Street, one down from Kopernika Street - CAMK is not the Institute of Astronomy of NCU
• Physics+ Faculty - Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej - http://www.phys.uni.torun.pl - Grudziądzka street - 5 min walk from CAMK

where to stay - accommodation

• Akademika: http://www.umk.pl/studenci/ds/

Piwnice

• Institute of Astronomy NCU = IA-UMK (old names: Toruń Centre of Astronomy = TCfA = KAA + KRA =) optical observatory + radio observatory, administratively part of Physics/Astro/Computer Science Faculty of UMK
• about 12km from Toruń centre
• for "direct" buses, the destinations used to be written "Lulkowo" and "Kowróz" on the timetables at the PKS bus terminal (PKS Toruń 51% owned by Veolia Environnement - Connex owned by Arriva which is owned by Deutsche Bahn)
  • As of 2018-01-08, the bus line was identified as "Linia 24003 Toruń - Toruń przez Lulkowo" (info probably obsolete)
• much more practical: you can also take buses from Toruń to Różankowo and then walk 1.5 km to Piwnice (or vice-versa). Buses between Toruń and Różankowo (which continue north) are much more frequent than the "direct" buses.
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• You can also take buses to Łysomice and walk 5.3 km to the observatory. These buses are also quite frequent.

Bus stops, timetable

• There are two bus stops at Piwnice, one in each direction. Check with local people (ask!) that you have chosen the correct direction!
• Probably the best website for info is: https://en.e-podroznik.pl
  • type Toruń (or Torun), select voi. kujawsko-pomorskie
  • type Piwnice, select voi. kujawsko-pomorskie
  • Find connection to find bus connections
• As of 2023-01-24, there seems to be about one "direct" bus per day, taking 44 minutes: 08:10 from Toruń, through Ostaszewo, arriving at Piwnice at 08:54.
• As of 2023-01-24, from Toruń to Różankowo, there seem to be about 5 buses leaving Toruń from 06:00 to 07:00, about 2 per hour for the following few hours, then 1 per hour; these take 14-19 minutes, then you have a 1.5 km walk to the Observatory.
  • The times/frequencies of return buses are similar, the easiest time to get a return bus is around 16:00 to 17:00, with four buses; the latest on 2023-01-24 is 22:04 from Różankowo; first in the morning is 05:01 from Różankowo.
• As of 2023-01-24, buses from Toruń to Łysomice seem to have a similar frequency to those going to Różankowo. The 5.3 km walk will keep you in better shape than the 1.5 km walk from Różankowo.

Weather

• past time cone: weather measurements
• now: tachyonic technology required
• future time cone: weather predictions: Will it rain? When?

obsolete (Jan 2018)

to Piwnice

 6:20 D (mon-fri) _to Kowróz then Lulkowo_ PKS stop 2 (37 min)
 7:40 E (mon-sat)  _to Kowróz then Lulkowo_ PKS stop 2 (37 min)
 9:40 D (mon-fri)  _to Kowróz then Lulkowo_ PKS stop 2 (37 min)
12:30 D (mon-fri)  _to Lulkowo (Kowróz may be the "destination" but it is irrelevant for Piwnice)_ PKS stop *3* (23 min)
14:40 D (mon-fri)  _to Lulkowo (Kowróz may be the "destination" but it is irrelevant for Piwnice)_ PKS stop 2 (23 min)
15:45 E (mon-sat)   _to Lulkowo (Kowróz may be the "destination" but it is irrelevant for Piwnice)_ PKS stop 2 (23 min)
17:45 Dm (mon-fri)  _to Lulkowo (Kowróz may be the "destination" but it is irrelevant for Piwnice)_ PKS stop (?) (23 min)
?? evening - not yet known - 20:30 Fm (mon-fri) 
?? evening - not yet known - 22:40 Fm (mon-fri) 

to Toruń

06:18 D (mon-fri) heading East  (23 min)
06:58 D (mon-fri) heading East (23 min)
08:18 E (mon-sat) heading East (23 min)
10:18 D (mon-fri) heading East (23 min)
12:53 D (mon-fri) heading West (37 min)
15:03 D (mon-fri) heading West (37 min)
16:08 E (mon-sat) heading West (37 min)
18:08 Dm (mon-fri) heading West (37 min)

pre-2018

to Piwnice

 5:45 F (mon-fri) 
 6:40 A (mon-sat) 
 8:30 F (mon-fri) 
12:00 F (mon-fri) 
14:40 F (mon-fri) 
15:30 F (mon-fri) 
17:40 U (sun-sat) 
20:30 Fm (mon-fri) 
22:40 Fm (mon-fri) 

to Toruń

 6:08 F (mon-fri) 
 7:02 A (mon-sat) 
 8:53 F (mon-fri) 
12:22 F (mon-fri) 
15:03 F (mon-fri) 
15:52 F (mon-fri) 
18:03 U (sun-sat) 
20:52 Fm (mon-fri) 
24:01 Fm (mon-fri) 

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