Arriving
Berlin
Berlin is the capital of Germany and with around 3.5 Million people living here it’s also the largest city in Germany. Around one third of the city consists of parks, forests, gardens, rivers and lakes.
Berlin is a city full of history. During the cold war it was divided into East-Berlin, the capital of East-Germany, and West-Berlin, surrounded by the wall (1961-1989), an exclave in a “foreign” country.
Berlin today is a vibrant world city of culture, politics, media, and science. You don’t need to speak German to find your way around. But be polite and ask if they speak English before stating your request ;)
Getting Around
Berlin has one of the best transport infrastructures in the world. One of the city’s major advantages is its exceptionally broad and state-of-the-art system of modern transport. It consists of urban rail (S-Bahn) and metro (U-Bahn), buses and trams. The same ticket is valid on all of them. You can catch a bus and even a train at any time of the day.
The website of the BVG (public transport company) will give you all the information you need. To find your way from A to B you best visit the Fahrinfo.
Do you want to know what ticket you need? There are only three fare zones: Zone A, the city centre, which is also known as “in the ring” regarding the “Ringbahn” S41 and S42; Zone B, ending at the city limits and Zone C, stretching out beyond the city limits into Berlin's surroundings (e.g. Airport Berlin-Schönefeld SXF and Potsdam). Select the type of ticket that suits you best: Berlin AB tickets, BC tickets or ABC tickets.
Staying in the city
how to find …
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… a hotel
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… a hostel
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… a couch
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… a flat to rent
eurucamp week will kick off with informal get-togethers.
We're encouraging eurucamp and JRubyConf attendees to spend some time getting to know each other and the extraordinary city that is Berlin.
After a first successful European excursion in 2012, JRubyConf is back, bigger and better – this year as a two-day, single track conference.
Venue
JRubyConf will be held at the beautiful Heimathafen Neukölln and can be found Karl-Marx-Straße 141, 12043 Berlin. The metro line U7 (light blue) is going right by and you just have to hop off at “Karl-Marx-Straße”.
jrubyconf.eu schedule
Arriving from…
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… Hauptbahnhof
- take any S-Bahn going east (platform 15) to S+U Jannowitzbrücke
- take the U8 direction S+U Hermannstraße to Hermannplatz
- take the U7 direction Rudow to Karl-Marx-Straße
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… Tegel
- take the bus X9 or 109 direction S+U Zoologischer Garten to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
- take the U7 direction Rudow to Karl-Marx-Straße
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… Schönefeld
- take the bus X7 direction U Rudow to Rudow
- take the U7 direction S+U Rathaus Spandau to Karl-Marx-Straße
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… Friedrichstraße
- take any S-Bahn going east to S+U Jannowitzbrücke
- take the U8 direction S+U Hermannstraße to Hermannplatz
- take the U7 direction Rudow to Karl-Marx-Straße
- walk to metro station Französische Straße
- take the U6 direction Alt-Mariendorf to Mehringdamm
- take the U7 direction Rudow to Karl-Marx-Straße
Venue
On the shore of Berlin’s biggest lake
It’s summer. Who wants to suffer in the urban jungle? This year’s eurucamp returns to the biggest of Berlin's abundant lakes, the Müggelsee.
Talks will take place at the Hotel Müggelsee.
Hotel Müggelsee sits on the banks of the lake and is surrounded by circa 48,000 m² of woodland and parks. Activities will take place around (and possibly in) the lake.





Child care

Grown-ups are not the only ones who will have a fabulous time at eurucamp. Kids will love it too. While you are engrossed in the world of Ruby, your kids will be enthralled by their own set of activities.
Child care at eurucamp will be provided by the professionally trained nannies of Kinderfee . Founded in 2010, Kinderfee is Germany’s leading provider of babysitter and nanny services. The platform works with a network of over 15,000 independent babysitters and nannies across Germany.
Your kids will draw pictures, play in the woods, at the beach, on the grass, in a play-room and you can be sure that they will be cared for for the entire weekend. Child care will be provided at daytime on all days of eurucamp core, from 16th to 18th August.
Evening child care is not provided by eurucamp, but don’t worry, Kinderfee is still there for you. You can use the following voucher code to interview up to 3 babysitters for free: kf-eurucamp . The site is currently only available in German, but if you need help making a booking, please contact one of the team.

eurucamp schedule
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FRI
16AUG
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Brandenburg
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08.45
Registration
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12.30
Lunch
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18.30
Drinks & Registration
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19.30
Introduction
19.45
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20.30
BBQ + Drink-up
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Sachsen/Thüringen
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08.45
Registration
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12.30
Lunch
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16.00
Coffee Break
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18.30
Drinks & Registration
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19.30
Introduction
19.45
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20.30
BBQ + Drink-up
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Niedersachsen
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08.45
Registration
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12.30
Lunch
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14.00
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16.00
Coffee Break
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18.30
Drinks & Registration
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19.30
Introduction
19.45
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20.30
BBQ + Drink-up
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SAT
17AUG
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09.00
Coffee
09.15
Introduction
09.30
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10.00
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11.00
Coffee Break
11.45
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12.15
Packed Lunch and Siesta
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17.30
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18.30
Break
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19.30
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20.00
20.30
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SUN
18AUG
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09.00
Coffee
09.30
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10.00
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11.00
Coffee Break
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12.15
12.45
Lunch
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14.30
Break
14.45
Lightning Talks
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15.15
Closing Time