Venue
The First School of FONDA will be held at the University of Aveiro within the Rectory building (building number 25)
Universidade de Aveiro
Campus Universitário de Santiago
3810 - 193 Aveiro
Portugal
About Aveiro
Aveiro is a dynamic medium size city that offers its inhabitants much of what big city life has, but without the urban chaos and without diminishing the quality of life. The focal point of an industrially developed region, Aveiro today is also a city of commerce and services and a growing centre of leisure and culture. It is impossible to speak of Aveiro without making a special note of the water that so characterises it.
The “ria” (inland waterways replenished from both the sea and the river) surrounds and penetrates the city and the extensive stretches of beach just a few kilometers away make the city very attractive for nature lovers and water sport enthusiasts. The delta plane of the city lies in contrast to the beautiful mountainous region to the inland areas of the district.
The University of Aveiro (UA) was founded in 1973 and paved the way in the creation of teaching offers in several knowledge fields. Today, UA is widely recognised as one of the most innovative universities in Portugal, for the quality of its teaching and research and for its cooperation with regional and national business. Its organisation and matrix structure stimulates knowledge exchange, promoting a useful proximity between teaching and research, which results in a very appealing message for national and international students.
With a modern and prestigious architecture, UA occupies top positions in the most important international rankings of Higher Education.
The Department of Environment & Planning was created in 1978 as one of the key university development areas, with a mission to provide academic education, but also a place for research, where innovative products and solutions are developed to contribute to the advance of environmental science & technology. One of the areas with more expertise is air pollution, with a large group of researchers playing an important role at national and international scientific community.
Going to Aveiro
Flying to Portugal
The closest airport is Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport in Porto, located some 70kms to the north of Aveiro. Portela International Airport in Lisbon is located 250kms to the south of Aveiro. Both are operated by regular and by low-cost companies. Click here for ANA airports information.
From Porto to Aveiro
The journey from the airport to the railway station (called Porto-Campanhã) which has direct rail connections to Aveiro can be done by taxi for around 27€ or by Uber for around 20€ and takes 20 to 30 minutes. A less expensive way to reach the Porto-Campanhã railway station is to use the Metro, Violet (E) Line, which has a terminal at the airport. Note that you must change in Trindade station to lines A, B, C or F (all of them go to Campanhã). The trip between the airport and the railway station takes 33 minutes and costs 2€ (Z4 ticket). Click here for Metro information.
The train journey to Aveiro takes about 40 minutes if you take the Alfa Pendular train and Intercidades or 1h15 if you take a regular train. There are many trains running regularly to Aveiro from Porto. Click here for train timetables.
From Lisbon to Aveiro
If you're arriving in Lisbon by plane, the best way to come to Aveiro is by train from Lisboa-Oriente railway station. To get to the train station, you can take a taxi, which takes about 10 minutes, or use the Metro, Red Line, which has a terminal at the airport. The trips between the airport and Oriente railway station take about 10 minutes and cost €1.50 (+ viva viagem card €0.50). Click here for Metro information and here for train timetables.
To reach the University Campus
Aveiro railway station is located at about 30 minutes walking distance or 5 minutes taxi ride from the University Campus. To reach the Campus, you can also use the bus (number 11) which departs at regular intervals from the Bus Terminal outside the railway station (leaving the station via the East side exit).
If you are going to the hotel check on Google Maps if it is within walking distance from the station, most of them are 15 min away using the West exit towards city centre.
Accomodation
Several Hotels are suggested for your stay in Aveiro, but please feel free to find other at the web.