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GPRT 2025 was held between 19-20 June 2025, at the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia, organised by the Department of English Language and Literature.
How do I get to my hotel / the uni from the coach / train station?
- the coach station, the train station and the bus station are all together in a kind of public transport hub
- walk (cca. 30 mins) :) -- recommended route on GoogleMaps
- public transport / bus (buses leave from in front of the train station; you will want to get off next to Tesco [third stop called "Katolícka univerzita"]): journey planner -- town route map -- schedule of Line 3 -- single-trip tickets ("základný lístok"): fares and payment (in a nutshell: swipe your bank card :) - should you need to talk, say "Prosím základný lístok")
- taxi (taxi ranks in front of the train station; you may find some cabs waiting there): there are many services, e.g., Taxi Tatra (+421 908 900 800) or Super Taxi Rk (+421 918 260 777)
How do I get to Ružomberok?
- By car: contact me ASAP, there's a little paperwork to do ;)
- Via Bratislava:
- By train: Service: Slovak Railways (ZSSK). Duration Bratislava - Ružomberok: approx. 3 to 4 hours. Frequency: trains run several times a day. Departure station in Bratislava: Bratislava Main Station (Hlavná stanica). Arrival station in Ružomberok: Ružomberok Main Station. Fare: approx. 12€. Book tickets here.
- By coach: Service: Flixbus.
- From Vienna by train: several trains per day to Bratislava-Petržalka station, run by ÖBB. From Bratislava-Petržalka, public transport bus no. 93 has to be taken to Bratislava Main Station (cca. 10-min journey; international train tickets are valid for the transfer), from where trains to Ružomberok depart. Timetables for bus no. 93: Petržalka - Main Station (Hlavná stanica) and Main Station (Hlavná stanica) - Petržalka.
- Via Budapest (Hungary): numerous airlines fly to Liszt Ferenc Budapest Airport and railway/coach lines run to one of the major stations (Nyugati, Keleti; Népliget). Coach service Budapest - Ružomberok: Flixbus (line 1260 or 1263). Duration: approx. 4 hours. Departure station in Budapest: Népliget Coach Station. Arrival station in Ružomberok: Ružomberok Coach Station.
- Via Brno or Prague (Czechia).
- Via Warsaw/Cracow (Poland): by train or by coach (Flixbus line 1260 or N976).
Supported by The Van Riemsdijk Foundation.
Local organisers: Katalin Balogné Bérces (KU Ružomberok & PPCU Budapest) & Jela Kehoe (Head of Dept. of English Language and Literature, KU Ružomberok). Special thanks to Samuel Štefan Mahút, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities; Shanti Ulfsbjorninn; Viktor Varga and the admin team of KU; Katarína Labudová; the laryng research group, esp. Péter Szigetvári, and the admin team of ELTE Budapest; Markus Pöchtrager and Sofia Alexei; John and Emma Kehoe; and to everyone willing to share a room :) We kindly acknowledge the financial support of KAJL FF KU.