Kolping Hotel: AccommodationWe did organise a good value accommodation possibility at the Kolping
Hotel. Our contingent is booked up and booking not possible any more.
Villa: Get in TouchThe TransX-TgEuNet-work-Team is ready to welcome you between 06:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m at the "Café Willendorf" and in the club-rooms. In this time you may come whenever you want to get in touch with us, ask questions or just to chat with other participants. Of course it's the best time to do registration too. Besides, the Café has a superb kitchen and we've organised
a special menu with some good value meals.
This location is best to be reached by The "Café Willendorf" is placed at the ground floor. Please use the entrance at "Spörlingasse",(around the corner) to come in directly at the registration table. Andino: TransMission X - 10th TransX-Anniversary
Party
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Rosa-Lila Villa
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). But you also
can use the Tram (Numbers like "18") or the Bus (Numbers followed
by A like "57A"), especially if you want to see a little bit of the
city.
public
train (3 Euro / 25 minutes) and 
Regional Railway System ("Schnellbahn"): 
S7 (recommended)
Bus
Services: Vienna Airport lines (ok)
City-Airport-Train: CAT (not worthy the expense)
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Saturday night we will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of TransX. We are very pleased to welcome TransGender-Activists from all over Europe to this big party. Each registered participant of the First European TransGender Council is invited to the party. Your invitation will be handed over at the registration table. We are especially happy to welcome some well-known stars, who are supporting this event by their performance:
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The "Andino", is best to be reached by 
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station [Pilgramgasse].
Stepping out of the station you turn left, cross the "Linke Wienzeile" and enter the "Hofmühlgasse". You follow the "Hofmühlgasse", crossing "Mollardgasse" and pass the entry of "Magdalenenstrasse" (at the moment: road works!), until at your right opens the "Münzwardeingasse". The entrance of the "Andino" is at the corner straight in front of you.
In Transit
Town Hall: Conference Rooms
The First European TransGender Council will take place in the Vienna
town hall, the "Rathaus". It is located in the heart of the city near
"Ringstrasse", Parliament and "Burgtheater".
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The rooms for the meeting are
provided for free by the City of Vienna through the The meeting will take place under the patronage of Mag. Sonja Wehsely, Executive City Councillor for Integration, Women's Issues, Consumer Protection and Personnel. Please click to the maps to enlarge it. |
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| The "Rathaus" is best
to be reached by Coming from "Kolping Hotel" you take the If you want to do a little bit sight seeing you can take the tram. The lines number 1 and 2 are going round the "Ringstrasse" in both directions and stop at the town hall at station [Rathausplatz / Burgtheater]. |
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| After leaving the underground-station the town hall is straight in front of you. Turning right and walking along the lawn you will find the "Lichtenfelsgasse" on your left hand south of the town hall. You can't miss the entrance to the town hall, it's a big door. Turn left and come in. Now you have to pass a smaller courtyard. When you find yourself between walls again you will see a big stair. It's the "Feststiege I". Don't go there. Go straight ahead and cross the big courtyard to the end. There you will find the "Feststiege II". Go up two storeys and you can see the wardrobe. One more storey and you've managed to find the First European TransGender Council. If you are driving a wheelchair don't enter the building after crossing the big courtyard but turn to the left. So you can go in across a ramp. Inside turn to the right and you will reach an elevator that brings you up. Don't press the buttons [EG] or [HP] or [HS] but the button [1]. It's a little bit confusing but the real third floor is the official first floor. Then you can enter the conference rooms from the backside. You will find signs with the TG-Council-logo guiding you. |
Nikisch: Field Trip
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On Friday evening we will take you to a "Heurigen" and show you a little bit of typical Viennese culture. A "Heuriger" is a traditional Viennese tavern. On the one hand "Heuriger" refers to the wine tavern where wine is served, on the other hand it is the name used for this year's wine. It depends on the licence what kind of food may be served, and there must always be a self-service buffet. Wine, however, is served to the tables. Above all a "Heurigen" is a snug place with good conditions to sit and talk and enjoy the time with each other. |
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| This location, "Sieveringerstrasse"
172, is best to be reached by bus, line 39A. You take the bus direction
"Sievering" at the final station of Coming from the Rathaus to go to [Heiligenstadt] you take
Coming from the Kolping Hotel to go to [Heiligenstadt] you
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Registration and Conference Fee
Since money is a crucial point for most of us we are trying our best to limit the costs of both accommodation and conference fee to a modest level. We will try to offer good quality at reasonable prices and a variety of possibilities.
The conference fee is
60 Euro for registrations and money transfers up to 19th September,
80 Euro for registrations and money transfers up to 10th October,
100 Euro for registrations and money transfers up to 1st November and
120 Euro for registrations at the council.
The fee includes participation, drinks, lunch and coffee breaks during the meeting from Friday to Sunday as well as the entrance to the TransX 10th anniversary party. Participant who book in before 25th October receive also pass for public transport. The dates of the money transfers are irrelevant if a later payment was preconcerted with the network team.
Please fill in our registration form and submit your fee to the TransX account (PSK-account 92.087.608, BLZ 60000, BIC: OPSKATWW, IBAN: AT856000000092087608).
Adjusted for persons with minimal financial resources the conference fee is extremely short measured for covering all costs. We would be grateful if you could transfer a further solidarity contribution of about 20 to 40 Euros.
Financial Support
Some groups mentioned, that participating in the meeting would be too expensive for them.
We think it would be very sad if money could be the problem that keeps groups and persons away of the meeting. We don't want to accept this but TransX is an organisation with low financial resources. We would like to support groups and persons from poorer regions but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will have to spend money to organise the meeting and we can't bear in addition all the costs to give financial support.
We appeal to all richer transgender people and groups: Please try to raise donations to fund journey and stay for poorer transgenders and groups.
Support the 
European
Transgener Partnership.
Questions and Answers
We received some mails that raised questions we did not answer so far. As we think it would be of general interest we want to give general answers now.
Dress Code
No Dress Code at the Council! It's up to you what to wear - as you want and feel comfortable!
Translations
Since our budget is limited it will not be possible to organize professional translators. For this reason we decided that the conference language will be English.
Nevertheless, if you need translation please tell us. We will do our best to find friends who speak your language and can guide you and help your understanding and communication.
Visa
We will help you to get a visa by sending an official invitation and by giving the guarantees needed.
Participation of friends and relatives
Of course we welcome friends and relatives who want to join the meeting in solidarity.
Participation of Non-TG-Queer-Activists
We have requests from two countries if we accept non-TG-persons from the queer community who are dedicated to TG- problems.
As we are planning a TransGender Council the participants should be TransGender-Activists. But we would make an exception for countries without TG-representatives. In these cases we will also welcome well-informed persons who work on transgender-issues.
Participation of teenagers
You are welcome, no special conditions.
Personal data that is not official
Of course we will accept your announcement with the name and civil status you tell us. Our first demand is the right of free choice of everybody's own gender identity and of the unlimited expression of gender, including name and civil status!
We think it will be necessary to show the passport at the hotel/hostel. But we will do our best to prepare the staff to accept your gender-identity even if your passport is variant.
Inviting Speakers
The Council should build up an European Transgender Network. Our aim is to deal with legal issues and political goals and find joint political claims. Time will be limited and we think it is more important to get a general overview of the situation in Europe and to discuss what we want to change and how. It should be rather a working meeting than a consuming congress.