Transportation

You can get to Nizhny Novgorod by plane or by train

By plane

Nizhny Novgorod is served by the Strigino International Airport (IATA: GOJ, website: http://goj.aero/en). Very few direct international flights are available, so the majority of the participants will have to take a transfer flight in another Russian city. The recommended flights are:

From Moscow, Sheremetyevo (SVO):
Aeroflot flights SU-1222 (23:50–01:00), SU-1228 (06:05–07:20), SU-1220 (09:55–11:10), SU-1226 (16:30–17:50), SU-1224 (18:30–19:45), SU-1340 (20:15–21:35)

From Moscow, Domodedovo (DME):
S7 Airlines flights S7-11 (01:15–02:25), S7-3 (08:35–09:45), S7-5 (13:15–14:25), S7-1 (19:15–20:20)

Tickets can be bought from the aggregators of your choice or directly from the airlines:
Aeroflot: https://www.aeroflot.ru/ru-en
S7 Airlines: https://www.s7.ru/en

The participants are highly recommended to book international air tickets in advance.

By train

Intercity trains arrive at the Nizhny Novgorod Railway Station. Train tickets can be bought from the RZD Russian Railways website: https://pass.rzd.ru/main-pass/public/en. If you travel from Moscow, choose MOSKVA as the departure station and NIZHNIY NOVGOROD (MOSKOVSKIY VOKZAL) as the arrival station.

Train tickets can be bought not earlier than 60 days before the trip. The recommended trains are 036Э “Nizhegorodets” (0:10–6:31), 702Н “Strizh” (6:35–10:10), 728Г “Lastochka” (7:15–11:02).

Transfer to boat

The boat departs at 12:00 (noon) on June 28 from pier 14 near Boat “Geroy” (56°19'56"N 44°0'34"E). The boarding for the participants will be open from 8:00 a.m. on the same day.

The name of the boat is “Konstantin Korotkov” (on the boat, the name is written in Cyrillic: КОНСТАНТИН КОРОТКОВ).

We organize transportation to the boat, the details are below:

From planes

A person from the Organizing Committee holding a sheet with the FNP-2019 logo will be present for most flights arriving on June 26 and June 27. They can assist you with ordering a taxi.

From trains

Trasfer is provided from all trains arriving in the morning on June 28. The meeting point is near the information desk in the main hall of the railway station. A person holding a sheet with the FNP-2019 logo will meet you there and guide you to a bus.

From hotels

Transfer is provided on June 28 from hotels:

  • Oktyabrskaya at 8:30 a.m.
  • Sheraton at 9:00 a.m.
  • Diplomat at 9:00 a.m.
  • Hampton by Hilton at 9:20 a.m.
  • Courtyard by Marriott at 9:30 a.m.
  • Ibis at 9:40 a.m.

Please be ready at the reception by the specified time.

Overnight stay in Nizhny Novgorod

If you arrive one of several days before the departure or want to stay in Nizhny Novgorod after the conference, we can recommend the following hotels: