Location
BIR 2025 is organized by the Riga Technical University. It will be held in a newly reinvigorated Ķīpsala campus within the walking distance from the Old City. Hotels are located in the close vicinity to the conference venue as well is in the Old City.
Map
Address: Zunda krastmala 10, Kurzemes rajons, Rīga, LV-1048
About Riga
Riga is capital city of Latvia. It has about 600 000 inhabitants. There are direct flights from Riga to more than 70 destinations. You can by tickets from https://www.airbaltic.com/ or other outlets. There is a train to Vilnius and good bus connections to Vilnius.
The closest hotels to the conference venue are Riga Islande Hotel (400 m), Park Inn by Radisson Riga Valdemara (1,2 km) and Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel (2 km). The Old city is within 30 min walking distance or you can take public transportation https://www.rigassatiksme.lv/lv/ or you can use raid-hailing service Bolt https://bolt.eu/en-lv/ (application is needed; no Uber in Riga). There are many hotels in the Old city, like, Pullman Riga, Konventa Sēta, Hotel Radi un Draugi as well as many other.
September in Riga is still nice weather wise, 15-20° but bring your umbrella.
