Practical Information

Braids in Paris



Housing information

If a room has been reserved for you in the Kellermann residence, please visit this page

Otherwise, you might be interested in a list of hotels that we collected for you.


Going to the university

We advise participants not to come by car, as parking in the neighborhood of the university is notoriously difficult.
We indicate below how to reach the university by public transportation.
Station "Bibliothèque" of line 14 of the metro is very close to the university.
Indications on where is the conference inside the campus are given on this page.

To reach the Kellermann residence from the main stations, go to this page.






From "Le Brun" hotel
        Take bus 27, in direction "Vitry-Claude Regaud", stop at "Patay-Tolbiac".
        The campus is then at 5 mn, through "rue Cantagrel" and "rue des grands moulins" (see a map here ).

From the Kellermann residence (30 minutes)
        There are many options, all of which consisting in going first to Porte d'Italie:
        - Take the bus 47 from "Porte d'Italie" to "Italie-Toliac" (5min) and then take the bus 62 from "Italie-Tolbiac" to "Bibliothèque" (15min)
        - Take the tram from "Porte d'Italie" to "Porte d'Ivry" (5min), then walk 20min.
        - Take the tram from "Porte d'Italie" to "Porte d'Ivry" (5min), then take PC2 from "Porte d'Ivry" to "Boulevard Masséna" (10min)
        and walk 10min.
        - Take the metro 7 to "Place d'Italie", then the metro 6 to "Bercy", and finally the metro 7 to "Bibliothèque" (30 min).

From Roissy-Charles De Gaulle airport
        Take RER B to "Châtelet-Les Halles" and there change for line 14, direction "Olympiades".
        Get off at "Bibliothèque".

From Orly airport
        Two solutions, the second one being the cheaper one (Orly-Val is rather expensive).
        - (by train) Take Orly-Val, which leads you to the station "Antony" of RER B.
          Take RER B, direction "Roissy-Aéroport Charles-De-Gaulle"
          Change at "Châtelet-Les Halles" for line 14, direction "Olympiades".
          Get off at "Bibliothèque".
        - (by bus) Take Orly-Bus direction Paris. Get off at "Glacière-Tolbiac".
          Then take bus 62 direction "Bibliothèque François Mitterrand" until the last stop.

From "Gare de Lyon" and "Gare Saint Lazare"
        Take 14 direction "Olympiades" and get off at "Bibliothèque.

From "Gare du Nord" (= "Paris Nord") and "Gare de l'Est"
        Take RER B (Gare du Nord) or line 4 (Gare de l'Est) and change at "Châtelet-Les Halles"
        for line 14, direction "Olympiades"
        Get off at "Bibliothèque".