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Location
The Swiss Orienteering Week 2011 will take place in the holiday region around Flims, Laax and Falera. You will discover the unique landscape with magical forests and idyllic mountain lakes on a sunny terrace high above the Rhine. A perfect oasis for relaxing and sporting holidays. The SOW Centre 2011 Flims-Laax is in the rocksresort, easily reachable between Flims and Laax.


Webcam around Flims

Travel with public transport
From the north with international train connections from Basel Airport or from Zurich Airport to Chur. Then a direct connection with the post bus to Flims, Laax and Falera.
Journey times: from Zurich main station 1hour 55 minutes, from Chur 38 minutes.

Timetable train and bus: www.sbb.ch

Travel by car
Using the motorway A13/E43 from the north via Chur to the exit Reichenau (no. 18, exit direction Flims) or from the south over the San Bernadino route to the exit Reichenau, and from there to Flims, Laax, Falera.

In summer the area can also be reached via impressive scenic routes over the Lukmanier or the Gotthard and Oberalp passes.

Journey times from Zurich: 90 minutes (140km) and from Chur 25 minutes (24km).

International guests
The Swiss Travel System (STS) offers foreign guests a wide range of reduced price offers for public transport. For your Swiss journey it may be worthwhile buying the Swiss Pass or the Swiss Card. For details see www.sbb.ch -> Travel -> International Guests -> Swiss Travel System. When you have the STS Family Card children under 16 travel free with a parent (as with the Junior Card).

Junior Card
The Junior Card gives children free travel for a whole year when accompanied by a parent. The Junior Card is valid for children of any nationality and aged between 6 and 16. The Junior Card can be bought for CHF 20 per child at any railway ticket office in Switzerland, and it is free for the third child onwards. You just need to show a passport or any official ID showing the child and its date of birth.

Public transport during the SOW
The official Flims Laax Falera shuttle is free of charge to all SOW participants with the guest card (available from all hotels, holiday flat owners and camp sites), even in the week before the SOW. There is also the official postbus (approx CHF 2.20 with half price card) between Trin (camping) and Flims.

During the Swiss O Week itself the SOW shuttle runs between Flims Laax and Falera, with some busses running to and from Trin (camping). Extra busses will run at peak times before and after the competitions, the prize-giving ceremonies and the events. Your race number counts as your ticket. During the Swiss O Week you will not need to use your car.

Parking
We recommend using the Flims-Laax-Falera shuttle.
There are public fee-charging car parks available for those staying outside Flims – Laax – Falera that choose to drive their car to the SOW Centre rocksresort or the departure points for the races (cablecar station Laax or cablecar station Flims).
Charges for parking at rocksresort and cablecar station Flims:
CHF 1.60 per hour (calculated in 15 min. steps)
CHF 9.60 for 6 to 12 hours
CHF +1.60 per hour from 12 hours
CHF 28.80 24 hours
CHF 15.00 for each further day (24 hours)