RECEPTION AND SOCIAL EVENT
Welcome Reception
We are more than pleased to receive you in this beautiful city in
the Ruhr Region. At the end of the first day, we invite you to our
welcome Reception at the Union Kino, one of the cinemas in Bochum.
The reception will be accompanied with a toast and a small buffet
and will be highlighted with the talk “Shaken, not stirred! James
Bond in the Focus of Physics” from Prof. Metin Tolan and followed up
with a James Bond movie, of course, with popcorn and drinks.

Location: UNION Filmtheater
Kortumstraße 16, 44787 Bochum
The participants should get to the cinema by their own, so that they
can enjoy a little bit of the Bochum life. Obviously, we are not
going to let you get lost, in the map below you can find the
directions from the university. You can find the subway/bus
connection as well.
Arrival by Railway:
If you arrive by train at the main station in Bochum, please take
the railway line 308 in direction “Hattingen Mitte” or line 318 in
direction “Bochum Dahlhausen”. Leave the train at “Bermuda3eck/Musikforum”
and you will see the cinema on the right.
Arrival by Bus:Possible connections with the public transportations are:
17:44 Bochum Ruhr-Universität take the U35 in direction to Herne
17:54 get out at Bochum HBF (main station) here you have to take the
subway line 308 to Hattingen departing at 17:56
17:57 you arrive at Bermuda3eck / Musikforum. And you should follow
the signs to Musikforum. The cinema is a few steps from this exit.
Arrival by foot:
A walk from the main
station to the cinema takes about 10 minutes. You have to leave the
main station on the main exit and turn left. Follow the “Südring”
until you arrive at “Kortumstraße”. Turn left and follow
“Kortumstraße” until you see UNION Filmtheater at the left side.