[11:55:55] Uhm. Do you know the "very exact" local time of the official beginning of the event in Greece? [11:55:55] Accuracy: seconds! (It is really necessary information to do a Countdown in Wikimedia Phabricator 😂) [12:04:07] If I'm not wrong, it officially starts 08:30 AM local time (19 May), so it's 07:30 AM in my local time Eure/Rome, so probably this is correct but please fix in case since I usually do big timezone mistakes 😂 [12:04:07] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/C9 [14:25:34] Can we get this https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/C9 to be a little less "distracting" by cutting down to seconds or minutes even? (re @bozzy: Uhm. Do you know the "very exact" local time of the official beginning of the event in Greece? [14:25:34] Accuracy: seconds! (It is really ...) [14:26:34] Nope really 😂 sorry [14:26:34] Workaround: don't look at that (re @tonythomas01: Can we get this https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/C9 to be a little less "distracting" by cutting down to seconds or minutes eve...) [14:26:47] Sounds fair 😄 (re @bozzy: Nope really 😂 sorry [14:26:48] Workaround: don't look at that) [15:24:24] is "get rid of this weird thing entirely" an option? [15:27:25] Why? Looks nice (re @tonythomas01: Can we get this https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/C9 to be a little less "distracting" by cutting down to seconds or minutes eve...) [15:37:45] Probably yes. But not soon. [15:37:46] Workaround: don't look at it 👌 (re @lucaswerkmeister: is "get rid of this weird thing entirely" an option?) [15:51:03] Hey all, is there a way to organize transfer from the airport to the city center (and maybe back)? Vueling change the time of my flight (actually twice), I should have arrived mid-afternoon but I will be landing in ATH at 22:10. So, I would appreciate a lote the possibility to make the trip from the airport to the city center with someone (I see there is a metro) or maybe share a cab? [15:56:21] I haven’t looked into transport at all. I have flight leaving AMS at 05:00, so arriving THU around 10:00 local time. [15:56:57] Hoping to be useful I've added a small column to indicate when we arrive / land at the airport in [15:56:58] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Connect [16:01:44] If it's too much restrictive (maybe you come from a boat, mind teleport, whatever) feel free to rename the column to something more generic, and I will update my cell accordingly (and sorry) (re @bozzy: Hoping to be useful I've added a small column to indicate when we arrive / land at the airport in [16:01:45] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki...) [16:14:35] @srishakatux WDYT about removing the "onsite/online" column? Everyone who filled the table wrote the "onsite", so we may as well factor out that info to outside the table, which would make it less crowded with the new column which Valerio added now. (re @bozzy: Hoping to be useful I've added a small column to indicate when we arrive / land at the airport in [16:14:36] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki...) [16:25:00] Is the metro/suburban rail link reasonably reliable? That was my rough plan for getting to/from the airport [16:29:10] Hi everyone, [16:29:10] I (being Greek, but not living in Athens) personally use metro or suburban rail to and from the airport in Athens, depending on where exactly I head to. [16:29:12] I 've heard from expat relatives, though, last summer that the taxi drivers/companies have agreed on a fixed price (40 euros daytime, 55 nighttime) to and from the airport, BUT check with the driver before boarding the taxi. I see this policy mentioned on this (unofficial) site: https://www.athensairporttaxi.org [16:29:13] Alternatively, try out https://www.free-now.com/gr-en/ a popular taxi app in Greece. [16:29:15] (I'm not sure what the situation with Uber is) [16:29:16] [16:29:18] You can also plan your commuting to the hotel by metro using Google maps: [16:29:19] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Διεθνής+Αερολιμένας+Αθηνών+Ελευθέριος+Βενιζέλος+(ATH),+Αττική+Οδός,+Σπάτα+190+04/Brown+Lighthouse+Athens,+a+member+of+Brown+Hotels,+3,+Μαρίκας+Κοτοπούλη+Str,+Αθήνα+104+31/@37.9870823,23.7509244,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a1901ad9e75c61:0x38b215df0aeeb3aa!2 [16:29:21] m2!1d23.9484348!2d37.9358409!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a1bd2fe207af8b:0x91f17841fb7e7dab!2m2!1d23.7275539!2d37.9847316!2m5!5e1!5e2!6e0!7e2!8j1684437480!3e3 [16:29:22] Prefer using M3 and the M2 lines, not buses or suburban. [16:29:24] The cost of ride to/from airport is (I think 12 euro for each direction), but if your stay in Athens is max 3x24hours you can get the tourist ticket that costs 20 euros and allows you to travel once from the airport + once to the airport and unlimited rides around city (metro and buses, if I recall correctly) for 3x24 hours. [16:29:25] https://www.oasa.gr/en/tickets/prices-of-products/ [16:31:56] Thanks, very useful [16:31:57] I'm not bold enough to press the edit button and put some of these info here, but if you are, thanks so much [16:31:58] https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Athens (re @DimitriosRingas: Hi everyone, [16:32:00] I (being Greek, but not living in Athens) personally use metro or suburban rail to and from the airport in Athens, ...) [16:37:13] https://www.oasa.gr/en/tickets/prices-of-products/ says the airport ticket is 9€ one way or 16€ for both ways (valid for 30 days) [16:38:43] the 3 day ticket will probably not be valid for long enough for most people to use it to go both to and from the airport [16:56:09] for those of you on a WMF scholarship, have you received details about the individual hotel bookings yet? when booking the flights I was told those would be sent closer to the event, but I've still heard nothing [17:02:58] @ all if you find interesting information about travel and local tips that are not yet on the wikipages of the Hackathon (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Travel and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Local_area_information) feel free to add them there! [17:54:48] /delete [18:05:24] @ Taavi : the email to scholars containing info about accommodation will be sent very soon. [19:43:04] Thanks for these info (re @DimitriosRingas: Hi everyone, [19:43:04] I (being Greek, but not living in Athens) personally use metro or suburban rail to and from the airport in Athens, ...) [19:53:34] Hi all, regarding adding the arrival time on the connect page - it is up to you to add this information on the wiki. No one should feel compelled to share this information for privacy reasons. As a suggestion, you can use Telegram when you arrive at the airport to see if others around want to share a taxi/Uber/public transport to the venue. (re @waldyrious: @srishakatux WDYT abou [19:53:34] t removing the "onsite/online" column? Everyone who filled the table wrote the "onsite", so we may as well...)