About Timișoara

Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County and the main economic, social and cultural centre in western Romania. Located on the Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 319,279 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Timișoara was then the country’s third most populous city, after Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. It is home to almost half a million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad conurbation concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, being the home of 21 different ethnicities and 18 religions. Interculturality has long been a special characteristic for the western part of the country.

The 17th European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics will be held at the Hotel Continental, located in the centre of the city.

Travelling

Timișoara is easily accessible by air, train, or car.

• The city is served by Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR), located about 13.3 km (26 minutes by car) from the city.
• The main railway station, Gara de Nord, is centrally located, approximately 1.4 km away (19 minutes on foot or 8 minutes by car).
• If you are arriving by car, the Giarmata Mare A1 highway exit is about 16 km away (around 30 minutes’ drive).

For other travel options (by train or car), we recommend using Google Directions to the Hotel Continental as a reference point.

If you are driving from outside Romania, please remember to purchase a vignette before entering the country (see details here).