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nadia1956

Chances are 99% that we'll be staying at Barin Hotel down-town, just look for it if you don't have other arrangements yet. It seems nice and reasonably priced, it even has a neon guitar upfront, a good omen

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nadia1956

15 years

One more week and we'll be on our way!

The tickets have arrived (Yesss!!!), hotel has been reserved and paid (Olimpyiat), GPS & binoculars purchased, Google maps printed. I still cannot believe that we're actually going to see these guys live and i'm afraid i'm going to wake up from this beautiful dream...
I wish you all a safe trip, enjoy this moment as long as it lasts!

Acrobad

15 years

This is what I found (after a veryyyy long search btw) on a Turkish U2 FB page. I think it's very useful info about the different means of transportation.
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While you’re getting ready for the biggest concert ever organized in Istanbul, you are welcomed to join in the activities at the event zone after 01.00 pm. Stadium gates will open at 5.30 pm.
Arrive early, use public transportation! In ord......er to avoid the probable traffic jam, arriving early and using public transportation is essential. For additional meeting points please follow www.u2istanbulda.com and www.biletix.com .

Arriving to the Stadium
You can take the metro, the tram, the metrobus, the bus or the dolmuş (shuttles) to get to meeting points. We suggest you to buy 5-piece tickets from İETT ticket booths before the event.

Meeting Points
There will be İETT buses going to the stadium regularly. By using metro, tram, metrobus, dolmu&#351

shuttle) or bus from central locations such as Taksim and Zincirlikuyu, you can easily arrive to our meeting points.

For a roundtrip ride to the stadium, we suggest you to buy 5-piece tickets from İETT retail points before the event.

TRAIN From Sirkeci to Halkalı, every 15 minutes
METROBUS Avcılar-Zincirlikuyu-Söğütlüçeşme line to Yenibosna
LIGHT METRO Aksaray-Havalimanı line to Yenibosna
BUS From all central locations to Yenibosna

Taksim(between 12:30-17:00), Halkalı and Yenibosna (between12:30-20:30)are our meeting points for the show. There will be İETT buses going to the stadium from these points regularly.(The cost is 4 tickets for the roundtrip)

Coming Back From the Stadium
All the routes aforementioned are valid for going back to the city. With extra IETT buses after the show, you can get off at Halkalı for the train and Yenibosna for the metrobus, the light metro and the bus. There will be no Taksim buses at that time.

Private Transportation
Stadium’s parking lot’s fee is 10 TL. Capacity is limited.
You can come to the parking lot from TEM highway’s last exit before Mahmutbey toll booths.

If the Stadium’s parking lot is full, all the coming vehicles will be welcomed to ISTOC parking lot. There will be free shuttles to stadium from here. These free shuttles will also be available after the show.

PS: East-north roads are closed due to construction, only west-south road is available.

Enjoy the show

nadia1956

15 years

Thank you so much, Acrobad, the information is really super-helpful and comes at the best moment!