Practical information

Venue

The conference will be held at Auditorium 1 Jan Broeckx, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

How to get there

From Brussels Airport – Zaventem

By train – Brussels Airport-Zaventem station is located on level -1 of the terminal, at a small distance from the arrivals hall (2nd floor) and the departures hall (3rd floor). The travel time for direct trains to Ghent is 54 min.

From Brussels Airport – Charleroi

By bus – Nine times a day a shuttle bus travels between Charleroi Airport and Bruges via Ghent. The bus service is offered by Flibco.com. The bus stops at the back side of the Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station. The bus ride takes about 90 min.

By train – With a combined ticket, you can take a bus transfer outside the terminal to the railway station Charleroi-South in 20 min. From there, a train ride to Ghent takes approximately 90 min.

From the main station Gent-Sint-Pieters

By tram – Take tram line, direction Zwijnaarde-Melle Leeuw. Trams from Gent-Sint-Pieters depart from a terminal next to the station (at your left hand when you come out of the station). Hop off at tram stop Verloren Kost.

By taxi – Taxis are to be found immediately at your right hand when you come out of the station.

Accommodation

The conference organizers will not cover travel and accommodation expenses. For those of you who wish to book a room in the historic center of Ghent, we can recommend Hotel Gravensteen and Hotel de Flandre.

 

Hotel Gravensteen

Email: info@gravensteen.be

Telephone: +32 9 225 11 50

Website: http://www.gravensteen.be/en/

 

Hotel de Flandre

Email: info@hoteldeflandre.be

Telephone: +32 9 266 06 00

Website: http://www.hoteldeflandre.be/en/

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