Travel & Accommodation

Accommodation

With the exception of the invited plenary speakers, MR2010 does not organize the accommodation of the delegates. However, the city of Ghent hosts a large number of fine hotels and B&B’s. A very good search platform for finding a nice place in Ghent to stay during the conference can be consulted at:

http://www.visitgent.be/

Some useful shortcuts:

- Accommodation (for the location of KANTL, see below)

See the google map below for the location of some of the hotels.

How to get to MR2010 and KANTL

- Getting to Ghent (for more detailed directions to the conference venue KANTL, see below, section 4)

1) Coming by Air

Once arrived at Brussels airport, you can easily reach Ghent (‘Gent’ in Dutch) by train. The train station is located at the lowest floor of the airport building. Each hour, there are both trains that stop at the train station ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ as an intermediate or final destination (untill 23:52h), as well as trains that go to the train station ‘Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord’, where there are direct connections to ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’. For more information, consult the route planner of the Belgian Railway Company. On how to get from ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ to MR2010 and KANTL, see section 4.

2) Coming by Train

Most international trains (including both the Thalys and the Eurostar) arrive at the train station ‘Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi’. Each hour, there are several trains that pass this station and stop at ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ as an intermediate destination (untill 00.32h). Indifferent of which of these trains you take, the trip takes about 30 minutes (except for the last train of the day; in that case the trip takes about a small hour). For more information, consult the route planner of the Belgian Railway Company. On how to get from ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ to MR2010 and KANTL, see section 4.

3) Coming by Bus

Eurolines offers a direct bus connection to the train station ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ from nearly every big town in every European country. Moreover, in those cases where they do not offer a direct connection, they most probably do offer a direct connection to Brussels, more specifically to the train station ‘Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord’. From there, simply take a train to the train station ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’. Each hour, there are several trains that stop at ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ as an intermediate destination (until 00:23h). Indifferent of which train you take, the trip takes about 30 minutes (except for the last train of the day; in that case the trip takes about a small hour). For more information, consult the route planner of the Belgian Railway Company. On how to get from ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ to MR2010 and KANTL, see section 4.

4) From ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ to MR2010 and KANTL

 Once arrived in station ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’, the easiest way to get to MR2010 and KANTL is to take a taxi in front of the station. The address of the KANTL is Koningstraat 18, near the 'Vrijdagsmarkt' and the 'Vlasmarkt'. This information should be enough for the taxi driver to bring you there.

By public transport: take Bus 57, direction 'Watervliet Hoogkasteel'. (Finding your platform, see this schematic map, see here for the route of Bus 57.) Get off at 'St. Jacobs' square. Then walk up the 'Belfortstraat', turn left ('Kammerstraat'), KANTL is right in front of you. A detailed map op all public transport in Ghent can be downloaded here (large file).

If you want to go to the city center, you can always take Tram 1.

 


View KANTL in a larger map

 

5) Coming by Car

The most important highways that bring you to the city of Ghent are the E17 and the E40, which intersect near the city.

Highway E17

  • When coming from The Netherlands or Germany: go via ‘Antwerpen’, then follow the direction ‘Gent’, and later on ‘Gent Centrum (B401)’.
  • When coming from France: go via ‘Kortrijk’, then follow the direction ‘Gent’, and later on ‘Gent Centrum (B401)’.

Highway E40

  • When coming from The Netherlands or France: go via ‘Oostende’, follow the direction ‘Gent-Antwerpen’ (E17), then follow the direction ‘Gent’, and, finally, follow the direction ‘Gent Centrum (B401)’.
  • When coming from France or Germany: go via ‘Brussel’, next, follow the direction ‘Gent-Antwerpen’ (E17), then follow the direction ‘Gent’, and, finally, follow the direction ‘Gent Centrum (B401)’.

For parking, follow the P-Route. Nearest parking is P1 ('Vrijdagmarkt').