Venue, transport and accommodation

Venue

Please find here the venue URL for the conference.

Lessius University College

Sint-Andriesstraat 2

2000 Antwerp

Belgium

tel. + 32 3 206 04 91 | fax + 32 3 206 04 99

For information about Antwerp click here.

Transport

From Brussels Airport (Zaventem) to Antwerp

The distance from Brussels to Antwerp is 50 km, 40 minutes by train, 45 minutes by shuttle bus.

By train: The airport train station is located below the terminal (basement level-1). Up to 4 trains an hour connect the airport to Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels Midi stations. You then change in Brussels North and take a train to Antwerp ('Antwerpen Centraal').
Brussels Airport (Transport) - Belgian Railways
By Airport Shuttle Service: There is also an hourly bus shuttle service from the airport to the centre of Antwerp. The bus leaves from level 0, leaves every hour on the hour between 5am and midnight, and costs €10 (cash only, tickets available from the driver). The bus will take you to the centre of Antwerp, opposite the main railway station.
Airport Shuttle Service

The easiest way to get from Brussels South to Antwerp is to take the shuttle bus to Brussels, and take the train from there.

Every hour a shuttle bus leaves the airport to take you to the main Brussels railway station (Brussels Midi). The trip takes 1 hour and costs 22€. The shuttle bus stop is at the crossing of rue de France and rue de l’Instruction. Tickets are sold inside the airport terminal (counter n° 1). You can also buy tickets on the Internet: www.voyages-lelan.be.
More than 5 trains an hour connect Brussels Midi to Antwerp Central Station (Antwerpen Centraal).
Airport Shuttle Service - Belgian Railways

From the railway station 'Antwerpen Centraal' to Lessius

By foot: 25 min walk to Lessius. From the station walk straight ahead to the 'Keyserlei', cross the busy 'Frankrijklei', continue onto 'Meir' (very busy shopping pedestrian zone) which leads to 'Schoenmarkt' (passing a KBC tower on your right) and then 'Groenplaats' (the main square in Antwerp, you can see the Cathedral on your right) . Turn left into 'Nationalestraat' and take the third street on your right (just after the supermarket Delhaize), into 'Sint-Andriesstraat'. You can see the Lessius-building immediately.

By public transport: If you don’t want to walk, take the subway at Central Station to Groenplaats (number 2 or 15), direction 'Linkeroever'. Get off at the third stop (after 'Opera' and 'Meir'), called 'Groenplaats. Go upstairs and turn left into 'Nationalestraat' and take the third street on your right, into 'Sint-Andriesstraat'. You can see the Lessius-building immediately.
Public transport 'De Lijn'

By Taxi: since Lessius is not far from Central Station, charges will not be very high. Make sure you ask for Lessius in Sint-Andriesstraat (Lessius has two other campuses in other parts of the city).

Accommodation

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Is is fairly easy to find a good and reasonably priced hotel in Antwerp. Check this website.