Travel to conference (Maastricht)
Travelling between Maastricht and Ghent will be provided by the organisers.
How to reach Maastricht?
By Car
A route planner on website: www.map24.com or www.routenet.nl
Maastricht is situated at the motorway junction of the E25/A2 (Amsterdam-Brussels)
and A79 (Liège-Aachen/Cologne) and has good connections with all European highways.
The congress venue is situated directly off the European highway E25/A2. Take the
Randwyck/ MECC/ AZM exit. The signs will direct you to the parking areas.
By Air
- Brussels Airport (Zaventem, websites: www.brusselsairport.be and www.flybmi.be)
Railway connections to Maastricht (2 hours) (website: www.nshispeed.nl or www.maastrichtbrusselexpress.nl ) (1½ hours)
We recommend flying to Brussels-Zaventem Airport and booking the Airport Shuttle
Service (from € 36 – download pdf of the Airport Shuttle Service Booking Form).
- Schiphol Amsterdam Airport with connection flights to Maastricht
(websites: www.schiphol.nl and www.klm.nl)
Railway connection to Maastricht (2,5 hours) (website: www.ns.nl)
- Düsseldorf Airport (website: www.duesseldorf-international.de)
Railway connection to Maastricht (2 hours 20 minutes through Heerlen not Utrecht) (website: www.nshighspeed.nl) or (www.db.de)
- Eindhoven Airport (website: www.eindhovenairport.nl)
Flights from and to London, Barcelona, Rome, Milano, Madrid, Prague, Budapest, Dublin,etc.
Railway connection to Maastricht (1 hour) (website: www.ns.nl)
- Charleroi Airport (website: www.charleroi-airport.com)
Flights from and to Charleroi Airport: Budapest,Prague, Rome, Glasgow, Dublin, Porto, Sofia, Warsaw, Naples, Marseille, Madrid, Gerone, etc.
Railway connection to Maastricht (1 hour and 50 minutes) (website http://www.sncb.be)
- Cologne-Bonn Airport (website: www.airport-cgn.de)
Flights from and to Cologne – Bonn airport: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Milan, Porto, Paris, Prague, Rome, etc.
Railway connection to Maastricht (1 hour and 20 minutes to Aachen, then 1 hour and 10 minutes to Maastricht. Total is 2 ½ hours)
Fast Train / Eurostar
From London Waterloo you can book the train to Brussels (2 hours) (www.Eurostar.com). In Brussels you change trains to Liege – Maastricht. Total journey time is about 4 hours
Thalys: From Paris you can travel to Brussels (1 hour 20 minutes) or to Liège (3 hours). Information and reservations can be made at www.thalys.com
CONNECTIONS BY CAR AND TRAIN TO MAASTRICHT (MECC)
| Place | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam (Schiphol) | 2 hours 30 min. | Highway A2 |
| Brussels (Zaventem) | 1 hour 15 min. | Highway E25/A2 |
| Brussels Charleroi | 1 hour | Highway E42/E40/E25/A2 |
| Düsseldorf (airport) | 1 hour 15 min. | Highway E57/A46/A44/A4/A76/A79/A2 |
| Cologne (airport) | 1 hour | Highway A1/A4/A76/A79/A2 |
| Eindhoven (aiprort) | 1 hour | A2 |
| Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | 3 hours 30 min. | A1/A2/A7/A15/A3/A25/A2 |
| London (Heathrow) | 6 hours | In combination with a train |
TRANSPORTATION
If you wish to book transportation, please make your choice for the following options: