travel information
Conference venue
The conference will be held at Zebrastraat.
Zebrastraat 32
9000 Gent
Tel. +32 471 31 00 01 (events manager)
Travel information
Getting to Ghent (from Brussels National Airport or a Brussels train station)
Take a train to Ghent St-Pieters station. For information about train time tables, click here.
Getting to Zebrastraat from the train station (St-Pieters): 15 minutes
Go to the bus station outside the train station (turn left when you leave the station). Take bus 55 or 58 from platform 7 or any of the buses with a number starting with 7 (70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 78) from platform 23. (To be safe, ask the driver if it goes via Zuid) After about 10 minutes, get off at Leeuwstraat. At the roundabout, turn right (looking into the direction of the bus) into Zebrastraat. The venue has a large sign at the entrance.
More information on how to get there using the public transport: www.delijn.be (in Dutch), or more specifically, http://reisinfo.delijn.be/reisinfo/. Fill in "Gent" in the first gap of the Vertrek frame and click on 'station'. Then fill in "Station Gent Sint Pieters" in the second gap. In the Aankomst frame fill in "Gent" again in the first gap and leave it specified on 'adres'. Then type "Zebrastraat" and "32" and click on Bereken uw route.
Getting around in Ghent
There is a good bus and tram network throughout the city (see www.delijn.be). Tickets cost 2 euros if you buy them on the bus (you cannot buy them on the tram), but you can also buy your ticket in advance at the train station or at the "De Lijn" shop next to the Belfry. A ticket valid for one ride costs 1.60 euros, a ticket valid for 10 rides costs 8 euros (80 cents per ride). You will find the ticket vending machines outside the station, at platform 8 and 9. For a map of the tram and bus platforms, click here.
Ghent is pretty manageable on foot as well, however. All hotels suggested on this website are in the center of town, as is the conference venue. For a map of the city, click here (or many other websites).
Questions & information: anne.breitbarth(at)ugent.be and karen.declercq(at)ugent.be