Location, Travel, Accomodation

Venue

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29
1000 Brussels

Travel to the Venue

By plane:

• Brussels International Airport at Zaventem is situated 14 kilometers from the city centre. The airport is served directly by all major European and International airlines. Information can be obtained on the home page of the airport http://www.brusselsairport.be (*). From the airport to the hotels downtown or the RBINS you can choose between taxi cabs, trains (http://www.b-rail.be (*)) or shuttle buses (http://www.mivb.be (*).
• Bus: In less than 30 minutes the MIVB Airport Bus Line -12 takes its passengers from the airport to Brussels and you will arrive in the EU district near the RBINS. To reach the RBINS you can get off the bus at 2 stops (Schuman or Brussels City Luxembourg) of this express line.
• Train: There is a good and frequent train connection between the airport and the centre of Brussels, with stops at “Brussel–Noord/Bruxelles–Nord”, “Brussel–Centraal/Bruxelles–Central”, “Brussel–Zuid/Bruxelles–Midi”. To reach the RBINS, stop at “Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord” station and take the train direction Etterbeek, Namur or Luxembourg. Stop at “Brussel–Luxemburg/Bruxelles–Luxembourg”. The institute is located at a distance of a 5 minute walk from this railway station.

By train:

There are 3 international railway stations in Brussels: “Brussel–Noord/Bruxelles–Nord”, “Brussel–Centraal/Bruxelles–Central”, “Brussel–Zuid/Bruxelles–Midi”. To reach the RBINS, stop at “Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord” station and take the train direction Etterbeek, Namur or Luxembourg.

Stop at “Brussel–Luxemburg/Bruxelles–Luxembourg” station.

Please visit the home page of the Belgian National Railways (http://www.b-rail.be/int/E/ (*)) for time-tables and special rates.

Local transport

Most public transport in the Brussels-Capital Region is organized by the MIVB/STIB.

The network includes buses, trams and metro lines, which connect the eastern and western districts of the city.

Pre-metro lines (trams in the tunnels) complete the metro service. A great many metro lines also have above ground bus and tram connections.

Please find information about the location and the local transportation in Brussels on http://www.mivb.be (*).

For the local transportation plan, maps can be downloaded from http://www.mivb.be/netplan-plan-reseau.html?l=en (*). Maps of the network are also available free of charge from the information service at the metro stations. Additional information on ticket fares can be found on the MIVB website.

• Metro: The RBINS is located at distance of a 10 minute walk from the station “Trône/Troon” of the underground 2 which surrounds the city centre and at a distance of a 15 minute walk from the station “Maalbeek/Maelbeek” of the undergrounds 1A and 1B.
• Bus: Several bus lines serve the RBINS from the city centre (line 27, 34, 38, 80 and 95).
• Train: The RBINS is located at a distance of a 5 minute walk from the railway station “Brussel–Luxemburg/Bruxelles–Luxembourg” (clearly the easiest and nearest station to the RBINS), and at a distance of a 15 minute walk from “Brussel–Schuman/Bruxelles–Schuman”.

It is not advised to come to the RBINS by car, since parking spaces are limited at the institute, and are also difficult to find in the streets nearby.

Accommodation

Participants have to book their own accommodation. You can register directly with the hotels or with the help of the RESOTEL society (http://www.resotel.be (*)), which offers a fast, flexible and free service for booking hotels (reservation, modification, cancelling, rooming lists) at special prices, without payment in advance and without any commitment on your part.

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