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Practical information

Het Kasteel

The conference is held in Het Kasteel (The Castle), just west of the city centre of Groningen. It is a 20 min walk from the train station and easily reachable by bus or taxi. The full address of the conference centre is:

Het Kasteel
Melkweg 1
9718 EP Groningen
The Netherlands
+31 50 368 8434

Travel information to Groningen

Plane

Groningen has a tiny airport with only one daily connection to Aberdeen. The other, more realistic options are:

  • Amsterdam airport Schiphol: many flights from around Europe and the world. There is a train to Groningen from the airport twice an hour. Travel time: 2 ½ hours.
  • Bremen airport: has become a Ryanair hub and has therefore lots of budget flights. Four times a day there is a direct bus from the airport to Groningen central train station (Check http://www.publicexpress.de/en/ for details). Travel time: 3 hours.

Train

Groningen has every hour a train connecting it to the major cities in the Centre and West of the Netherlands. From Amsterdam airport Schiphol to Groningen there is a train every ½ hour (Typically 11 before and 19 past the hour from platform 3 in the airport; note that the latter is a direct one, whereas for the former one has to change trains in Amersfoort). Check train times on the Dutch railways website http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers.

Car

From the South-West (Paris/Brussel/Amsterdam). Direction Amsterdam/Utrecht, A1/A27 to Almere, A6/A7 to Groningen.

From the South-East (Köln/Zürich/Vienna). Direction Ruhrgebiet (Duisburg/Dortmund): A3/E35 to the German/Dutch border, A12 to Arnhem, A50 to Zwolle, A28 to Groningen.

From the East and North (Kopenhagen/Berlin/Warschau). Direction Hamburg/Hannover/Bremen, from Bremen the A28/E22 to the German-Dutch border, A7 to Groningen.

Car Parking. In the area of Het Kasteel there are many short term (max. 3 hours) paid parking spaces on the street. Or you can park in the nearby parking garage in the Westerhaven 17. Day cards for parking in the Westerhaven parking garage are available in Het Kasteel.

In Groningen

Bus from Groningen Central Station to the conference centre

From Groningen Central Station to the workshop in Het Kasteel you take the following busses:

  • Bus 3 (towards Vinkhuizen), or
  • Bus 15 (towards Zernike).

Get off at Verlengde Visserstraat / Westersingel. You can also ask the busdriver. Tickets (after 9am) are € 1,50.



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