Access

The main conference room is the Aula Magna

By car :

If you arrive by car, take the exit number 8A "Louvain-la-Neuve Centre" on the Brussels-Namur-Luxembourg Motorway (E411), then follow the directions "Parking Grand-Place".

By train : 

Louvain-la-Neuve has its own train station. There are three main train stations in Brussels: Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles-Central, and Bruxelles-Midi (also called Brussel-Zuid). There are trains from Brussels to Louvain-la-Neuve every half hour and the journey takes between 30' and 60' depending on which station you depart from (the order is as follows: Bruxelles-Midi, Bruxelles-Central, Bruxelles-Nord, Ottignies, Louvain-la-Neuve). Timetables are available from Timetables of the Belgian Railways. If you travel by train, please take a ticket with the final destination 'Louvain-la-Neuve Université' only (not 'Louvain' which is an entirely different city).

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By plane :

• Brussels National Airport.

The main airport close to Louvain-la-Neuve is the national airport: Brussels National Airport at Zaventem (BRU). From the airport you can take a taxi directly to Louvain-la-Neuve, it will cost you about 60 EURO (the company Artgens, Taxi and limousines services, tel.: +32 10 452222 or +32 496 262222 knows Louvain-la-Neuve quite well). The airport is also connected by train to the train station "Bruxelles-Nord" in Brussels. There are regular connections and the journey takes about 30'. From "Bruxelles-Nord", you can then take a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (see above).

• Charleroi Brussels-South Airport.

There is also a much smaller airport (mostly operated by Ryanair) on the South of Brussels: Brussels- South Airport at Charleroi-Gosselies (CRL). From the this airport, there is a bus service to the railway station of Charleroi (Charleroi-Central), where you can take a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (via Ottignies). The journey lasts for a little more than an hour.