Access

By train

The symposium will take place at UCLouvain, located in the city of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).  Louvain-la-Neuve is a pedestrian city and is easily accessible by train from Brussels and other major Belgian cities. Detailed travel information is available on the Belgian railways website (SNCB).

From Louvain-la-Neuve train station, the symposium venue can be reached on foot in approximately 5 minutes, with no need for additional transport.

• Leave the platform of the Louvain-la-Neuve station by staircases under the covered passage
• Take on the left and follow the « rue des Wallons » street for 500 m (direction Auditoires Croix du Sud)

By car

GPS coordinates of the P20 parking (intersection of the Street Adolphe Quételet and the Avenue Théodore Schwann) : 50°39'54.9"N 4°37'13.1"E
 

From Brussels

• Take the E411 motorway towards Namur-Luxembourg
• Take exit 8a marked Louvain-la-Neuve
• In the traffic circle, take the 3^rd exit (direction Gembloux)
• Go out before the traffic circle, direction Biéreau (Avenue Baudouin 1^st)
• Take the 2^nd to the right (Avenue du Jardin botanique)
• Take the 1^st to the right (Avenue Théodore Schwann)
• Park your vehicle in the parking 20
  
   

From Namur

• Take the E411 motorway towards Brussels
• Take exit 9 marked Corroy-le-Grand/Louvain-la-Neuve
• Set to the left
• In the traffic circle, set to the right to lead you on N4
• In the traffic circle, set to the left, direction Biéreau (Avenue Baudouin 1st)
• Take the 2^nd to the right (Avenue du Jardin botanique)
• Take the 1^st to the right (Avenue Théodore Schwann)
• Park your vehicle in the parking 20

On foot since the P20 parking

By bus

Buses from TEC serve Louvain-la-Neuve from Ottignies, Wavre and some other neighbouring cities (line 20). Timetables are available via TEC website.
 

On foot since the bus stop Gare d’autobus
 

• Go to the city center (place des Doyens, Théâtre Jean Vilar, rue du Sablon, Grand-Rue)
• Arrived at the « place de l’Université », turn right and follow the street « rue des Wallons » for 500 m (direction Auditoires Croix du Sud)
• Having left the Sciences square (wooden ground), set to the right after the Salmigondis building
• Cross the parking  11
• Arrived in the middle of the Croix du Sud square, follow the covered passage in the direction of the parking 20, Kellner building (tower D)

By plane

From Brussels National Airport (Zaventem)

Brussels National Airport is linked to Brussels by a train service. Ask for a ticket to Louvain-la-Neuve and get off at the station Brussels North. Take the Brussels-Namur line, get off at Ottignies and change to a train to Louvain-la-Neuve.

From Brussels South Charleroi Airport (Gosselies)

At the airport, go to the Ryanair desk and ask for a combined bus/train ticket to Louvain-la-Neuve. Take the bus to Charleroi-South station, from where you can continue by train to Louvain-la-Neuve station.

On foot since the station

• Leave the platform of the Louvain-la-Neuve station by staircases under the covered passage
• Take on the left and follow the « rue des Wallons » street for 500 m (direction Auditoires Croix du Sud)
• Having left the Sciences square (wooden ground), set to the right after the Salmigondis building
• Cross the parking  11
• Arrived in the middle of the Croix du Sud square, follow the covered passage in the direction of the parking 20, Kellner building (tower D)