Travel

Travel

Leuven is a university town in Belgium, located in the heart of Europe. It is located about 20 kilometers east of Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

Brussels International Airport

Less than half an hour from Leuven, Brussels International Airport offers non-stop service to all major destinations. The official designation of the airport is BRU. There are several options for Public Transport.

Rail: Direct trains are available to Leuven from the lower level of the Arrivals hall (€ 3.10 one-way ticket). Further information is available from Belgian Railways.

Taxi: Metered taxis are available outside the Arrivals hall (tickets can be booked in advance at taxi2airport for 21-35 € one way, 41-75 € round trip).

Alternatively, the following Car Hire companies: Avis, Europcar, Hertz, National Car Rental and Sixt have desks in the Arrivals hall.

How to get to the workshop venue

Bus: De Lijn buses serve routes throughout Flanders, including Leuven. From the Leuven Railway Station, take the bus in the direction of ‘Heverlee’. You can use:
*line # 337 Leuven Wavre (get off at stop ‘Heverlee sportcentrum’)
*line # 2 Kessel-lo – Heverlee (get off at stop ‘Naamsepoort’)
*line # 1 Leuven – Heverlee (get off at stop ‘Naamsepoort’)

The bus stop ‘Heverlee sportcentrum’ is right in front of the domain of the FaBeR campus and workshop venue. If you take a bus that uses the stop ‘Naamsepoort’, just follow the boulevard in the direction of the Tervuursepoort (in the driving direction) for about 100 m. The FaBeR campus is now at your left side and can be reached on foot using the pedestrian tunnel.

At weekdays there’s a “ring bus” (# 600) that will bring you to the ‘Tervuursepoort’, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., every 10 minutes.

Car: Address: FaBeR - Gebouw De Nayer, Tervuursevest 101, B-3001 Leuven

From the direction of Brussels or Liege (E40)

Take the highway E40 Brussels-Liege (Luik)
Take the exit E314/Leuven (exit #15)
Keep at your right and exit the E314 in the direction “Leuven”
At the fourth intersection with traffic lights take a right. This is the Tervuursevest.
Keep driving at the right lane and take a right turn directly behind the “GB Supermarkt”.
You are now at the FaBeR campus and can park your car at your left.

From the direction of Hasselt / Eindhoven / Aachen (E314)

Take the highway E314 Aachen – Leuven
Take exit # 15
At the fourth intersection with traffic lights take a right. This is the Tervuursevest.
Keep driving at the right lane and take a right turn directly behind the “GB Supermarkt”.
You are now at the FaBeR campus and can park your car at your left.

From the Leuven boulevard

The FaBeR campus is located just outside the boulevard between the Naamsepoort and Tervuursepoort.
If you drive from the direction of the Tervuursepoort, don’t take the viaduct, but keep right and cross ahead at the traffic lights. Keep driving on the right lane and take a right turn directly behind the “GB Supermarkt”.
If you drive from the direction of the Naamsepoort, you need to proceed up to the crossing with de Kapucijnenvoer (don’t take the viaduct). At the traffic lights take a left (you drive under the viaduct now) and again directly a left.

Keep driving at the right lane and take a right turn directly behind the “GB Supermarkt”.
You are now at the FaBeR campus and can park your car at your left.

Get around at the FaBeR Campus (Workshop Venue)

The workshop will be held in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences (in short FaBeR), which is located just outside the ring road around Leuven (cfr above).(S= railway/bus station, H1= hotel Le Royale, H2= hotel New Damshire, H3= Begijnhof Congreshotel: welcome reception !)

A map of the FaBeR campus is given below, indicating the location of Gebouw De Nayer (take stairs up one floor, the AULA is the workshop room); Alma III (where we will take lunch); Johannes 23 (student housing); De Spuye (where breakfast is served for student housing residents, and we’ll all enjoy a BBQ on Tuesday night) and the bus stops.