Practical information

Location

The Conference will be held at the Royal Library of Belgium in the Center of Brussels, near the famous “Grand Place” and the Sablon area , well-known for its antique shops and... chocolate stores!

Full address is: Royal Library of Belgium, Boulevard de l’Empereur/Keizerslaan 2, B-1000 Brussels.

Access information

By plane: Nearest airport is Brussels National Airport. A train brings you from the airport to the Central Train Station (Bruxelles Central/Brussel Centraal) in about 15-20 minutes .

By train: Nearest train station is Central Station (Bruxelles Central/Brussel Centraal). However note that High Speed Trains (TGV/Thalys/ICE) do not stop in Central Station. The nearest station for these trains is Brussels South (Bruxelles midi / Brussel Zuid). From Brussels South, you can reach the Central Station either:

• (recommended) by train: 5 minutes, direct: Just take any train heading north (to Antwerpen, Brussels International Airport, Dendermonde, Essen (D), Eupen, Genk, Hoei, Jemelle, Landen, Leuven, Liège, Louvain-la-Neuve, Luxembourg (L), Maastricht (NL), Schaarbeek, Sint-Niklaas, Tongeren, Turnhout), get off at the first stop, Brussels Central (Bruxelles Central/Brussel Centraal).
• by metro: lines 3 or 4, change at “De Brouckere” use then line 1 (direction Stockel/Stokkel) or line 5 (direction Herrmann Debroux), and get off at Central Station
• by taxi (variable rates and duration, depending on the traffic…)

By metro: Central Station also has a Metro station (lines 1 and 5)

By car: calculate your  route here: http://fr-be.mappy.com/#d%5B%5D=&d%5B%5D=2,+Boulevard+de+l'Empereur,+1000,+Bruxelles,+R%C3%A9gion+de+Bruxelles-Capitale,+Belgique&p=itinerary

Note: nearest parking is “Albertine” and can be accessed either by Place de la Justice / Justitieplein or Rue des sols / Stuiverstraat

More information:

• SNCB (Belgian Railways) : http://www.b-rail.be/
• Train times updated in real time: http://www.railtime.be/ (also available on mobile phones featuring internet browsing).
• Taxis: an exhaustive list of Brussels taxi companies : http://www.abruxelles.be/_service-de-taxi/
• STIB, Brussels public transport company (buses, metro, tramways): http://www.stib.be/ .
  • Network maps at http://www.stib.be/netplan-plan-reseau.html?l=en
  • Timetables and real time traffic: http://www.stib.be/horaires-dienstregeling.html?l=en

Accommodations

For information on accommodations, please read our Accommodations page.