The event will be held at UCLouvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) in the Aula Magna building, room "Foyer du lac" on the 3rd floor. Here is the address of the building:
Place Raymond Lemaire 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Note that the entrance door is located at the backside of the building (here are the exact coordinates of the entrance door: 50.668483, 4.609742).
Please pay attention to not be confused about the city. Indeed, Louvain (Leuven in Dutch) is another city located approx. 30 km away from Louvain-la-Neuve (click on the map to open it in google maps):
There are three hotels in Louvain-la-Neuve (walking distance to the workshop):
- Martin's Louvain-la-Neuve
- ibis Styles-Louvain-la Neuve
- B-lodge hotel
There are also one youst hostel: Gîte Mozaïk, and several Airbnb possibilities.
In the surroundings of Louvain-la-Neuve, two other hotels are available:
- Best Western Wavre Hotel
- Novotel Wavre Brussels East
- Ibis Wavre Brussels East
How to reach us?
Map of the parking lots
If you arrive by car, take the exit number 8A on the Brussels-Namur-Luxembourg Motorway (E411), then follow the directions “Louvain-la-Neuve Sud”, “Biéreau” or “Bruyères”.
Leave your car in one of the parking grounds:
Free access parking grounds (pink on the map):
Parking “Rédimé” : Avenue Georges Lemaître
Parking “Baudouin 1er” : Avenue Baudouin 1er
Parking grounds with an access sticker* (light blue on the map):
Parking sciences
Parking Sainte-Barbe
Parking Croix du Sud
Parking Cyclotron
Parking 14
* The access sticker can be asked to: catherine.bauwens@uclouvain.be
(info needed: name, first name, email address, plate number, dates)
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 (https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/ ). When buying a ticket or checking for connections, please indicate "Louvain-la-Neuve". Simply indicating "Louvain" may take you to the flemish city of Leuven wich is 30 km from Louvain-la-Neuve!
From the train station, walk up the street (“rue des Wallons”) all the way through “Place des Wallons”, “Place Galilée” and “Place des Sciences” (a place with wooden floor).
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 60-80 EURO (the comany "Taxis de la Dyle" knows Louvain-la-Neuve quite well https://taxisdeladyle.be/ +32 (0)472 413 916 +32 (0)10 41 37 27 +32 (0)473 510 395). 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 this airport, there is a bus service to the railway station of Charleroi (Charleroi-Sud), where you can take a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (via Ottignies). The journey lasts for a little more than an hour.
