ICFCA 2012

Travel information

ICFCA main conference venue

Arenbergkasteel

• Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94
• B-3001 Heverlee

CDUD, EEML and CUBIST workshops

Auditorium 'De Tweede Hoofdwet'

• Thermotechnisch Instituut
• Kasteelpark Arenberg 41
• B-3001 Heverlee

Please note that every day there will be a free bus service bringing you from the hotel pickup points Ibis, Mercure and Park Inn to the conference venue. For your convenience there will be sign posts to both the main conference and workshop venues.

If you however missed this bus you can find alternative transportation means described on this page.

Address for route planners (GPS directing)

In route planners, the address 'Kasteelpark Arenberg 41' is often wrongly routed.

Therefore, for route planning use: Kantineplein, Heverlee.

Coming from Leuven

• 1. Go to the cross-roads 'Naamse Poort' on the ring around Leuven.
• 2. Turn southwards (at the Total service station).
• 3. The road immediately splits in two, go right.
• 4. That is the 'Kardinaal Mercierlaan', follow this lane lined with chestnutt trees for about one kilometer until the 'Kantineplein', a cross-roads square.
• 5. Enter the park immediately to your right (watch out for bikers).

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By car coming from Brussels or Liege

• 1. Take the highway E40 (Brussels - Liege).
• 2. Take the exit E314 / Leuven (no. 15).
• 3. Keep to the right and follow the sign "Leuven" (leave the E314).
• 4. Turn right at the third traffic lights (direction Campus Arenberg, this is the Celestijnenlaan).
• 5. Drive on for about 500 m, until the bridge over the river Dijle. Just past the bridge, on the left, you can drive into the Arenberg park.
• 6. Continue on the road parallel to the river until past the Arenberg castle.
• 7. About 50 m downstream from the castle a public car parking is available.

By car coming from Hasselt / Eindhoven / Aachen

• 1. Take the highway E314 (Aachen - Leuven).
• 2. Take the exit "Leuven" (no. 15). This is the last exit before the E40.
• 3. Turn right at the third traffic lights (direction Campus Arenberg, this is the Celestijnenlaan).
• 4. Drive on for about 500 m, until the bridge over the river Dijle. Just past the bridge, on the left, you can drive into the Arenberg park.
• 5. Continue on the road parallel to the river until past the Arenberg castle.
• 6. About 50 m downstream from the castle a public car parking is available.

By train, taxi or bus

Please pay attention to the fact that you have to take first the train to Leuven and NOT to Louvain-la-neuve (Louvain-la-neuve is situated near Wavre and houses the French speaking equivalent of the Katholieke Universiteit).

In the station of Leuven you can board the local train which goes to Wavre and Louvain-la-Neuve. The first station is that of Heverlee. If you get out there it is a ten minute walk to Arenberg Kasteel and Thermotechnisch Instituut.

At Leuven station, you can take a taxi (this will cost between 10 and 15 Euro and will take 5-10 minutes).

You can also take bus 2 "Heverlee Campus" in the direction "Kantien/Campus" (the bus stops on the Kantien square, 150m of our building).

Yet another alternative is to take the train from Leuven in the direction of Wavres/Louvain-la-Neuve!) till Heverlee train station (1 stop) and then walk to Arenberg Kasteel and Thermotechnisch Instituut (see above).

At the "Kantien" you will see the park with the Arenberg Castle in front of you.

By plane

In the Brussels Airport (Zaventem), take the train to Leuven (about 16 minutes), not Louvain-la-Neuve!

You'll find trains for Leuven by searching for: Leuven or Landen. From Leuven station, proceed as mentioned in the paragraph above.