How to get to Tilburg.

Tilburg University's web pages contain a "signpost to Tilburg University" with maps of the Netherlands, Tilburg and the university campus. It also has detailed route descriptions.

Venue

IWCS-7 will be held in Room DZ 2, Building D (`Dante Building') of Tilburg University. See the Campus Map.

Getting to Tilburg by Air


Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

From Schiphol Airport, you can reach Tilburg University by train (1 hour, 48 minutes), by car (2 hours driving) or by air (KLM Cityhopper).

The train station and rental car pick-ups are in the airport terminal. KLM Cityhopper flights to Eindhoven Airport (30 minutes by car from Tilburg University) connect 5 to 6 times a day.


Eindhoven Airport (regional, 30 minutes by car to Tilburg University)

From Eindhoven Airport (click on "Bus to Amsterdam", where you also find information about buses to Eindhoven railway station), you can reach Tilburg University by car, taxi, or by bus (to Eindhoven railway station, and then by train to the station Tilburg West). Rental car companies at Eindhoven airport are Hertz, Europe Car, Euro Dollar, and Budget.


Brussels Airport (1.5 hours by car to Tilburg University)

When flying into Brussels Airport, you can reach Tilburg University by car, taxi, or by train.



Getting to Tilburg by Car


From Schiphol Amsterdam Airport (A4 / A2)

Take the A4, direction Utrecht. The A4 will ultimately connect to the A2, which will take you all the way to 's-Hertogenbosch. Just beyond 's-Hertogenbosch, take the exit Goirle Tilburg Turnhout (number 11). At the traffic lights, take a left turn to Tilburg. At the next traffic lights, take a left turn to "Universiteit". Follow the "Universiteit" sign all the way to the University. There's a parking lot right at the entrance of the campus.


From Breda, Eindhoven, and 's-Hertogenbosch (A58 / E312)

Take the exit Goirle Tilburg Turnhout (number 11). At the traffic lights, take a left turn to Tilburg. At the next traffic lights, take a left turn to "Universiteit". Follow the "Universiteit" sign all the way to the University. There's a parking lot right at the entrance of the campus.


From Waalwijk, Kaatsheuvel and Loon op Zand

As you approach Tilburg from the North, keep following the sign to "Centrum". At the roundabout, go straight ahead and follow the signs "Universiteit" from there on.


From Brussels Airport

Take the E17 motorway to Antwerp. In Antwerp, take the motorway to Breda. From Breda, take the A58 to Tilburg, exit Goirle Tilburg Turnhout (number 11). At the traffic lights, take a left turn to Tilburg. At the next traffic lights, take a left turn to "Universiteit". Follow the "Universiteit" sign all the way to the University. There's a parking lot right at the entrance of the campus.


From Eindhoven Airport

Take the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Tilburg, and take the exit Goirle Tilburg Turnhout (number 11). At the traffic lights, take a left turn to Tilburg. At the next traffic lights, take a left turn to "Universiteit". Follow the "Universiteit" sign all the way to the University. There's a parking lot right at the entrance of the campus.



Getting to Tilburg by Train


Local train

Visitors travelling by slow 'stop-train' (from Eindhoven, Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch) can take the 'Tilburg West' railway station, which is just minutes walking from Tilburg University.


Intercity

Travellers on fast / intercity trains need to get off the train at 'Tilburg Centraal Station' (downtown) and can reach Tilburg University from there by cab approximately € 15, bus (bus lines 46, 47, and 48), or a connecting stop-train to 'Tilburg West'.


Train schedules

Train schedules can be found at the Dutch Railways site. The site of German Railways is also recommended, especially for international itineraries.



Getting from Tilburg to Tilburg University by Bus

Tilburg University can be reached using one of the following bus lines:

To get to Tilburg University on lines 46 and 47, get off the bus at the bus stop on the corner of Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan and Conservatoriumlaan. Leaving the bus you continue walking in the same direction as the bus was driving for a few hundred meters until you come to the end of the street. You have now hit the Hogeschoollaan. On the other side of that street, the building that you see amidst the trees, slightly to the right, is the Dante building.

On line 48, get off the bus at the bus stop on the corner of Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan and Hogeschoollaan. This is the bus stop closest to the university.


Some Maps



The information on this page was gratefully pinched from the Tilburg University pages.