Thursday 24 November -> Ghent
Address
Het Pand
Onderbergen 1
9000 Gent
tel. +32 9 264 83 05
Website: http://www.ugent.be/het-pand/en
Map
By Public Transport
- If you want to travel to Belgium by train, you can find all travel information and purchase tickets via https://www.b-europe.com/Travel. Choose ‘Gent-Sint-Pieters’ as your destination.
- Once in Ghent, you can easily use buses and trams:
- From railway station Gent St-Pieters:
tram 1 (every 6 minutes) or tram 24 (every 20 minutes). Exit at Korenmarkt. - From Gent Zuid:
tram 4 (every 6 minutes), tram 24 (every 20 minutes) or bus 17 (every 30 minutes). Exit at Korenmarkt.
- From railway station Gent St-Pieters:
- See General Route Planner: https://www.delijn.be/en/routeplanner/
By Car
- Ghent is at the crossroads of two big motorways, E17 (Lille-Antwerp) and E40 (Ostend-Brussels). Choose exit “Gent” and first follow the direction “Gent-Centrum”, after which you follow “other directions”.
- Beware: the old city centre is not really car-friendly.
- Follow the parking signage to parking P7 Sint-Michiels. The parking is located at 50 meter from Het Pand. Take the exit Onderbergen and you come out in the Wilderoosstraat, opposite Het Pand.
- An alternative parking is P8 Ramen. From here it’s about 5 minutes on foot to Het Pand.
- A little further, situated in the middle of the old city centre, there is an underground parking lot, de ‘Vrijdagmarkt’ parking (P1, €11/day).
- For more information on parking in Ghent, consult https://visit.gent.be/en/car?context=tourist.
Airports
- Belgium’s international airport is situated in Brussels (http://www.brusselsairport.be). From Brussels Airport it is possible to travel by train (http://www.b-rail.be) to Ghent. In the airport, follow the signs to the railway station, which is below ground level. Buy a ticket (also possible online) for Ghent-St-Pieters station at the counter in the train station of the airport or at one of the ticketing machines. The price for a single fare (Brussels Airport – Ghent-St-Pieters) is about €15 (Diabolo surcharge included). Their is a direct train to Ghent or a shuttle train to Brussels Central Station, which runs every 15 minutes. There, you can change to a train to Ghent.
- A smaller airport is Charleroi Brussels South International airport (http://www.charleroi-airport.com). From Charleroi, there are essentially two options to travel to Ghent:
- The Brussels City Shuttle to the Brussels Zuid/Midi railway station. The shuttle can be found directly outside the terminal, leaves every 30 minutes and the €13 ticket can be purchased online in advance, from the driver, or via one of the streetside vending machines. From Zuid/Midi station you can take a train to Ghent (http://www.b-rail.be). Buy a ticket for Ghent-St-Pieters station in the station or online in advance. The price for a single fare (Brussels Zuid/Midi station – Ghent-St-Pieters) is € 8,90.
- Charleroi station. First take bus A to Charleroi railway station, subsequently take a train to Brussels Zuid/Midi station and change trains there to Ghent-Sint-Pieters. The price for a single ticket (Charleroi-South-Airport to Ghent Sint-Pieters, bus A included) is €20.50; the ticket can be purchased in advance online (https://www.belgianrail.be) or at one of the streetside vending machines.
- Other close airports: Antwerp Airport (http://www.antwerpairport.be), Ostend Airport (http://www.ost.aero), Liege Airport (http://www.liegeairport.com), Lille Airport in France (http://www.lille.aeroport.fr),…