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If you arrive in the Netherlands by air, your most
likely point of entry will be Amsterdam Airport:
Schiphol. The University of Twente (conference's
venue) is located in Enschede. Trains to Enschede and Hengelo leave at Schiphol
(Amsterdam airport)
every half-hour. Tickets are available from the
ticket office or ticket machines at the Schiphol
arrival hal. You will find it by following the signs
with trains. At the ticket office you can also get
information on the exact timetables of the trains.
Train from Schiphol to Hengelo or Enschede stops at
Amsterdam Duivendrecht, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn,
Deventer, Almelo and then Hengelo and last Enschede.
The journey will take approximately 2 hours and 10
minutes. You can also take the train in the
direction of Groningen/Leeuwarden, which will take
you to Amersfoort where you will have to change
trains. In Amersfoort you then take the train to
Hengelo and Enschede.
For more information and book
your ticket online you can look at
here.
Reaching the venue by bus:
A bus ticket can be purchased on the bus. However,
it is much cheaper to buy a multiple-ride ticket
(strippenkaart) at the train station.
From Enschede train station, take Bus line 1 direction
"Universiteit". Line 1 has several stops on campus.
You need to take off the bus at "Hallenweg". From
there it is only a short walk to the Waaier building.
From Hengelo train station, take Bus line 3 and get off at
stop "UT/Viaduct". Ask the bus driver to tell you
where it is. From the bus stop it is only
a short walk to the porter's lodge at the entrance
of the university.
Reaching the venue by
taxi:
After arrival at the train station in Hengelo or Enschede, you can take a taxi to the University. In
combination with your train ticket you can buy a
special train-taxi ticket. You can buy this ticket
at any railway station ticket booth or machine. If
you wish to travel with a train-taxi ticket you have
to use the special train-taxi (or trein-taxi). Ask
at the railway station for the train-taxi pick-up
place. You normally share a train-taxi with other
people. Ask the taxi driver to take you to the
porter's lodge at the entrance of the University
campus.
Reaching the venue by
car:
If you travel by car you should follow the road
signs "Hengelo" or "Enschede". Once you arrive in
either city, follow the white road signs marked
"Universiteit".
Take the A35, direction Enschede, then take exit 26
"Enschede-West/Universiteit". Follow the sign
“Universiteit”, the first exit to the right. Go left
at the traffic lights and follow signs
'UNIVERSITEIT'.
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