Accessibility to and from Maastricht
Shuttle service
You have the possibility to book a shuttle from Brussels Airport.
The price is € 36,- for a single trip and € 66,- for a round trip. These prices are per person. If you wish to travel with friends, colleagues or a group, please contact JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING and mention that you are planning on coming to E2C 2012. They can arrange a private car/shuttle which will cost less.
Please click here for the conditions of this shuttle service.
These services are offered to you by Maastricht Booking Service. For more information on their services, go to the website at www.maastrichtbookingservice.nl or send an e-mail to JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING T: +31 43 383835; F: +31 43 3838309
By air
Maastricht’s central location means that it is easily accessible by plane. On this page you find an overview of surrounding airports.
Brussels Zaventem Airport
We advise you to fly to Brussels-Zaventem Airport and to organise your shuttle to Maastricht via Maastricht Booking Service as described above.
At Brussels Zaventem Airport there will be a Welcome Desk for the delegates of E2C 2012 in Maastricht. Here you can obtain information about your shuttle and/or information on the city of Maastricht. Please click here to fill in your order form for the shuttle from Brussels to Maastricht (1h 15 mins.).
Should you wish to travel by train from Brussels- Zaventem airport to Maastricht, then please arrange your train journey through www.nshispeed.nl.
Maastricht Aachen Airport
Flights from and to Berlin, Barcelona (Girona and Reus), Alicante, Izmir, Istanbul, Malaga, Moscow, Faro, Porto, Pisa, Split, Stockholm, Trapani. From MAA it’s a 10 minute ride by taxi to Maastricht.
Düsseldorf Airport
Train link to Maastricht (2 hours and 20 minutes via Heerlen, not Utrecht), plan your route via www.nshispeed.nl or www.db.de OR organise your shuttle from Düsseldorf airport to Maastricht through Maastricht Booking Service as described above.
Please contact JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING to arrange a shuttle from Düsseldorf to Maastricht (1h 15 mins).
Schiphol Airport
Train link to Maastricht (2.5 hours), plan your route via www.ns.nl.
Eindhoven Airport
Flights from and to London, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Prague, Budapest, Dublin, etc.
Train link to Maastricht (1 hour), plan your route via www.ns.nl
Charleroi Airport
Fly to and from Charleroi airport: Budapest, Prague, Rome, Glasgow, Dublin, Porto, Sofia, Warsaw, Naples, Marseille, Madrid, Girona, etc.
Train link to Maastricht (1 hour and 50 minutes), plan your route via www.sncb.be
Cologne-Bonn Airport
Flights to and from Cologne-Bonn: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Milan, Porto, Paris, Prague, Rome, etc.
Train link to Maastricht (1 hour and 20 minutes to Aachen, then 1 hour 10 minutes to Maastricht. Total length of journey is 2 ½ hours).
|
Airport |
Duration |
Details |
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Amsterdam ( Schiphol ) |
2 hours 30 min. |
Highway A2 |
|
Brussels ( Zaventem ) |
1 hour 15 min. |
Highway E25/A2 |
|
Brussels Charleroi |
1 hour |
Highway E42/E40/E25/A2 |
|
Düsseldorf (airport) |
1 hour 15 min. |
Highway A57/ A46/A44/A4/A76/A79/A2 |
|
Cologne (airport) |
1 hour |
Highway A1/A4/A76/A79/A2 |
|
Eindhoven (airport) |
1 hour |
A2 |
|
Paris (Charles de Gaulle) |
3 hours 30 min. |
A1/A2/A7/A15/A3/A25/A2 |
|
London (Heathrow) |
6 hours |
In combination with a train |
By train
Eurostar: from London Waterloo you can take the Eurostar to Brussels (2 hours).
In Brussels change to Liège - Maastricht. The total journey time is around 4 hours.
Thalys: from Paris to Brussels (1 hour and 20 minutes) or to Liège (3 hours).
Arrange your train journey through www.nshispeed.nl
Transportation within Maastricht:
Public transport
You can travel for free on the public transport busses in Maastricht by showing your congress badge. Please ask at the reception in your hotel where the nearest buss stop is to take you to MECC Maastricht.
By bike
From Maastricht city centre to the MECC in just 10 minutes!
Check www.orangebike.nl/maastricht/eng for rental details or contact direct JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING
By foot
Maastricht is a safe and compact city. From several hotels in the city centre or in the Health Campus (Randwyck) district it is a pleasant walk to MECC. A leaflet on Maastricht which includes a city map will be provided to you by the city of Maastricht and will be present in your congress bag.
By taxi
During the congress plenty of taxis will be available at several locations. At your hotel reception you can ask to order a taxi if needed. Should you wish to arrange a taxi yourself at some point, please contact Brull Personenvervoer: +3143 343 00 00

