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Symposium venue

Hampshire Inn Mooi Veluwe.

Address: Garderenseweg 154, 3881 NC  Putten, The Netherlands.

Phone: (+)31 577 462 588; fax: (+)31 577 462 988.

Travel by air

Use Amsterdam Schiphol Airport as your flight destination.

From there on take a train to Putten (please mention: province of Gelderland!); see below. One-way tickets can be bought at the ticket counters in Schiphol’s central hall, the Schiphol Plaza; follow the train signs from the Arrivals/Luggage hall.

When arranging your flight, allow 2 hours of additional travel time after landing in order to arrive on time at the symposium hotel Mooi Veluwe.

Travel by train

Putten (please mention: province of Gelderland!) has a railway station which is about 8km from the symposium venue. Transport from that railway station to the hotel will be available at regular times on Saturday 2 June at a small additional cost, and vice versa on Sunday 10 June. There is a public bus connection as well from the railway station to the hotel; this should take about 15 minutes, with an hourly service on Saturdays and Sundays. More details will be provided one month before the Symposium when the 2007 summer timetables are known.

- Train service Schiphol Airport -> Putten (Gelderland):

     departure Schiphol (platform 1-2):   hh:21    (or hh:51), to Amersfoort;

     departure Amersfoort (platform 4a): hh+1:12 (or hh+1:42), to Zwolle;

     arrival at Putten:                          hh+1:32 (or hh+2:02).

- Train service Putten (Gelderland) -> Schiphol Airport:

     departure Putten (platform 2):        hh:23    (or hh:53), to Amersfoort;

     departure Amersfoort (platform 7):  hh:55    (or hh+1:25), to Schiphol;

     arrival at Schiphol Airport:              hh+1:38 (or hh+2:08).

- One way ticket EUR 11,00; change trains and platforms at Amersfoort (5 minutes available or wait for next train!); train journey takes about 75 minutes (or 105!).

Please click here to download a document with the time schedule of the train connection between London Waterloo (Eurostar) and Putten on 2 and 10 June.

Travel by car

The hotel can be easily reached by car, it is not far from several motorways. Those travelling by car will find free but unsupervised parking space in the hotel grounds, in a fairly safe area.

Use the links (left) for driving directions.

Pre-tour participants

Participants in the pre-tour will have to travel to the city of Alkmaar in the western part of Holland. There is a train connection from Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Details will be available one month before the symposium. When arranging your flight, allow 2 hours of additional travel time after landing in order to arrive on time at the Alkmaar hotel. This hotel is at walking distance from the railway station; there will be no shuttle service, but taxis are available. The pre-tour will end at our symposium hotel; we shall therefore NOT return to Alkmaar.

- Train service Schiphol Airport -> Alkmaar:

     departure Schiphol (platform 3):  hh:00 (hh:12) (hh:42), to Amsterdam;

     departure Sloterdijk (platform 3): hh:19 (hh+1:06) (hh+1:01) to Alkmaar;

     arrival at Alkmaar:                     hh:48 (hh+1:06) (hh+1:36).

- One way ticket EUR 7,90; change trains and platforms at Sloterdijk (8 minutes available); train journey takes 48 (or 54) minutes.

Getting away

On Sunday June 10th, a shuttle-bus service will be arranged from the symposium hotel to the Putten railway station. Train tickets will be arranged as well.

Post-tour participants getting away  after the tour

Post-tour participants are advised to:

- ask for drop-off at Brussels-Midi railway station for a fast train to Amsterdam Schiphol airport (for which a seat reservation is usually obligatory) or for any other (international) train (Thalys, EuroStar, etc.) or

-  stay on the bus and ask for a drop-off at Amsterdam Schiphol airport to catch a late night flight (no guarantee as to timeliness!) or to enjoy hotel accommodation nearby Schiphol (they should all have shuttle bus services), or

- stay on the bus for hotel Mooi Veluwe at Putten and pick up your car there or enjoy one more night at the hotel Mooi Veluwe.

all illustrations on this page © Hampshire Inn Mooi Veluwe, unless stated otherwise

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how to get from Schiphol Airport by train to starting point pre-tour
and to symposium venue
(from Google maps & Teleatlas)
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