Location
Bâtiment Marc de Hemptinne (commonly called “Cyclotron”)
Chemin du Cyclotron 2
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Coordinates of the building:
Decimal: 50.665985,4.623591
GPS: N 50 39.959 E 4 37.415
UTM: 31N 614740 5613940
Be aware that Louvain-la-Neuve and Louvain (Leuven in Dutch), are two dinstinct cities. Do not take a train to Louvain.
The workshop venue is building 1 on the Map of Louvain-la-Neuve (“Marc de Hemptinne”, F9). You can buy a townmap in the ”Forum des Halles” in Louvain-la-Neuve, just on the left of the train ticket office.
By train
You should take the train to the station of Louvain-la-Neuve (official name: Louvain-la-Neuve-Université). Beware, Louvain-la-Neuve and Louvain (Leuven in Dutch), are two dinstinct cities. Do not take a train to Louvain. Coming from Brussels, you can either take a direct train (IR, CR and L trains) to Louvain-la-Neuve, or take an IC train in the direction of Namur, and change in Ottignies.
By air
You can fly to the Brussels Airport in Zaventem. From there, it should take you about 1h to get to Louvain-la-Neuve by train. You should first take a train to the station Bruxelles-Nord, and then take another train. The official name of the train station at the aiport is “Brussel-Nat.-Luchthaven”.
There are also flights going to Brussels South Charleroi Airport. From there you can ask a “bulk” ticket to go to Louvain-la-Neuve for 8.60€: it allows you to take a bus to Charleroi station (Charleroi Sud) and you take then a train to Ottignies and then to Louvain-la-Neuve. The train takes about 1h (it rides every second hour in the week-end!). There are also bus shuttles to Brussels (Bruxelles midi).
For those coming from outside of Europe, it is sometimes easier (or cheaper) to reach Brussels by flying to Paris Charles de Gaule (Roissy) and taking a high speed train (TGV) in the airport terminal to Brussels. You then arrive in Brussels South station (“Bruxelles Midi”). Notice that Air France and KLM operate in this way. When flying with these airlines, you can buy a flight ticket to Brussels, choosing Brussels Midi TGV Railway Station (ZYR) as final destination, that already includes the train ticket from Paris.
By car
You should take the motorway E411 that links Brussels to Luxembourg and take the Exit 7 or 8a towards Louvain-la-Neuve.
