How to reach us & where to stay

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Street address

CMST / TFCG microsystems lab is located in Zwijnaarde near Gent:
Technologiepark 914A
B-9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde
Belgium
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On the campus

Follow the blue arrows to Zone C and take exit C3. There is free parking space in front of the office building. Our building is at your right hand side.
CMST is on the first floor. Take the stairs and then go to the left.

Public transport

There are frequent trains from Brussels airport to Gent (mostly with a change of trains in Brussels). You can plan your journey on the web site of the Belgian Railway (NMBS). Take an "intercity" (IC) train and avoid the slow "inter region" (IR) trains, except between the airport and Brussels, where there are only IRs.
Trains arrive at St-Pieters station in Gent. There are taxis available at the main exit of the station. Once on the "Technologiepark" campus, tell the driver to go to exit "C3".
Alternatively you can a bus from the following list:

Bus Nr.	Direction to take
49	Geraardsbergen Station
70	Zwijnaarde Vogelheide
71	Nazareth Dorp
72	Merelbeke Molenhoek

Entrance of the Campus
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Get off after approximately 10 minutes, at the stop "Bollebergen" (next to the Don Bosco secondary school). From this stop, you still have a walk of 5 minutes ahead across the "Technologiepark". Follow the Blue arrows to exit C3. The site maps can also help you.

Driving instructions

If you are coming from:

Kortrijk (or Lille): On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn right in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Antwerp: On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Brussels: On highway E40 (Brussel/Oostende), when approaching Gent, there is a crossing between E17 and E40. Take the direction of E17 (Kortrijk). On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Brugge or Oostende: On highway E40 (Brussel/Oostende), when approaching Gent, there is a crossing between E17 and E40. Take the direction of E17 (Kortrijk). On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

On the N60:

There are many speedcams on the N60, so take care!
Coming from the exit of the E17, after about 4 km in the direction of "Gent N60" you will encounter a large roundabout with an oblong (oval) shape. The roundabout starts just after the 4th traffic lights. Follow the roundabout and after 180 meters take a right turn onto the "Technologiepark". You are now on the campus.

Maps

- Google map. The red pin indicates our exact location.
- region map: Circle = our location (screenshot mappy).
- detailed map: Circle = our location (screenshot map24).
- site map. Arrow = entrance of building.
- coloured zones. We are in C3 (blue)

Airports

There is no airport in G(h)ent, but there are airports in 3 neighbouring cities:

Map generated using www.palmtop.nl Route Planner on Psion Series 5

city	Antwerp	Brussels	Lille (France)
website	antwerpairport.be	brusselsairport.be	lille.aeroport.fr
airline	Cityjet (VLM)	Brussels Airlines + many others	Air France

By car from Brussels airport (Zaventem) to Gent, it takes only 40 minutes under ideal circumstances, but due to the heavy traffic around Brussels, it is safer to plan a journey of 60 up to 90 minutes. By train from Brussels airport: see public transport.
Coming from France, it is often better to fly to Lille airport and rent a car there.
From Lille airport to Gent (Gand) by car takes about 60 minutes.
The airport of Antwerp is conveniently small but has only a limited number of direct connections (at the time of writing this is London and Manchester). From Antwerp airport to Gent by car takes about 45 minutes.

Where to stay?

The tourist information website of Gent suggests this list of Hotels. There is also a list of excellent Bed&Breakfast facilities. There are no hotels at walking distance from our lab (although there is a luxury B&B at 2 km), so you will need to use a taxi, a rental car or the public transport. The hotel staff can probably help you with the correct bus lines.

Tourist information

Maybe you wonder if it is worthwhile booking a few extra days to visit Gent. It certainly is! Gent is a cozy and interesting city with a long history and plenty of sightseeing and shopping opportunities. Gent is also famous for excellent and good-value dining opportunities and cafés with hundreds of different types of beer. For more tourist information, please refer to the tourist information website of Gent.