Venue
The symposium will be held at the Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), located 35km south-west of Amsterdam International Airport.
ESA-ESTEC
Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ Noordwijk
By car
From Den Haag (The Hague): take the A4 (direction Amsterdam) and exit at "Leiden". Follow the N206 towards Katwijk and Haarlem. Take the exit "Katwijk Noord". From there follow signs to "ESTEC" (small white squares).
From Amsterdam: take the A4 (direction Den Haag-Rotterdam) then at the junction follow the A44. Take the exit "Noordwijk-Voorhout", continue to Noordwijk and from there, follow signs to "ESTEC".
By train
From Leiden Centraal station, take the number 430 bus to Katwijk. The bus stops in front of the ESTEC entrance gate. Please note that this bus leaves four times an hour during peak periods and twice an hour during normal hours. Journey time is approx. 30 minutes.
From Leiden Centraal station, take the number 430 bus to Katwijk. The bus stops in front of the ESTEC entrance gate. Please note that this bus leaves four times an hour during peak periods and twice an hour during normal hours. Journey time is approx. 30 minutes.
Please note that the nearest railway station to ESTEC is Leiden Centraal. Further information can be found here
https://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information
By planehttps://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information
From Schiphol airport, either take a taxi to ESTEC (30 min), or a train to Leiden (20 min) and then the number 30 bus, see train directions above (30 min.).
Information on Schiphol airport can be found at: http://www.schiphol.nl/en/
Train connections from Schiphol Airport can also be found on this website.
Train connections from Schiphol Airport can also be found on this website.
The following URLs containing useful information about Noordwijk may be helpful. Please note that ESA accepts no responsibility for the contents of these sites. Noordwijk Tourist Office website:
http://www.vvvnoordwijk.nl/ (Dutch)
Postal address
European Space & Technology Centre
P.O. Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
Visiting address
European Space & Technology Centre
Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
General telephone number
Phone: +31 71 565 6565
Fax: +31 71 565 6040
ESA Conference Bureau / ATPI Corporate Events
ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands