How to reach the congress site at Campus Groenenborger
Attendants with Campus accommodation can simply walk to the congress venue.
Attendants using hotel accommodation in the city centre will have to use the public transport. Locations of bus stops and time tables will be provided at the WCM website later on. Currently the area around «Antwerpen Centraal» railway station is a big construction yard and all bus stops have been temporarily
moved. So we will provide exact information as soon as the situation has returned to normal. Anyway the bus lines to the congress site are: 21, 27, 32, 501 and 502. These lines are of course also useful for the attendants with campus accommodation when they are in the city centre. Lines 21, 32, 501 and 502 also
pass via «Berchem» railway station, where there are shuttle trains to «Antwerpen Centraal» (takes 4 min).
Attendants coming by train from Brussels might prefer to leave the train in «Berchem» railway station instead of going further to «Antwerpen Centraal».
Bus tickets or multiticket cards (the so-called «lijnkaart») can be purchased at the ticketing desks in the railway stations. Tickets can also be purchased on the bus/tram, but are more expensive then.
- Bought as individual ticket:
- 1.5 € on bus/tram
- 1.2 € in railway stations. - Bought on a «Lijnkaart» (= multi-ticket card):
- 1.0 € on bus/tram
- 0.8 € in railway stations
A ticket is valid over the whole bus/tram/pre-metro network in Antwerpen during ONE hour; in that time you can change from busses and trams as much as you want. Each time you enter the bus or tram you have to push the ticket or «Lijnkaart» in the yellow validation machines. The machine will whistle when your ticket is no longer valid (i.e. when your ticket is out of time).
Taxis are very expensive, so unless you can share a taxi with other delegates, we think you may not want to take a taxi... unless you feel really desperate of course!
