Colloquium venue

The colloquium will be held in the “Aalmarktzaal“ room of the ”Stadsgehoorzaal“ building in the city of Leiden. The address is: Breestraat 60, 2311 CS Leiden, The Netherlands, tel +31-(0)71-5162406. When you enter the building at the main entrance, follow the signs for “Aalmarktzaal“ to get to the lecture room. The Stadsgehoorzaal is a monumental theatre / congress building and located in the historic centre of Leiden. The building dates from 1891 and was built in neo-Renaissance style. Leiden is on a distance of some 20 kilometers from The Hague to its south and some 40 kilometers from Amsterdam (head capital) to its north. It has excellent public transport connections with other major cities in The Netherlands as well as Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (16 minutes by train, see below).

Accommodation in Leiden

There are quite some hotels in Leiden. The new 3-star Ibis Hotel Leiden Centre and the 4-star Golden Tulip Leiden Centre hotels are very close to the railway station “Leiden Centraal” and on walking distance to the colloquium venue (about 15 minutes). You may check availability and prices of these and other hotels on:

www.booking.com/leiden

Note: prices of hotels may differ between websites, so it is worthwhile to check prices.

Getting there and around

The colloquium venue is located in the historic centre of Leiden and on walking distance from the railway station “Leiden Centraal”. A direct train connection exists between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and railway station “Leiden Centraal”, which takes 16 minutes. Trains are leaving 4 times per hour during daytime, see www.ns.nl/en (enter: from railway station “Schiphol”, to railway station “Leiden Centraal”).

For detailed public transport planning, click here. For travelling by train, click here.

A map of the centre of Leiden can be found here.

For information on tourism and leisure in Leiden, click here. Information on the Leiden visitor centre can be found here.