Practical Information

 

REGISTRATION

To register, please click here.

For more information regarding the symposium, the final programme, … please contact the organizing committee: remakes@UGent.be

VENUE

The symposium will take place at “Filmzaal Paddenhoek” at Paddenhoek 3, 9000 Ghent (see map below).

The location of the lunch and walking dinner is around the corner in the Paddenhoek, at the “Faculty Council Room” (Facultaire Raadzaal).

ACCOMMODATION

There are many hotels, hostels and B&B’s located in Ghent city center where you can stay during the conference, ranging from budget to high end. The following hotels and B&B’s are within walking distance of the conference and the dinner venue.

Hotels near Ghent University:

• Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
  
• Ibis Gent Centrum St Baafs Kathedraal
• Parkhotel Ghent
• Hotel Gravensteen
• Novotel Gent Centrum
• Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof
• Ghent Marriott Hotel
• NH Gent Belfort
• Ghent River Hotel

Bed&Breakfast accommodation:

• La Ducale Bed & Breakfast Ghent
  
• Breadpoint
• The House of Edward
• B&B Lieven Bauwens
• Bed & Breakfast Boat
• Faja Lobi Bed & Breakfast
• Atlas B&B
• Simon Says
• B&B Myriam Dolders

TRAVEL

Getting to and from Ghent

• How to get to Ghent
• Public transport in Belgium
• Video on how to travel from Brussels International Airport to Ghent Sint-Pieters Station

By car: 

• Coming from Antwerp or Kortrijk via the E17: follow the direction ‘Gent’ and then ‘Gent Centrum’ (B401). The B401 ends at the Zuidpark in Ghent. Follow the P-route to car park P6, Korte Meer (see map above).
• Coming from Ostend or Brussels via the E40: follow the direction ‘Gent Antwerpen’ (E17), then ‘Gent’ and then ‘Gent Centrum’ (B401). The B401 ends at the Zuidpark in Ghent. Follow the P-route to car park P6, Korte Meer (see map above).

Public transport:

By train & bus:

• Ghent is only 45 minutes from the international airport of Zaventem ‘Brussels Airport’, where flights arrive from and depart to more than 70 destinations. From the airport’s own railway station ‘Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven’ are several connections to Ghent per day.
• Brussels South/Charleroi Airport is 70 minutes from Ghent. There are also more than 20 bus connections from the airport to the capital every day. From there frequent train connections to Ghent are available.

We recommend taking the train to Gent-Sint-Pieters. From the station, you can take tram 1 in the direction of Korenmarkt/Wondelgem/Evergem. Get off at the ‘Korte Meer’ stop. However, Ghent has two main stations: Gent-Sint-Pieters and Dampoort station. Nevertheless, Ghent-Sint-Pieters is easy to reach by trains from all Belgian and European cities and is only half an hour from Brussels South Station, where the Eurostar, Thalys, and ICE high-speed trains can rush you to Paris (1 ½ hours) and London, Amsterdam or Cologne (2 ½ hours). Other art cities Brussels, Bruges, and Antwerp are only half an hour away.

The University is served by bus numbers / from the city center. For a map of Ghent, including directions from the city center to Ghent University, see here

CITY

The conference will be held in the heart of the historical city of Ghent (in Dutch: Gent). The city of Ghent is located centrally in Flanders, halfway between the cities of Brussels and Bruges. Flanders is the northern part of Belgium and home to the Dutch-speaking part of the Belgian population. Ever since the Middle Ages, Flanders has been at the crossroads of the great European trade routes while Flemish merchants swarmed out to every corner of the world. In the late Middle Ages, Ghent was the second largest city in Europe (Paris was the largest). Its magnificent medieval city center is still a splendid reminder of those times.

Ghent is much less well-known than its famous neighbors Brussels and Bruges but is considered the most enjoyable city of Flanders. Ghent’s architecture is imposing, particularly along the scenic old Graslei harbor, grand medieval cathedrals and the Gravensteen castle. Just like Bruges and Antwerp, Ghent abounds in culture, art, and world-famous painters. Its single most important work of art undoubtedly is the fifteenth-century painting ‘The Adoration of the Lamb’ (or ‘Ghent Altarpiece’) by The Van Eyck brothers.

The Graslei (left) and Korenlei (right) along the river Leie

According to the September ’09 issue of the tourist guide Lonely Planet, Ghent is ‘Belgium’s best-kept secret’:

“It is surprising how Belgium has managed to stay so quiet about Ghent for so long. Once medieval Europe’s largest second city, over the past century this unsung treasure of a town has developed a strong artistic bent, and is now one of the best places in Europe for culture – there are many fantastic museums and galleries here, and more listed buildings than any other Belgian city”

For the Lonely Planet guide to Ghent, see here

For weather in Ghent, see here

For more information about Ghent, please visit http://www.visit.gent.be.