Coming by plane: 


• Via Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport is connected directly to the major cities. Daily flights from 200 destinations in 66 countries and easy access to Ostend by train. You have multiple train connection every hour. It will take you approximately 1:30-2:00 hours to travel from Brussels Airport to Ostend.


The airport train station in Brussels Airport is located below the terminal (basement level-1). More information and timetables are available at http://www.belgianrail.be/jp/sncb-nmbs-routeplanner/query.exe/en  

More information about car rental companies located at Brussels airport can be found here, https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/passngr/to-from-brussels-airport/rental-car  

• Via Brussels-South-Charleroi-Airport
Multiple flights a week by low cost airlines from several European cities.


Coming by train:

The Ostend train station, which is located in the city centre, is within walking distance of the venue of the PROBA-V symposium 2018 ‘Hotel Andromeda’. It will take you approximately 10-15 minutes on foot or you can also take the Ostend coastal tram.
• Timetables and route planner train (NMBS): http://www.b-rail.be/main/N/  
• Timetables and route planner coastal tram (De Lijn) https://www.delijn.be/en/routeplanner/  (tram stop ‘Station Oostende’  tram stop ‘Marie Joseplein’)

Coming by car:

• E40: The E40 motorway connects Brussels with Ostend. The journey from Brussels to Ostend by car or coach takes about one hour.

• E17: If travelling from Antwerp, take the E17, and then the E40 to Ostend.
o Bruges: 25 km / 25 minutes
o Ghent: 65 km / 45 minutes
o Kortrijk: 70 km / 50 minutes
o Lille: 89 km / 50 minutes
o Calais: 97 km / 60 minutes
o Brussels: 120 km / 70 minutes
o Paris: 309 km / 3 hrs

1. Hotel Andromeda – PROBA-V Symposium 2018
Kursaal Westhelling 5
8400 Oostende
http://www.andromedahotel.be/  

2. Train Station Ostend
Natiënkaai 1
8400 Oostende
http://www.belgianrail.be/  

3. Tram stop ‘Station Oostende’
Brandariskaai
8400 Oostende
https://www.delijn.be/en/routeplanner/  

4. Tram stop ‘Marie Joseplein’
Marie-Joséplein
8400 Oostende
https://www.delijn.be/en/routeplanner/