The International Symposium 2005 takes place at conference center Bovendonk, a former convent, in Hoeven in the South of the Netherlands.

Address

Hofstraat 8
4741 AK  HOEVEN
Telephone:
From inside the Netherlands: 0165 50 75 50
From outside: 0031 165 50 75 50

Directions per car

Highway from Rotterdam to Roosendaal (A17)
Take the exit Oudenbosch. Follow this road until you reach Hoeven.
Turn right at the traffic lights.
The entrance to the park belonging to the conference center will be on your right hand side (200 m).

Highway from Breda-Roosendaal/Vlissingen (A58)
Take the exit Sint Willebrord (NOT the exit Hoeven).
Turn right in the direction of Hoeven.
On the following two traffic circles, go straight on.
About 300 meters after the second one, you will find the entrance to the Bovendonk on your left hand side.

Next to the building there are enough parking places.

Directions by train

From Schiphol Airport
The easiest way to travel is via Roosendaal. This is only possible between 6:16 a.m. and 9:41 p.m.. The standard route is as follows:

The direct train to Roosendaal leaves at 16 minutes past every hour (in the direction of Vlissingen), and at 41 minutes past every hour (in the direction of Den Haag (The Hague) and Brussels).
Transfer in Roosendaal to the train in the direction of Breda and Zwolle, which departs at 27 and 57 minutes past the hour. This train stops at Etten Leur. This is where you have to get off.

From Etten-Leur
Trein taxi: The advisable way to go to Bovendonk is by taking something that's called the Treintaxi (train taxi). It will take you to Bovendonk at a standard price.
You need a ticket for your Treintaxi fare. You can buy it already at Schiphol, together with your train ticket to Etten Leur.

Buslijn 111: It is also possible to reach Bovendonk by public transport busses. With line 111 it takes 10 minutes to a bus stop called Hofstraat, very near Bovendonk. Bus line 111 departs at 5 minutes past the hour and at 35 minutes past the hour. When it is past 18.35 hours, it leaves only once an hour.


If you cannot manage to leave Schiphol between 6:16 a.m. and 9:41 p.m. you are forced to take a more difficult route to Etten Leur. In this case you should ask information at Schiphol station.The earliest possibility is 4 a.m.; with changes at Rotterdam and Roosendaal.
The last possible connection is the 10:53 train from Schiphol; with changes at Amsterdam Duivendrecht and 's Hertogenbosch.

From Zaventhem
Take the train from Zaventhem to Brussels North (frequent connection).
Change to the direct train to Roosendaal, which departs once an hour between 6:51 a.m. and 10:51 p.m..
Change again at Roosendaal and take one of the frequent trains to Etten Leur.

From Etten-Leur
Trein taxi: The advisable way to go to Bovendonk is by taking something that's called the Treintaxi (train taxi). It will take you to Bovendonk at a standard price.
You need a ticket for your Treintaxi fare. You can buy it already at Schiphol, together with your train ticket to Etten Leur.

Buslijn 111: It is also possible to reach Bovendonk by public transport busses. With line 111 it takes 10 minutes to a bus stop called Hofstraat, very near Bovendonk. Bus line 111 departs at 5 minutes past the hour and at 35 minutes past the hour. When it is past 18.35 hours, it leaves only once an hour.

Traveltime about three hours.

More information about Conference center Bovendonk can be found at their website (in Dutch): www.bovendonk.nl