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Index 2. Accessibility Maastricht – The Netherlands 3.

Accessibility by Air

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Accessibility Maastricht – The Netherlands 14.

Accessibility By Train Accessibility Maastricht – The Netherlands 17.

Accessibility By Car Accessibility in Maastricht – The Netherlands 18.

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Maastricht is situated in the so called ‘Euregion’, The heart of Europe, and is therefore very easy to reach for all delegates. Whether you arrive by rail, road or air; reaching MECC Maastricht is very easy! Air MECC Maastricht is within easy reach from several international airports all situated at one-hour driving distance (or less) from Maastricht: MAA Maastricht Aachen Airport (15 minutes), Eindhoven Airport (1 hour), Düsseldorf International Airport (1 hour), Cologne-Bonn Airport (45 minutes), Liege Airport (20 minutes), Weeze Niederrhein Airport (45 minutes), Frankfurt International Airport (2 hours), Brussels Zaventem International Airport (1 hour), Brussels Charleroi Airport (1 hour) and Schiphol International Airport (2 hours). Furthermore, Maastricht has its own airport, Maastricht Aachen Airport. This airport is situated at 10 kilometres from MECC Maastricht. They are planning direct flights between Amsterdam and Maastricht Aachen Airport before the end of 2012.

Accessibility Maastricht – The Netherlands 3.

1. Brussels International Airport (Zaventem) Railway connections to Maastricht or the Maastricht/Brussels Express (1½ hours)

We recommend flying to Brussels-Zaventem International Airport and booking Airport Shuttles or other specific transportation for your meeting.

2. Schiphol Amsterdam International Airport with connection flights to Maastricht Railway connection to Maastricht (2 ½ hours)

Shuttle transportation or other specific transportation by road (2 ½ hours)

3. Düsseldorf Airport Railway connection to Maastricht (2 hours 20 minutes)

Shuttle transportation or other specific congress transportation by road (1 hour)

4. Eindhoven Airport Flights to and from London, Barcelona, Rome, Milano, Madrid, Prague, Budapest, Dublin, etc.

Railway connection to Maastricht (1 hour)

Shuttle transportation or other specific transportation by road (1 hour)

5. Charleroi Airport Flights from and to Charleroi Airport: Budapest, Prague, Rome, Glasgow, Dublin, Porto, Sofia, Warsaw, Naples, Marseille, Madrid, Girona, etc.

Railway connection to Maastricht (1 hour and 50 minutes)

Shuttle transportation or other specific transportation by road (1 hour)

6. Frankfurt International Airport Railway connection to Maastricht (2 ½ hours).

Shuttle transportation or other specific transportation by road (2 hours)

7. Cologne-Bonn Airport Flights from and to Cologne – Bonn airport: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Milan, Porto, Paris, Prague, Rome

Railway connection to Maastricht (2 ½ hours)

Shuttle transportation or other specific transportation by road (45 minutes)

Accessibility By Air

Maastricht – Aachen Airport - www.maa.nl Located just outside Maastricht, 15 km to the city centre of Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 10 min. Estimated taxi fee € 35.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 60.00 for a maximum of 8 persons. Direct flights via Ryanair: Faro, Alicante, Girona Bari, Berlin, Kreta, Malaga, Barcelona, Milaan, Mallorca, Porto, Rhodos, Tenerife, Pisa, Trapani, London, Anatalya, Venice Direct flights via German Wings: Stockholm, Berlin Schönefeld, Moscow, Split, Izmir, Istanbul

Eindhoven International Airport - www.eindhovenairport.nl Located 99 km from Maastricht, The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 1 hour and 5 min. Estimated taxi fee € 140.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 170.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Alicante, Antalya, Barcelona-Girona, Barcelona-Reus, Brindisi, Budapest, Dublin, Faro, Gdansk, Innsbruck, London City, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille, Milan, Pescara, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm.

Brussel International Airport Zaventem - www.brusselsairport.be

Located 115 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 1 hour and 15 min. Estimated taxi fee € 140.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 170.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Addis, Agadir, Al Hoceima, Aleppo, Algiers, Alicante, Almeira, Amman, Amsterdam, Ankara,Asturias/Oviedo, Athens, Atlanta, Banjul, Barcelona, Bari, Basel, Bastia, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin Schönefeld, Berlin Tegel, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Boa Vista, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bourgas, Bremen, Brindisi, Bristol, Bucharest-Baneasa, Bucharest-Otopeni, Budapest, Bujumbura, Cagliari, Cairo, Casablanca, Catania, Chania, Chennai, Chicago, Clermont-Ferrand, Conakry, Constanta, Copenhagen, Corfu, Dakar, Damascus, Delhi, Djerba, Douala, Dublin, Dubrovnik, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Eskisehir, Faro, Florence, Forli, Frankfurt, Freetown, Funchal, Geneva, Gothenborg, Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Heraklion, Hurghada, Istanbul Ataturk, Jerez de la Frontera la Parra, Kiev, Kigali, Kinshasa, Kos, Krakow, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas – Gran Canaria, Leeds-Bradford, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London-City, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Lourdes, Luanda, Luxor, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Machester, Marrakech,

Marsa Allam, Marseille, Mikonos, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Monastir, Monrovia, Montreal, Moscow Domodedovo, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Mumbai/Bombai, Munich, Nador, Nairobi, Naples, New York JFK, New York Newark, Newcastle, Nice, Nuremberg, Olbia, Oran, Oslo, Oujda, Palermo, Palma Mallorca, Paphos, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Patras Araxos, Philadelphia, Porto, Prague, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Riga, Rome – Fiumicino, Samos, Santorini, Sevilla, Sharm El Sheik, Sofia, Southampton, Split, Stockholm – Arlanda, Stockholm – Broma, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Toronto, Toulon, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Varadero, Varna, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Washington, Yaounde, Zagreb, Zakinthos Island, Zurich.

Liege Bierset Airport - www.liegeairport.com Located 41 km from Maastricht, The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 30 min. Estimated taxi fee € 85.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 95.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Alicante, Djerba, Enfidha, Las Palmas, Monastir, Pristina, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Tirana.

Düsseldorf International Airport - www.duesseldorf-international.de Located 116 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttles bus is approx. 1 hour and 10 min. Estimated taxi fee € 140.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 170.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Accra, Adana, Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antalya, Arrecife, Athens, Atlanta, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Belgrad, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Boa Vista, Budapest, Bukarest, Cairo, Cancun, Cape Town, Catania, Charlotte, Chennai/Madras, Chicago, Cleveland, Colombo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Delhi, Denver, Djerba, Dresden, Dubai, Dublin, Erbil, Faro, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gaziantep, Genf, Goteborg, Graz, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hurghada, Ibiza, Istanbul-Ataturk, Istanbul-Sab. Gokcen, Izmir, Jakarta, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, Karaganda, Kattowitz, Kayseri, Kiev, Kittila, Koh Samui, Krakau, Kuala Lumpur, La Romana, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Las Vegas, Leeds Bradford, Leipzig-Halle, Linz, London-City, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, London-Stansted, Los Angeles, Luxor, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Malaga, Male, Malta, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Mauritius, Miami, Minneapolis, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Montreal, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai/Bombay, Munich, Nashville, New York-Newark, Newcastle, Nice, Nuremberg, Orlando, Oslo, Mallorca, Paphos, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Beijing/Peking, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Podgorica, Prague, Pristina, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Riga, Sal, Salt Lake City, Salzburg, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santo Domingo, Sarajevo, Shanghai, Sharm El Sheik, Skopje, Sofia, Southampton, Las Palma, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sulaymania, Tampa, Teheran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Trabzon, Tripolis, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Varadero, Vienna, Venice, Warsaw, Westerland, Wroclaw, Zurich.

Charleroi Airport - www.charleroi-airport.com Located 117 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 1 hour and 20 min. Estimated taxi fee € 140,00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 170.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Agadir, Alghero, Alicante, Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Bratislava, Brindisi, Bucharest, Budapest, Cagliari, Carcasonne, Casablanca, Djerba, Dublin, Edinburgh, Faro, Fez, Figari, Girona, Glasgow Prestwick, Gran Canaria, Katowice, Lanzarote, Madrid, Malaga, Mallorca, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan Bergamo, Monastir, Montpellier, Murcia, Nador, Nimes, Oslo Rygge, Oujda, Perpignan, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Reus, Riga, Rome Ciampino, Santander, Shannon, Sofia, Stockholm Skavsta, Tangier, Tenerife south, Trapani, Trieste, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Warsaw, Venice Treviso, Wroclaw, Zaragoza.

Cologne - Bonn Airport - www.koeln-bonn-airport.de Located 118 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 1 hour and 11 min. Estimated taxi fee € 140.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 170.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Amsterdam, Ankara, Antalya, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bari, Belgrade, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bologna, Budapest, Bucharest, Cagliari, Cairo, Catania, Danzig, Djerba, Dresden, Friedrichshafen, Fuerteventura, Funchal/Madeira, Graz, Hamburg, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Istanbul, Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen, Izmir, Kattowitz, Kiev, Klagenfurt, Krakau, Las Palmas, Leipzig, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, London-Stansted, Luxor, Milan, Malaga, Mallorca, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Memmingen, Moscow, Munich, Nador, Napels, Nice, Nuremburg, Olbia/Sardinien, Palermo, Paris, Porto, Prague, Pristina, Rijeka, Rome, Rostock, Sarajevo, Salzburg, Sofia, Split, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Tanger, Teheran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Tunis, Venice -Treviso, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich.

Amsterdam – Schiphol International Airport - www.schiphol.nl Located 219 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 2 hours and 15 min. Estimated taxi fee € 275.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 325.00 for a maximum of 8 persons. Direct flights: Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Agadir, Aleppo, Alicante, Almaty, Amman, Ankara, Antalya, Aqaba, Aruba, Athens, Atlanta, Atyrau, Bahrain, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basel, Beijing/Peking, Belfast, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bonaire, Bordeaux, Boston, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Calgary, Cancun, Cape Town, Cardiff, Casablanca, Chengdu, Chicago, Clermont-Ferrand, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Curacao, Dallas Fort Worth, Damascus, Damman, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar-Bali, Detroit, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Entebbe/Kampala, Exeter, Faro, Florence, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Glasgow, Gothenborg, Guangzhou, Guayaquil, Hamburg, Hanover, Havana, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston, Humberside, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Islamabad, Istanbul, Izmir, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kano, Kathmandu, Kayseri, Khartoum, Kiev, Kilimanjaro, Kristiansand, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Leeds Bradford, Lima, Linkoping, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Luton, London Stansted, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Luxor, Lyon, Madrid,

Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Marseille, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Minneapolis/St Paul, Minsk, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Montpellier, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai/Bombay, Munich, Muscat, Nador, Nairobi, Nantes, Napels, Newcastle, New York, Nice, Norwich, Nottingham, Nuremberg, Orlando, Osaka, Oslo, Panama City, Paphos, Paramaribo, Paris, Philadelphia, Pisa, Portland, Porto, Prague, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Quito, Reykjavik, Riga, Rome, Rovaniemi, St Maarten, St Petersburg, Sal, San Francisco, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Sharm el Sheikh, Singapore, Sofia, Southampton, Stavanger, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Taba, Taipei, Tallinn, Tangier, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Tokyo, Toronto, Toulouse, Tripoli, Trondheim, Tunis, Turin, Uralsk, Valencia, Vancouver, Varadero, Venice, Verona, Vienna,

Warsaw, Washington, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zurich,

Frankfurt – International Airport - www.frankfurt-airport.com Located 282 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 2 hours and 36 min. Estimated taxi fee € 365.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 430.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Adana, Addis Ababa, ADJ, Agadir, Ahmedabad, Aleppo, Algiers, Alicante, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Anchorage, Ankara, Antalya, Antigua, Aruba, Ashgabat, Asmara, Astana, Athens, Atlanta, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bangalore, Bangkok, Barbados, Barcelona, Basle, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin-Schonefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Boa Vista, Bologna, Boston, Bourgas, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cagliari, Cairo, Calgary, Cancun, Cape Town, Caracas, Casablanca, Catania, Chania, Charlotte, Chennai, Chicago, Chisinau, Cluj Napoca, Cologne, Colombo, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dallas-Fort, Damascus, Dammam, Dehli, Denver, Detroit, Djerba, Doha, Dresden, Dubai, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Ekaterinburg, Fairbanks, Florence, Friedrichshafen, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Geneva, Goa, Gothenborg, Graz, Grenada, Guangzhou, Halifax, Hamburg, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Hanover, Havana, Helsinki, Heraklion, Ho Chi Minh City, Hof-Plauen, Holguin, Hong Kong, Housten, Hurghada, Hyderabad, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Islamabad, stanbul, Istanbul-S-Gokcen, Ivalo, Izmir, Jakarta, Jeddah, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, Kabul, Katowice, Kayseri, Kazan, Kerkyra, Khartoum, Kiev-Borispol, Kilimanjaro, Kolkata, Kos, Cracow, Kuala, Kuwait, La Palma, La Romana, Lagos, Lahore, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Libreville, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London-City, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Luxor, Lyon, Madeira, Madrid, Mage, Malabo, Malaga, Male, Malta, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Marseille, Mauritius, Medinah, Menorca, Mexico, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Montreal-Trudeau, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Muenster-Osnabrueck, Mumbai-Bombay, Munich, Muscat, Nador, Nagoya, Nanjing, Naples, Nassau, New York-JFK, New York-Newark, Nice, Nizhniy-Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Nuremberg, Orlando, Osaka, Olso, Ottawa, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris-Ch. De Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Perm, Philadelphia, Phuket, Podgorica, Ponta Delgada, Porlamar, Port Harcourt, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Pristina, Puerto Plata, Pune, Punta Cana, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Riga, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Rostock, Rostov, Rzeszow, St. Lucia, Sal, Salvador, Salzburg, Samana, Samara, San Francisco, San Jose, Sanaa, St. Petersburg, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Sao Paolo-Guarulhos, Sarajevo, Seattle, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-PuDong, Sharm El Sheik, Shenyang, Singapore, Sofia, Southampton, Split, Stavanger, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Taillinn, Tashkent, Tbilsi, Theran-ImamKhomeini, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-Sur Reina, Thessaloniki, Thira, Tirana, Tobago, Tokyo Narita, Toronto, Toulouse, Tripoli, Trondheim, Tunis, Turin, Tuzla, Vancouver, Varadero, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Washington, Whitehorse, Windhoek, Wroclaw, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Zaragoza, Zurich.

Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport - www.aeroportsdeparis.fr

Located 372 km from Maastricht. The transfer time by taxi or shuttle bus is approx. 3 hours and 23 min. Estimated taxi fee € 500.00 single trip for a maximum of 3 persons or a minivan for € 590.00 for a maximum of 8 persons.

Direct flights: Aalborg, Aberdeen, Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Al Dha, Addis Ababa, Agadir, Agen, Ajaccio, Algiers, Alicante, Amman, Amsterdam, Annaba, Annecy, Antalya, Antananarivo, Aqaba, Athens, Atlanta, Aurillac, Bahrain, Baku Heydar Aliy, Bamako, Bangalore, Bangkok intl., Bangui, Barcelona, Basle-Mulhouse, Bastia, Batna, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Bejaja, Belfast, Belfast-City Airport, Belgrade, Bergen, Bergerac, Berlin-Schoenefe, Berlin-Tegel, Berne, Biarritx, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Biskra, Boa Vista, Bogota, Bologna, Bordeaux, Boston, Brazzaville, Bremen, Brest, Bristol, Brive-La Gaillar, Brussel, Bucharest-Otopen, Budapest, Buenos Aires-Min, Burgos, Caen, Cairo, Calabar, Calvi, Cancun, Cap Skirring, caracas, Cardiff, Casablanca M.V., Castres-Mazamet, Cayenne, Chicago-O’hare I, Cincinnati, Clermont Ferrand, Cologne, Colombo, Conakry, Constantine, Copenhagen, Crok, Cotonou, Dakar, Dallas-FT Worth, Damascus, Dehli, Detroit-Worldgat, Djanet, Djreba, Djibouti, Doha, Douala, Dubai, Dublin, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Dzaoudzi, Edenburgh, Essaouira, Exeter, Fez, Figari, Florence, Fort de France, Frankfurt, Funchal, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hanoi, Hanover, Hassi Messaoud, Havana, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston Intercon, Hurghada, Islamabad, Istanbul, Istres, Jeddah, Jersey, Johannesburg, Kiev-Borispol, Kinshasa, Kishinev, Cracow, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Lannion, Larnaca, Le Puy, Leeds, Leipzig, Leon, Liberville, Lille, Limoges, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, Lome, London, London-City, London-Luton, London-Gatwick, Lodon-Heatrow, Lorient, Los Angeles, Loudes-Trabes, Luanda, Luxembourg, Luxor, Lyon, Madinah, Madrid, Mahe-Seychelles, Malabo, Malaga, Male, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marsa-Alam, Marseille, Mauritius, Metz-Nancy, Mexico-City, Miami, Milan, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Minsk, Mombasa, Monastir, Montpellier, Montreal, Montreal-Trudea, Mopti, Moroni Prin, Moscow Sheremety, Muenster, Basle-Mulhouse, Mumbai-Bombay, Munich, Nairobi, Nantes, Naples, Ndjamena, New York, New York-JFK, New York-Newark, Newcastle, Niamey, Nice, Nossi-Be, Nottingham East, Nouakchott, Noumea, Nuremberg, Oran, Osaka, Kansai Int., Oslo, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Ovda, Oviedo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Papeete-Tahiti, Paphos, Pau, Perigueux, Perpignan, Philadelphia, Phuket, Pisa, Pittsburg, Podgorcia, Pointe a Pitre, Pointe Noire, Port Harcourt, Porto, Prague, Prague, Praia, Puerto del Rasario, Punta Cana, Quimper, Rabat, Raggio Calabria, Rennes, Reykjavik, Rigam Rio de Janeiro Int., Riyada, Rodez, Rome, Rome-Campino, Rome-Fiumicino, Sal, Salamanca, Salt Lake City, Samana, San Francisco, San Salvador, Santiago, Santiago de Cuba, Sao Paolo Guarul, Seattle, Seoul Incheon, Setif, Sevilla, Shanghai Pu Dong, Shannon, Sharm El Sheik, Singapore, Sofia, Solenzara, Southampton, St. Denis-Reunion, St. Maarten, St. Petersburg, Stavanger, Santo Domingo, Stockholm Arland, Strasburg, Stuttgart, Taba, Taipei, Tamanrasset, Tangier, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Theran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife Sur Rei, Thessaloniki, Tlemcen, Tokyo, Tokyo Narita, Toronto Pearson, Toulon, Loulouse, Tozeur, Trieste, Tropoli, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid,Venice, Verona, Vienna, Vigo, Warsaw, Washington-Dulle, Yaounde Nsimalen, Yerevan Zagreb, Zaragoza, Zurich.

All flights and private taxis can be booked through the website of Maastricht Booking Service www.maastrichtbookingservice.nl. All taxi rates stated above are based on rate structure 2012 and applicable for 1 taxi – 3 or 4 persons, depending on the amount of luggage (the rate is not per person).

MAASTRICHT BOOKING SERVICE Hotel reservations Maastricht Booking Service is a subsidiary of MECC Maastricht and finds hotel accommodations in and around Maastricht. We have helped many organisations with both small and large events for years now. Thanks to our experience, we have outstanding knowledge of hotels and making hotel reservations. We book thousands of hotel rooms for conferences, fairs and other events year in, year out. At the lowest possible price too, of course. We know how important it is to you and your guests to stay in a hotel where you can relax and recharge, so our team members will take care of every detail of your reservation. Using our service gives you time to take care of other business.

IT'S FREE! » All services offered by Maastricht Booking Service are free. Unlike many other booking agents, we do not charge booking fees.

REASONABLE ROOM RATES» Thanks to the huge number of bookings that Maastricht Booking Service makes on an annual basis, we are able to negotiate very reasonable rates. This means you are guaranteed the best available room rate. PROFESSIONAL STAFF » Our experienced team will give you customised advice. We select and contract only those hotels that fit with your event. FULL INFORMATION PROVISION » Because we know the city of Maastricht inside and out and because we work closely with our partners in the transport, entertainment and gastronomy industries, we can provide you and your guests with all the information you need.

Would you like further information? www.maastrichtbookingservice.nl +31 (0)43 38 38 359

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Railway station Maastricht Randwyck is situated at 5 minutes walking distance from MECC Maastricht and is directly connected with the international railroad network and Maastricht Central Station. Maastricht Brussels Express Maastricht has excellent rail links with all major European cities. The Maastricht-Brussels Express is comfortable and fast! It takes you to the centre of Brussels in about an hour. Paris is less than three hours away (change trains for the Thalys) and you are in London in just over three hours (change trains for the Eurostar). The Maastricht Brussels Express departs every hour, twelve times a day during the week. (www.maastrichtbrusselexpress.nl) Fast Train / Eurostar From London you can book the train to Brussels (2 hours) (www.Eurostar.com). In Brussels you change trains to Liege – Maastricht. Total journey time is about 4 hours.

Thalys: From Paris you can travel to Brussels (1 hour 20 minutes) or to Liège (2 hrs 15 minutes). Information and reservations can be made at www.thalys.com or throughout Maastricht Booking Service.

Train connections to Maastricht (Central Station) Monday-Friday

Location Frequency (p. hour) Duration Change trains

Maastricht Aachen Airport (bus connection) 2x 0h 31 min 2 Meersen/Bunde / Bunde train to Maastricht

Maastricht Aachen Airport (bus connection) 1x 0h 33 min No

Eindhoven Airport 2x 1h 02 min No

Brussels Airport 1x 1h 46 min 1 Brussels North

Liege Bierset Airport 1x 0h 30 min No

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 59 min 2 Cologne/Liège

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 41 min 3 Central station Düsseldorf / Herzogenrath / Landgraaf

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 32 min 4 Central station Düsseldorf /Venlo/Roermond

Charleroi Airport 1x 1h 50 min 1 Liege

Cologne-Bonn Airport 1x 2h 42 min 2 Cologne C.S./Liège

Schiphol / Amsterdam 2x 2h 34 min 1 Utrecht

Frankfurt Airport 1x 3h 21 min 3 Cologne/Aachen/ Landgraaf

Frankfurt Airport 1x 3h 27 min 3 Cologne/Liège

Paris Charles de Gaulle 2x 3h-4h 1 Liège

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Train connections to Maastricht (Central Station) Saturday & Sunday

Location Frequency (p.hour) Duration Change trains

Maastricht Aachen Airport (bus connection) 1x 0h 31 min No

Eindhoven Airport 2x 1h 02 min No

Brussels Airport 1x 2h 00 min 2 Brussels North/Liège

Liege Bierset Airport 1x 0h 30 min No

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 59 min 2 Cologne/Liège

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 42 min 3 Central station Düsseldorf / Herzogenrath / Landgraaf

Düsseldorf Airport 1x 2h 32 min 4 Central station Düsseldorf /Viersen/Venlo/Roermond

Charleroi Airport 1x 2h 09 min 1 Liège

Cologne-Bonn Airport 1x 2h 36 min Cologne C.S./ Aachen/Landgraaf

Schiphol / Amsterdam 2x 2h 34 min 1 Utrecht

Frankfurt Airport 1x 3h 21 min 3 Cologne/Aachen/ Landgraaf

Frankfurt Airport 1x 3h 27 min 3 Cologne/Liège

Paris Charles de Gaulle 1x 3h 25 min 1 Liège

Paris Charles de Gaulle 1x 3h 25 min 2 Brussels Midi/Liège

Future Transportation Plans by train - Brussels Train station; a possible direct train connection towards Maastricht - Brussels International Airport; possible more international flights to and from. - Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport; direct train connection between Amsterdam Schiphol- Maastricht - Frankfurt Airport; a possible direct connection to the Netherlands.

Maastricht is situated adjacent to the A2 motorway, which connects the city to almost every European destination. A route planner on website: www.map24.com or www.routenet.nl Maastricht is situated at the motorway junction of the E25/A2 (Amsterdam-Brussels) and A79 (Liège-Aachen/Cologne). The Congress venue is situated directly off the European highway E25/A2. Take the Randwyck/ MECC/ AZM exit. The signs will direct you to the several parking areas. Place Duration Details Amsterdam (Schiphol ) 2 hours. Highway A2 Brussels (Zaventem ) 1 hour 15 min. Highway E25/A2 Brussels (Charleroi) 1 hour Highway E42/E40/E25/A2 Frankfurt (airport) 2 hours 30 min. Highway A57/A46/A44/A4/A76/A79/A2 Düsseldorf (airport) 1 hour Highway A57/A46/A44/A4/A76/A79/A2 Cologne (airport) 1 hour Highway A1/A4/A76/A79/A2 Eindhoven (airport) 1 hour Highway A2 Paris (Charles de Gaulle) 3 hours 30 min. A1/A2/A7/A15/A3/A25/A2 London (Heathrow) 6 hours In combination with a train

Accessibility By Car 17.

Accessibility Maastricht 18.

safe, healthy, sustainable and quick throughout Maastricht by original Dutch Bike! (from € 7,00 per day)

safe, cheap and quick throughout Maastricht by Public Bus Transportation!

safe, cheap and quick throughout Maastricht and The Netherlands by Public Train Transportation! (from € 2,75 per delegate, per single trip, 2012)