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Airport transfer service

MCE offers you the possibility to reserve your personal pick-up service at the price of a normal taxi. If you reserve this service now, your driver will be waiting for you upon your arrival at Brussels Zaventem airport. The fare from the airport to your hotel in Brussels Hotel or to MCE is EUR 45. Fares are payable directly to your driver (credit cards accepted).

All you need to do to make your reservation is to fill out and submit the Airport Collection Service booking form, latest one working day before your pick-up date. A confirmation will be sent to you as soon as your booking has been processed.

Map of MCE:
To access a map of the venue, please click HERE

Driving Directions:

Coming from France

• E19 - PARIS => MONS => BRUSSELS
• Take exit Brussels (Anderlecht).
• Headway direction Brussels-Centre.
• Once you reach the Brussels Inner Ring at the Boulevard Poincare or at the Avenue de la Porte de Hal / Hallepoortlaan, turn right and continue straight ahead.
• Follow direction Tunnel and exit at La Cambre / Ter Kameren. On ground level, at the Place Louise / Louizaplein, turn to your right onto the Avenue Louise / Louizalaan.
• After the second set of traffic lights, turn right onto the Rue du Châtelain / Kasteleinsstraat. MCE is located in the third street to the left.

Coming from Germany

• E40 - KÖLN/LIÈGE => BRUSSELS
• Leave the motorway following the indications Communauté Européene / Europese Gemeenschap.
• You will end up on the Avenue de Cortenbergh / Kortenberglaan leading to a round-about (next to the European Berlaymont Building), where you take the second street to your right (Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat).
• Follow the right hand lane next to the Inner Ring until Place Louise / Louizaplein. Turn left onto the Avenue Louise / Louizalaan. After the second set of traffic lights, turn right onto the Rue du Châtelain / Kasteleinsstraat. MCE is located in the third street to the left.

Coming from the Netherlands

• E19 - BREDA => ANTWERPEN => BRUSSELS
• From the Outer Ring, follow direction E40 LUIK/LIÈGE, NAMEN/NAMUR
• Leave the motorway following the indications Communauté Européene / Europese Gemeenschap.
• You will end up on the Avenue de Cortenbergh / Kortenberglaan leading to a round-about (next to the European Berlaymont Building), where you take the second street to your right (Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat).
• Exit to your right and join the road on the right-hand side that runs parallel to the Inner Ring until you get to the Place Louise / Louizaplein. Turn left onto the Avenue Louise / Louizalaan. After the second set of traffic lights, turn right onto the Rue du Châtelain / Kasteleinsstraat. MCE is located in the third street to the left.

Coming from the UK

• E40/E17 - OOSTENDE/LILLE => GENT => BRUSSELS
• Take Exit 21: Koekelberg.
• Follow direction Brussels-Centre (along the Avenue Charles-Quint / Keizer Karellaan).
• At Koekelberg church, join the Brussels Inner Ring (tunnel).
• Continue and take exit La Cambre / Ter Kameren within one of the tunnels.
• After leaving this tunnel, take immediately the first exit to the right to join the right hand lane of the Avenue Louise / Louizalaan.
• After the second set of traffic lights, turn right onto the Rue du Châtelain / Kasteleinsstraat. MCE is located in the third street to the left.

Parking at MCE:
Limited parking is available at the back of the MCE building at n°15 rue Armand Campenhout.
Please contact MCE directly at least one week in advance to reserve your parking space.

By Plain – Zaventem International Airport
http://www.brusselsairport.be
Brussels International Airport is at Zaventem, 14 km from the city centre.
From the airport, you can either take a taxi or public transport (bus or train) to the city center.
The “Airport City Express” links airport to Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels South railway stations 4x/hour from 6:00 to 24:00. The Airport railway station is on Level -1 in the terminal.

By Plain – Brussels-South Charleroi airport
Situated to the south of Brussels, approximately 60 km away, you have Brussels-South Charleroi airport. It mainly houses low-cost airlines (http://www.charleroi-airport.com/).

How to get from Charleroi Airport to Brussels :
1) Public Transport
A bus links Charleroi Brussels-South and the Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels more than 20 times a day.
The timetables are organised to coincide with Ryanair airline flights.

· Charleroi to Brussels: shuttle departs 30 minutes after the Ryanair airline flight arrives at the airport.
One-way ticket fare: 10.00 € (tickets are sold inside the shuttle).

· Brussels to Charleroi: The shuttle departure point is situated at the junction of rue de France and rue de l'Instruction (follow "Thalys" exit at the Gare du Midi station).

2) Charleroi transfer
Charleroi Airport's convenient, door-to-door airport transfer service operating between Brussels and Charleroi Airport! Price 10 EUR per person!
http://www.charleroitransfer.com/

3) By taxi
The set price linking Brussels to Charleroi airport is 85.00 €

By Train
Stations: Brussels Midi/Zuid or Brussels Central
Timetables & reservations: http://www.b-rail.be

From these stations to MCE, it takes about 15 min. by taxi or 20 min. by public transport.

From Brussels Central Station
Take bus no. 38 (estimated time 30 min ) and ask the driver to stop at "rue Van Eyck".
From there, cross "Chaussée de Vleurgat" and take "rue Amécaine". You will get to a square surrounded by trees that is called Place Alb. Leemans. From that square, MCE is within walking distance, first street to the left from "Rue Washington" (estimated time 5min)

From Brussels Midi / Zuid
Take metro line 2, direction Simonis, and stop at the 3rd metro-station "Louiza". From here you can take tram 94 (direction "Hermann-Debroux") and get off at the 3rd stop - Av. Louize / Rue du Chatelain. From here you can walk to the MCE building.

From Brussels Midi, you can also take tram line 81, direction "Montgomery" (estimated time 20 minutes ). Get off at la Trinité. From here you can walk to the MCE building.

See Brussels metro map for directions.

Friday, May 8th - Buses will be available to take conference participants from the Congress Centre MCE to Zaventem Airport, Brussels.

Anyone planning to use the airport departure transfer service will need to bring their luggage to the congress centre for the start of Friday’s sessions. All luggages should be stored in the luggage area on level 0. Please allow additional time before sessions for luggage to be stored.

Anyone wanting to return to the airport on any other day will need to use public transport or travel by taxi. For further information, ask at the Conference Welcome Desk.

It is possible to hail a taxi in the street but you will also find special taxi ranks at the train station and throughout the city. Alternatively, order a taxi by telephone. Fares are calculated on a basic rate plus a fixed rate for each kilometer traveled (see details below).
Average fare Airport – City-centre is €33,50.

Three elements make up the price of a taxi ride::

• the price per km (1,23 € or 2,46 € depending on whether the journey is inside or outside the 19 districts of Brussels);
• fixed charge: 2,40 € (4,40 € at night) ;
• the waiting time: 23,00 € per hour; certain companies charge reduced fares for journeys to the airport.

Tips and service are included in the price of the journey as shown on the meter, but a small extra tip is always well-received. For all complaints, first of all note the registration number of the taxi, its make and colour.

Brussels Taxi Companies:

• Autolux : Tel. (0)2 411 12 21
• Taxis Bleus : Tel. (0)2 268 00 00
• Taxis Verts : Tel. (0)2 349 44 55