Welcome to Ghent! This lovely city sits in the heart of Flanders, surrounded by rivers and canals, and features a lively historic center. It’s well-connected to the rest of Belgium and by extension, Europe.
Venue
ESCAN 2024 will take place at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of Ghent University. The Faculty is located at the Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent.
The lectures are scheduled across different lecture halls. Keynote Lectures will be held on the second floor in Auditorium 2. Symposia, workshops, and oral talks will take place in Auditorium 1 and 4 (on the ground floor), Leslokaal 1.2 and 1.3 (on the first floor), and Leslokaal 3.2 and 3.3 (on the third floor). Look for signs within the building to easily navigate to the appropriate lecture halls.
Getting to the venue
The faculty has good connectivity through various public transport options. Depending on the location of your accommodation, it is also possible to walk to the venue from the city center. Ghent is also renowned for its cycling culture. Bike rental services (for a day or a week) are located at the main station “Gent Sint-Pieters”. For more details on bike rentals, click here.
An easily accessible tram stop, “Bernard Spaelaan”, is just an 8-minute walk away from the faculty and links to diverse destinations in the city center as well as the Gent Sint-Pieters train station. Additionally, several bus stops are conveniently located near the faculty. To plan your route from your accommodation, click here.
If you are staying outside of Ghent, you can easily reach Ghent by train and take the tram from the train station or walk (it only takes 25 minutes). For more information on the trains and to plan your route, click here.
Travel to Ghent
We strongly encourage participants to choose sustainable travel options when journeying to Ghent. Ghent is only a short train ride away from the international station of Brussels Midi/Zuid. From there, you have direct connections to various European destinations including London, several cities in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxemburg. Additionally, there’s even a night train to Vienna and Berlin.
For those arriving by plane, the primary airport in Belgium is Brussels Airport Zaventem (not to be confused with Brussels South Charleroi Airport, which is about 50 km away from Brussels). You can take a direct train from there, reaching Gent Sint-Pieters station within the hour.
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