Ghent is centrally located in Flanders, Belgium and easily accessible by air, by train and by car.

By air

Belgium’s International Airport is situated in Brussels-Zaventem, only 45 minutes away from Ghent and has flights from over 80 destinations, operated by more than 140 international and regional airline companies. For Europe, low price airlines are SN Brussels and Virgin Express. Brussels-Charleroi is another Belgian Airport serving several European destinations through Ryan Air. Both airports have easy and direct train connections to Ghent (Sint-Pieters) via Brussels Midi Station.


Get up to 20% discount with the Star Alliance network

The Star Alliance™ member airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for Resuscitation 2008

Simply call the reservation office of any participating Star Alliance member airline and quote the event code SK410S8. Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event are automatically granted a discount of up to 20%, depending on the class of travel.

Participating airlines for this event are: Air Canada, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS International AirLines, Scandinavian Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, TAP Portugal, United.


Booking office information can be found at:
www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus

Discounts are offered on published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.

Please note: For travel from Japan and New Zealand, special fares or discounts are offered by the participating airlines on their own network.


By train

Thanks to its central location in Flanders, Belgium, and just half an hour away from Brussels Midi Station, Ghent (Sint-Pieters) is very accessible by train from all Belgian and European cities. The high speed trains, Eurostar and Thalys, take you to Ghent in only 2 hours from Paris and in about 3 hours from London, Amsterdam and Cologne.

How to get from the airport to Gent

The most convenient way to travel from Brussels airport to Gent is by train. Gent has 2 train stations the one you need is Gent Sint-Pieters.The train station is located below the terminal on level -1.The travel times are given below for trains on Wednesday and Thursday:

First train is at 5.36 a.m. The last train leaves Brussels airport at 00.26 a.m.

There are direct trains but some require you change stations at Brussels North.

For more information visit the websites:
www.brusselsairport.be
www.b-rail.be   (train)

How to get from the train station to the International Convention Center
A map is given below, the train station and the International Convention Centre (ICC) are indicated.

By car

Ghent is centrally located at the intersection of 2 major European highways: the E-17 connecting Northern Europe with the Southern countries, and the E-40 going from the North Sea and the United Kingdom via the channel tunnel up to Eastern Europe.

Some distances

Destination

Antwerp              55km

Bruges                55km

Brussels Centre    55km

Ostend                65km

Paris                   300 km

Colonge               240km

Amsterdam          210km

Luxemburg           270 km