Michel GEVERS
Room a 118 (1st Floor), EULER Building
Parking lot P13
Department of Mathematical Engineering
Université Catholique de Louvain
Avenue Georges Lemaître, 4
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Detailed map of Louvain-la-Neuve (in pdf)
Walking from the train station to the Euler Building (in pdf)
By car. If you arrive by car, take the exit number 8A on the Brussels-Namur-Luxembourg Motorway (E411), then follow the directions "Louvain-la-Neuve Sud", "Biéreau" or "Bruyères". Leave your car in one of the (free) parking lots. Parking lot P13 is the closest to the EULER Building (location D9 on the detailed map of Louvain-la-Neuve). I strongly suggest that you park on P13 since finding your way to the EULER Building from other parking lots may be harder than you think.
By train. Louvain-la-Neuve has its own train station (location D6 on the detailed map). There are three main train stations in Brussels: Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles-Central, and Bruxelles-Midi (also called Brussel-Zuid). There are trains from Brussels to Louvain-la-Neuve every half hour and the journey takes between 30' and 60' depending on which station you depart from (the order is as follows: Bruxelles-Midi, Bruxelles-Central, Bruxelles-Nord, Ottignies, Louvain-la-Neuve). Timetables are available from Timetables of the Belgian Railways. When buying a ticket or checking for connections, please indicate "Louvain-la-Neuve". Simply indicating "Louvain" may take you to the Flemish city of Leuven which is 30 km away fom Louvain-la-Neuve! The EULER Building is a less-than-ten minutes walk from the train station in Louvain-la-Neuve. For finding your way from the train station to the EULER Building, I strongly suggest that you download and print the detailed map of Louvain-la-Neuve or the map with the recommended path. You may also print and follow the directions below:
From the train station walk up the street ("rue des Wallons") all the way through "Place des Wallons", "Place Galilée" and "Place des Sciences" (a place with a wooden floor). From the "Place des Sciences", follow the indications for "Sainte Barbe". Walk through the building "Sainte-Barbe" and exit on the other side of the building. You are on the "Place Sainte Barbe". From there, walk in the direction of the building "Maxwell" and just before entering the building "Maxwell", turn left, walk 50 m, enter the parking on your right and go up the stairs. You now see the "Euler" Building on your right.
By plane.
Brussels National Airport. The main airport close to Louvain-la-Neuve
is the national airport:
Brussels National Airport at Zaventem (BRU). From the airport you can take
a taxi directly to Louvain-la-Neuve (about 60 Euros). For more information, call the
Artgens, Taxi and limousines services Company, tel.: +32 10 452222 or +32 496 262222. They
know Louvain-la-Neuve quite well). The airport is also connected by train to
the train station "Bruxelles-Nord" in Brussels. There are regular
connections and the journey takes about 30'. From "Bruxelles-Nord",
you can then take a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (see above).
Charleroi Brussels-South Airport. There is also a much smaller airport
(mostly operated by Ryanair) on the South of Brussels: Brussels- South Airport at Charleroi-Gosselies
(CRL). From the this airport, there is a bus service to the railway station of Charleroi (Charleroi-Sud), where
you can take a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (via Ottignies). The journey lasts
for a little more than an hour.
Le Relais (about
50 EUR/night, university owned, for short stays, very convenient, located next
to the center and to the train station, location D6 on the map)
Rue de la Gare, 6
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel : 32 10 48 65 65
Fax : 32 10 48 65 50
Hotel Mercure (about 75 EUR/night, three stars, for short stays, 15
minutes walk from the center of Louvain-le-Neuve, location B4 on the map)
Boulevard de Lauzelle, 61
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel : 32 10 45 07 51
Fax : 32 10 48 09 11
Service des logements de l'UCL
(university information office for long stays, mostly for students)
Place polyvalente, 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel : 32 10 47 22 92
Fax : 32 10 47 20 39
Inforville Louvain-la-Neuve (information
office for rental of flats, appartments and houses)
Galerie des Halles
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel: 32 10 47 47 47
Fax : 32 10 47 35 31