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Location By train from Schiphol Airport to Groningen (ca. 2.5 hours) By train from Utrecht to Groningen (ca. 2 hours) By train from Köln to Groningen (ca. 4 hours) From the Groningen central railway station to the KVI By car Address
LocationThe KVI is situated in the northern part of Groningen at the 'Zernike complex', which accommodates a number of faculties of the University of Groningen (natural, management and economic sciences), the 'Hanzehogeschool' (the Groningen college of advanced higher education), IT and sports centres as well as the 'Zernikepark' industrial estate. You may want to look at a city map of Groningen. By train from Schiphol Airport to Groningen (ca. 2.5 hours)Through-trains leave every hour at xx:21 arriving in Groningen at (xx+2):55. In between there are trains leaving at xx:51 (direction 'Enschede'), which you have to leave in Amersfoort at (xx+1):33 to change to the train to Groningen, arriving there at (xx+3):15. On working days the first train leaves at 5:51, on Saturdays at 5:00 (with changes at Utrecht CS and Amersfoort, arriving in Groningen at 8:55) and on Sundays at 7:10 (with changes at Duivendrecht, Utrecht CS, Amersfoort and Zwolle, arriving in Groningen at 9:55). The last train leaves on working days at 23:10 (arriving in Groningen at 2:00), while on Saturdays and Sundays the last train leaves at 23:10 (with changes at Duivendrecht, Utrecht CS and Amersfoort, arriving in Groningen at 2:00). Make sure you are in the front part of the train, because in Zwolle (1 hour before arrival in Groningen) the train is divided, the front part going to Groningen, the rear part to Leeuwarden. Please note the signs on the trains and at the notice boards at the platform! By train from Utrecht to Groningen (ca. 2 hours)Through-trains leave every hour at xx:22, arriving in Groningen at (xx+2):15. In between there are trains leaving at xx:53 (direction 'Enschede'), which you have to leave in Amersfoort (at (xx+1):07) to change to the train to Groningen, arriving there at (xx+2):55. Make sure you are in the front part of the train, because in Zwolle (1 hour before arrival in Groningen) the train is divided, the front part going to Groningen, the rear part to Leeuwarden. Please note the signs on the trains and at the notice boards at the platform! By train from Köln to Groningen (ca. 4 hours)First take the Euro City train direction 'Amsterdam' until Arnhem, leaving from Köln at 8:18, 10:18, 12:18, 14:18, 16:18 and 18:18 and arriving at Arnhem a little less than 2 hours later. From Arnhem take the train to Zwolle, leaving Arnhem at xx.11 and arriving at Zwolle after a ride of 1 hour. From Zwolle take the train to Groningen, leaving Zwolle at xx:17 and arriving in Groningen at (xx+1):15 (fast train). From the Groningen central railway station to the KVIIf you arrive by train at the Groningen central station, you can take a taxi to the KVI (for ca. € 12; the cheaper ‘train taxis’ are not available anymore!) or take bus nr. 11 or 15 to 'Zernike'. During rush-hours both line 11 and 15 have a 10-minute schedule, resulting in a bus leaving for ‘Zernike’ approximately every 5 minutes. Line 15 is only available during working days. On Saturday line 11 has a 15- or 30-minute schedule, depending on the time of day, while on Sunday it leaves every 30 minutes all day. We have to warn you that during week-days the buses to ‘Zernike’ are regularly very crowded with students! It will take you approximately 20 minutes to walk from the stop ‘Zernike’ to the KVI. By carIf you come from the south (direction Zwolle, Assen) drive to the end of the Highway (A28). At the first traffic lights turn left and following the signs 'Zuidhorn, Bedum'. After approximately 200 m take the first exit, again following the signs 'Zuidhorn, Bedum'. Turning right at the roundabout you will find yourself on the western ring road around Groningen, which you follow for about 3 km. along several traffic lights. Keep right and when the freeway is split in a left part to 'Zuidhorn' and a right one to 'Bedum' you take the latter one. Immediately after having entered the northern ringway you take off after ca. 300 m (small sign 'Crematorium'). At the end of the exit turn left and pass underneath the highway. After another 100 m you enter the 'Zernike complex'. Follow the signs 'Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut', roughly another 1.5 km to the north. The KVI is the building next to the modern windmill which you can see from far away. If you come by car from any other direction, enter the ring road around Groningen and drive to the north-western sector, where you take off following the sign 'Crematorium'. Further follow to the instructions above. Last modified on 4 March 2005 by Marjan Koopmans
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