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Venue Location

BruCON is held at the Surf House in Evere. It's ideally located between Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) and Brussels North Railway Station.

The Surf House features a big auditorium, a lounge and several modular workshop rooms. In the auditorium, there are five huge screens to provide a panoramic view of the message you wish to convey. This area is perfect for holding presentations as the high-tech apparatus is a boon for efficient and professional communicating. In the lounge you can relax yourself in between the presentations and workshops and join us at the party on Saturday evening.

The location is easy to reach by train, bus, car or taxi. See below for more information.:

The Surf House
Rue Stroobants 51
B - 1140 Evere
Tel : +32 (0)2 243 03 85
http://www.surfhouse.be/
Surfhouse on Google Maps

Transportation

By car

There's limited (guarded) parking space at the venue, but you should be able to park your car near the venue. If you got a GPS, this is the address you have to put in:

Rue Stroobants 51 , Evere (1140), Belgium.

Here's the link on google maps.

By taxi

Taxis Bleus: +32 2 349 49 49 - taxi verts

Autolux: +32 2 5 123 123 - taxis autolux

Unitax: + 32 725 25 25 - unitax

Find out Taxi prices on http://www.taxiprices.com/europe/brussels-belgium.html

By bus

If you want to use public transportation in and around Brussels, check the stib/mivb site or Google Maps/Transit.
Here is the public transportation map (pdf 1.7Mb)
To reach the venue by bus:

• line 59 (from Flagey/Maalbeek/St-Josse (behind Madou)) direction Bordet station, stop at Carli
• line 69 (from Schaerbeek railstation) direction Jules Bordet, stop at Carli but if you're at the Station it's a five minutes walk anyway.

Schaerbeek Station can itself be reached by much more bus lines and trains of course. Check the pdf map mentioned above or try the auto-planner of the stib/mivb

By train

You can check train schedules to Brussels here. Once in Brussels you can take a secondary train to the Schaarbeek Station (schedule on same link but domestic). From the Schaarbeek station, it's a five minute walk to the surfhouse

By plane

Our Nation Airport is located near Brussels at Zaventem and very close to the Surf House, check http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/

Note that when you book your airplane tickets you head for Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) and not for Brussels North, which is in Antwerp, or for Brussels South ,which is in Chaleroi.

Airplane tickets are at an all time low. Check http://www.checkfelix.com or http://www.expedia.com to find the cheapest flight.

From the airport you can take a taxi, bus or train to the center of Brussels or straight to the venue in Evere.

Taxi: They are lined up just outside of the arrival hall of the airport but be careful they're quite costly (~20€ to go to center, up to 40€ if night) and not the best option if you arrive during peak hours.

Bus: The bus station is located on level 0 (1 level lower than the arrival hall), take bus number 471 on platform A. It goes straight to the center of Brussels.

Train: The train station is located on level -1 (2 levels lower than the arrival hall). Probably the best option if you want to go to the center.

By Space Craft

Check the schedules at ISS. Ask for Frank.

Accommodation

If you are looking for other accommodation, please have a look below.

A booking agency has offered a deal on the following hotels. Visit http://www.resotel.be/brucon for more information.

List of hotels, hostels and other accommodation opportunities

• Hotel Ibis Brussels Centre Gare Midi - From 74.00 EUR
• Hotel Ibis Brussels off Grand Place - From 79.00 EUR
• Hotel Novotel Brussels off Grand'Place - From 105.00 EUR
• Mercure Brussels Airport - From 85.00 EUR for a single
• Multiple cheap youth hostels, prices and quality differs: - From 20 EUR

Hotel Search engine

Alternatively, you can use this search engine to find great hotels in Brussels: http://www.hotelscombined.com

Some hotel prices start from 39 euro

BruCON attendees can get a 10% rebate on this as well. Check http://www.hotelscombined.com/Conference_Support

Please add your suggestions