________________DIRECTIONS TO VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT________________
How to reach the Vrije Universiteit
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From the airport
At the airport follow signs to 'trains', buy a ticket in one of the
yellow machines or at the ticket counter and take from platform 1 or 2
a train to Amsterdam Zuid/WTC (do not take trains to Amsterdam
Central Station). Trains run about every 10-15 minutes.
From the station Amsterdam Zuid WTC you can walk (about 5 minutes)
or take tram 5/51 in direction Amstelveen till next stop VU/Boelelaan.
- Walking from Amsterdam Zuid/WTC
Walk over the platform to the open end (westside, direction VU/Parnassusweg;
this is away from the central hall), go down the stairs and turn left
(this is the Buitenveldertselaan; note that work is going on, cross the
street and continue on other side). After passing a gas station you are
at the crossing with the Boelelaan.
Continue along the Buitenveldertselaan till the end of the
tramstop (VU/Boelelaan). Turn right onto the VU Campus, follow the
bike/foothpath rounding a pond. The building on your left is the Physics
Building with entrance 1081 (in evening you have to use 1085).
In the building the corridors are labeled with letters. For instance
the secretariat of Theoretical Physics is in Rm T2.24 (second floor,
corridor T). Rm T248 can be reached most easily from entrances 1081
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Coming from downtown
Take tram 5 in direction Amstelveen (running from Central Station via
Leidseplein, Rijksmuseum, Station Amsterdam Zuid/WTC to VU and Amstelveen)
or the metro 51 in direction Poortwachter (running from Central Station
to Station Amstel underground and then aboveground via Stations RAI and
Zuid/WTC to the VU and Amstelveen). For both trams the stop is
VU/Boelelaan (next after Zuid/WTC). The fare from downtown is three
stripes on a strippenkaart. Leave tram platform at the 'Amstelveen end',
cross the street and continue as under 'walking' above.
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Coming from direction Utrecht by train
There are direct trains to Amsterdam Zuid/WTC (direction Schiphol)
From Zuid/WTC take tram 5/51 to Amstelveen or walk (see above).
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Coming from direction Leiden/the Hague/Rotterdam/Brussels/Paris by train
After possibly switching trains at Schiphol Airport (e.g. when travelling
Thalys from Brussels), take train to Amsterdam Zuid/WTC and from
station take tram 5/51 to Amstelveen or walk (see above)
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Coming from direction the Amersfoort/Groningen/Enschede/Berlin by train
If your train is scheduled for Central Station, switch trains in
Amersfoort and continue to Amsterdam Zuid/WTC (trains in direction Schiphol)
and from station take tram 5/51 to Amstelveen or walk (see above)
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