Logistics

The school will take place at ASTRON in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands. www.astron.nl
Dwingeloo is in the north-east of the Netherlands, and can be reached in about 20 minutes by either private car or taxi from Hoogeveen railway station.

 

For route to ASTRON, please look at this page.

 

For a train schedule, please look at the website http://www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home.

 

Hotel reservation:
The participants will be accommodated at Fletcher hotel de Borken (http://www.hoteldeborken.nl) in the nearby town of Dwingeloo. This hotel is 1.5 km from ASTRON.
Participants are requested to make their own hotel room reservation. To do so, you can send an email to info@hoteldeborken.nl, mentioning the code "Lofar/GFC1201". The price of a room is 67,50 euros including breakfast.

 

On Sunday 16 September we will arrange shuttle buses from Hoogeveen to Fletcher Hotel de Borken and on Friday 21 September we will arrange buses from ASTRON/Hotel de Borken to the railway station in Hoogeveen.

 

The shuttle bus on Sunday will depart from Hoogeveen railway station at
15:00 / 17:00 / 18:30.
Please
inform us about the arrival time in Hoogeveen.

 

Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday 16 September and leave on Friday 21 September. We will provide bikes to allow you to reach ASTRON from the hotel. Directions to the host institutes are reported in the map below. Alternative transportation (at your own costs) will be made available for those people unable to cycle and/or walk. In this case, please let us know by contacting us at lofarschool@astron.nl.

 

Below route from (A) Fletcher Landhotel De Borken, Lhee 76, Dwingeloo
to (B) ASTRON/JIVE, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, Dwingeloo


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Route to the BosPub

 

Link here.

 


E-mail: lofarschool@astron.nl