Contacting the Institute

Offices:

Pleinlaan 5, 1st floor
B-1050 Brussel

Tel: +32 2 6148001
Fax: +32 2 6148010
Email: ies@vub.ac.be

Address for correspondence:

Institute for European Studies (IES)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel

Directions

By Car

Google maps: http://www.ies.be/directions/

Public Transport:

By train
It is at 5 minutes walking distance of railway station “Etterbeek”, which has a good connection with the 3 main railway stations of Brussels (Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles-Central and Bruxelles-Midi) and with the railway stations Bruxelles-Schuman and Bruxelles-Luxembourg.
For timetables of trains, see the website of the NMBS/SNCB http://www.b-rail.be/main/index.html.

By tram
Tramline 7,  stop off railway station “Etterbeek” on the Generaal Jacqueslaan (Boulevard Général Jacques).

By bus
Busses 95 and 96 have a stop called "Station Etterbeek", which is at the crossing of the Kroonlaan (Avenue de la Couronne) and the Generaal Jacqueslaan.

By metro
The metro stations closest to the IES are “Delta” and Petillon, both on line 5 "Erasmus-Herman-Debroux", at about 10 minutes walking distance.

For timetables of trams, busses and metros, see the website of the STIB/MIVB http://www.stib.irisnet.be/.

The IES is situated next to the VUB campus. The offices are opposite of the VUB campus, next to the Citibank building. For more information on how to reach the VUB campus, see the website of the VUB http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html.