Parking
You can park you car at the ETpathfinder Facility (Duboisdomein 30), reachable via the Leidenlaan in Maastricht. There is an intercom at the barrier of the parking lot where you can inform the reception that you are visiting for the ETpathfinder workshop.
Please note that the parking lot is accessible from Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 20:00 and is inaccessible outside of these hours. Your car can remain on the parkinglot at all times.
Social Dinner:
Our Tuesday evening dinner will be hosted at Cafe de Zwaan on the Markt, Maastricht.
Cafe de Zwaan
Markt 68, 6211 CL Maastricht
In the registration form you can choose your preferences for the dinner. Our starter will be a shared mixed plate of tapas, no need to choose here.
After, you options are:
- Tapas boards to share, mixed meat and vega appetisers to start the dinner while having a drink
---------------------------------------- - Maastricht "Zoervleis", Local beef stew, apple compote, French fries
or - Salmon on the Grill, Vegetables, baked oven potato, dill creme fraiche
or - Ravioli of Spinach and Ricotta ( vega ), cherry tomatoes, rocket, Parmesan
------------------------------------------------ - Chocolate mousse, chococrumble
or - Apple Blueberry Crumble. vanilla ice cream
or - Coffee / Tea
Lunch:
Both Tuesday and Wednesday lunch will be served at the location of the workshop in Duboisdomein 30.
The lunch will consist of a variaty of baguettes and sandwiches and will include meat, vegetarian and vegan.
Public Transport:
Major providers are NS (long-distance trains) and Arriva (local trains and buses around Maastricht). You can use https://9292.nl to plan your journey across all providers.
You can buy train tickets at ticket machines on the platforms, or before your journey in he NS online portal. Keep this ticket with you (either digitally or printed) until after the end of your journey! At some stations (e.g. Amsterdam, Eindhoven), you need it to exit through the turnstiles.
On buses, you can purchase tickets from the driver. They will only accept debit/credit cards, no cash.
Most convenient, however, is to use your debit/credit card to check in. Simply tap it against the card reader on the platform or in the bus to start your journey. If the station has turnstiles, hold the card onto the small window. Once you arrive at your destination, tap the card again (inside the bus, on the platform, or again at the turnstiles) to check out.
- Some non-Dutch cards refuse to work, but just give it a try!
- You can go here https://zelfregelen.ovpay.nl/reisoverzicht to create a printed statement of your travels.
- Caution: if you travel to Maastricht Randwyck via Maastricht Centraal, you will be changing train providers from NS to Arriva. In this case, you have to check out at an NS card reader and then immediately back in at an Arriva card reader. They are located right next to each other on the platforms.
International
- Train from an airport in Belgium; https://www.b-europe.com/EN or https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Train from an airport in Germany; https://int.bahn.de/en
- In case you need to travel across borders & train providers, a service such as https://www.thetrainline.com works well. For a small surcharge, they will provide you with all necessary tickets in one go.
- Long-distance busses; https://global.flixbus.com
Where to stay
During your stay in Maastricht, we kindly ask you to arrange your own accommodation. To help you get the most out of your stay, here are some suggestions:
Staying in the city center?
Hotels near the central station in the Wyck district are ideal. You can explore an overview of all hotels in Google map. We recommend the following options, but there are many choices in all price ranges:
- Amarath Grand Hotel (with parking)
- Townhouse Design Hotel
- The Dutch
- Design Hotel Maastricht
- Crown Plaza (with parking)
Staying near the university (ET-Pathfinder)?
For those looking for accommodation close to the Maastricht University on Duboisdomein 30, there are hotel options in the Randwyck area. While this area offers fewer options, it does offer convenient access to both the city center and the train station. The hotels in this area offer budget-friendly parking solutions. We recommend the following hotel in the area:
