Venue and accomodation

Venue

The 5^th Symposium on Acoustic Metamaterials will be held in KU Leuven, at the Maria Theresiacollege.

Exact address to the venue: Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

How to reach Leuven

We strongly recommend to check the timetables before your arrival, since some services might not be available if you arrive in the late evening or early in the morning.

(1) If you arrive in Belgium by international train

• Arrival in Bruxelles Midi (Brussel Zuid) train station
  From there you can take a national train to Leuven:
  >5 trains/hour, one-way ticket costs 13.5€, around 30mins to reach Leuven.
• Arrival in Liège-Guillemins train station
  From there you can take a national train to Leuven:
  1 or 2 trains/hour, one-way ticket costs 6.7€, around 30mins to reach Leuven.

To travel from abroad visit: www.b-europe.be
To travel within Belgium visit: www.belgiantrain.be

(2) If you arrive in Belgium by plane

• Arrival in Brussels Airport
  From there you can take a national train to Leuven:
  1 or 2 trains/hour (more connections with a change), one-way ticket costs 11.5€, around 15mins to reach Leuven.
• Arrival in Brussels South Charleroi Airport
  - Trip 1. From there you can take the TEC A2 bus to Fleurus train station and from Fleurus train station a train to Leuven:
  1 connection/hour, one-way total cost 16.2€, around 1h 30mins to reach Leuven.
  - Trip 2. From there you can take the Flibco bus to Bruxelles Midi train station and from Bruxelles Midi train station a train to Leuven:
  3 connection/hour, one-way total cost 22.6€, around 1h 45mins to reach Leuven.

Brussels Airport: www.brusselsairport.be
Brussels South Charleroi Airport: www.brussels-charleroi-airport.com
To book tickets: www.belgiantrain.be

(3) Leuven train station to KU Leuven venue

By foot (less than 20 mins on an easy road)
By taxi (less than 5 mins)

Nearby accomodation

Prices are for the period 14-18 April 2026 (4 nights) and based on the info in mid-November 2025.

• B&B Daya, ~510€
• B&B Lodging at 8, ~520€
• Getaway Studios Leuven, ~500€
• Hotel Industrie, ~370€
• Hotel Ladeuze, ~415€
• Hotel La Royale, ~340€
• Hotel Mille Colonnes, ~320€
• Ibis budget Leuven Centrum, ~300€
• Ibis Leuven Centrum, ~460€
• Novotel Leuven Centrum, ~585€
• Park Inn by Radisson, ~550€
• Pentehotel Leuven, ~750€