Getting to ESTEC
ESTEC is located at the southern tip of Noordwijk.
Address Details:
Address: Keplerlaan 1
Postal Code: 2201 AZ
City: Noordwijk ZH
By car
From Den Haag (The Hague): take the A4 (direction Amsterdam) and exit at “Leiden”. Follow the N206 towards Katwijk and Haarlem. Take the exit “Katwijk Noord”. From there follow signs to “ESTEC” (small white squares).
From Amsterdam: take the A4 (direction Den Haag-Rotterdam) then at the junction follow the A44. Take the exit “Noordwijk-Voorhout”, continue to Noordwijk and from there, follow signs to “ESTEC”.
By plane
From Schiphol airport, either take a taxi to ESTEC (25 min), or a train to Leiden (13 min) and then the number 33 bus (see bus information below) (25 min.). By rental car, follow the “By car” instructions as above from Amsterdam.
Information on Schiphol airport can be found at: www.schiphol.nl. Train connections from Schiphol Airport can also be found on the same website.
By train – bus – taxi
TRAIN
Please note that the nearest railway station to ESTEC is Leiden Centraal and the Amsterdam Airport railway station is called Schiphol (http://www.ns.nl/)
Train Schipol airport<-> Leiden: 5.60 EUR
Tickets to be purchased at automated machines. Time of travel: approx. 13 minutes.
BUS
Public bus route (website www.9292.nl/en) costs approx 4 EUR between Leiden Train Station <-> ESA/ESTEC
Fare to be paid with small change to the driver. Time of travel: approx. 25 minutes.
TAXI
Taxi route “reserved in advance with our agreed taxi company BROUWER is 19 EUR between Leiden Train Station <-> ESA/ESTEC
Accepts cash and credit card. Time of travel: approx 20 minutes.
Taxi route “reserved in advance with our agreed taxi company BROUWER is 50 EUR between Schiphol Airport <-> ESA/ESTEC
Accepts cash and credit card. Time of travel: approx 25 minutes.
Note: Trains are very reliable, buses somewhat less but still very good and is recommended if you are not in a hurry.
The “how to reserve” info for taxi will be provided soon.
EXTRA TRAVEL INFORMATION: available for download from here
Postal address:
European Space & Technology Centre
P.O. Box 299
2200 AG Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
Visiting address:
European Space & Technology Centre
Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
General telephone number:
Phone: +31 71 565 6565
Fax: +31 71 565 6040
ON THE WEB
The following URL containing useful information about Noordwijk may be helpful. Please note that ESA accepts no responsibility for the contents of the sites.
Noordwijk Information
Information on Noordwijk, please consult the Tourist Office website:
www.vvvnoordwijk.nl
