How to get to the Lorentz Center

Arrival by train

Take a train to Leiden CS ("Central Station") (10 minutes from Den Haag, 35 from Amsterdam, 30 from Rotterdam, 45 from Utrecht, 20 minutes from Amsterdam Schiphol airport). From the train station, you can either walk along the Rijnsburgerweg and the Wassenaarseweg (30 minutes, follow the (map), or take a bus (see below). If you take a taxi (costs ~Dfl 15.-), tell the driver to go to the Huygens Laboratory, which is better known than the Oort Building. The Huygens Laboratory is a tall building covered with black panels. The Lorentz Center is at the third floor of the Oort building, which is the slanted building in front of it.

Bus service

A `strippenkaart' of 15 units (Leiden Central Station-Lorentz Center is 2 units) can be bought at the railway station (Dfl 11.75)

Bus 30 from Leiden Central Station to the Lorentz Center, direction Oegstgeest: get out at the stop "Rekencentrum", just before a sharp curve to the right. Three minutes later the same bus reaches stop "Endegeest", Hotel Het Witte Huis is a little bit further on the right. Times: 7:17, 7:47, each half hour until 18:47, then 19:16 and 19:46.

Bus 43 from Leiden Central Station to the Lorentz Center (direction Den Haag CS): get out at the stop "Universiteitsterrein", near a round lecture hall with a red roof. Times: 7:10, 7:40, each half hour until 18:40, then 19:07, 19:37, 20:37, 21:07, 22:07, 23:07, 00:07.

Bus 30 from the Lorentz Center (busstop "Rekencentrum" at the Wassenaarseweg) to Leiden Central Station. Times: 7:02, 7:33, each half hour until 19:03, then 19:32, 20:02. The same bus is at busstop "Endegeest", close to Hotel Het Witte Huis, three minutes earlier.

Bus 43 from the Lorentz Center (busstop "Universiteitsterrein" at the Einsteinweg) to Leiden Central Station. Times: 6:45, 7:15, 7:46, 8:01, 8:30, 9:00, each half hour until 15:00, then 15:32, each half hour until 18:32, then 19:00, 19:28, each half hour until 20:58, then 21:28, 22:28, 23:28, 0:28.
 

Arrival by car

How to get to the Lorentz Center if you come by car from Utrecht or Rotterdam/Den Haag:

• From Utrecht: You follow A 12 direction Den Haag until you arrive at the highway junction "Prins Claus Plein", where you change to A4 direction Amsterdam and Leiden. (Don't follow the signs towards N 11 and Leiden, before reaching Den Haag.) After that see directions from Rotterdam/Den Haag.
• From Rotterdam/Den Haag: Get on the A 4 direction Amsterdam and Leiden. Take exit Zoeterwoude-Dorp and Leiden from A 4.  Leaving the highway, turn left (N206 Leiden Voorschoten). Then continue to follow N 206 towards Leiden-Zuid and Katwijk. When there is a Bastion Hotel at the left, N206 turns right (Leiden-Zuid Katwijk). Still follow N206 (Katwijk, Amsterdam, Den Haag). After about 3 km, N206 turns right (Amsterdam, Den Haag). Take this turn right and take the right lane: At the sign Centrum Naturalis, turn right and take the left lane: at the sign Bio Science Park, turn left. See directions How to find the Lorentz Center on the campus.

• From Amsterdam: Coming from the direction Amsterdam, at some point the big motorway (A4) divides into the A4 and the A44 (both direction Den Haag). Take the A44 (Leiden is indicated at the division). Proceed for about 20 km until the main exit Leiden. Take this exit, turn left direction Leiden. At the third traffic light, turn to the left in the direction Bio Sciencepark. Follow this "Einsteinweg" which brings you to the University campus.(see map)

You always keep left, remaining on Einsteinweg, till you reach a round-about, where you turn right towards Max Planckweg. Take the third small road to the left, immediately before a small water, a row of trees, a bike path and the main road, and continue till you reach the second parking place again on the left. Beyond the parking place you see a grey inclined building of five storeys, the newly built Oort building beside the well-known Huygens-Lab. The Lorentz Center is on the third floor of the Oort building.

Parking

There is sufficient parking space at the Lorentz Center. Parking space in the inner city is scarce and expensive. Free parking close to the inner city after 18 h (thursday after 21 h) and on sunday: at Molen de Valk (the windmill close to Cafe van der Werff) and immediately outside Morspoort (one of the old city gates).
 

From the hotels to the Lorentz Center

From the hotels in the centre of Leiden, the best thing to do is to walk to the railway station and take a bus (see under `arrival by train') from there.

• From Het Witte Huis to the Lorentz Center is a 10 minute walk. Coming from the Wilhelminapark, where the hotel is, turn left to the `Rhijngeesterstraatweg'. Follow this road (later, the same road is called `Endegeesterstraatweg'). When the road turns left, the slanted building in front of you is the Oort building. (see map)
• From Bastion Hotel Oegstgeest to the Lorentz Center is a 15 minute walk. When you leave the hotel, turn left on the `Rijnzichtweg'. Turn left again on the `Oude Rijnsburgerweg'. After 700 meters, use the tunnel to get to the other side of the A44. A little bit further you see the Oort building on your right.(see map)

In the center of Leiden:
Hotel Mayflower
Beestenmarkt 2
Leiden
phone +31-71-5142641
fax +31-71-5128516
On the map Mayflower is close to number 14 (in red).

Hotel Nieuw Minerva
Boommarkt 23
Leiden
phone +31-71-5126358
fax +31-71-5142674
On the map Minerva is at the end of the dotted line

Hotel De Doelen
Rapenburg 2
Leiden
phone +31-71-5120527
fax +31-71-5128453
On the map Doelen is close to number 4 (in black)

Close to the Lorentz Center:
Hotel Het Witte Huis
Wilhelminapark 33
Oegstgeest
phone +31-71-5153853
phone +31-71-5154286

Hotel Bastion Oegstgeest
Rijnzichtweg 97
Oegstgeest
phone +31-71-5153841
fax +31-71-5154981
 
 

Last modified: Thu Feb 4 13:56:27 MET 1999