EUROBIC Travel information
Local transport
If you do not already have your conference badge then you can pay with a bankcard by tapping in (and importantly tapping out before getting off!) at the pole when entering and leaving the bus. Your conference badge will have a logo that provides free bus travel to and from the train station/city center to Zernike Science Park (Nijenborgh bus stop, https://maps.app.goo.gl/ozx118KsenDbcfwn6)
Buses 1, 2 and 15 go to the Zernike complex. Googlemaps is handy for checking times and locations. You can also use https://ov9292.nl or the ov9292 app.
Of course Groningen is the bicycle capital of Europe so if you want to move about with élan then join the locals and rent a bicycle (more information later).
Note that in the Netherlands train tickets can be bought on the trains. Tickets are available:
· online https://ns.nl
· at a kiosk at the station
· Check in/out without your bankpass (does not always work and be sure to check out at the end of the journey)
Tickets are both on day if use and can be used on any train all day. There is no seat reservation.
For Schiphol airport:
Note that passport control can sometimes be a long wait at Schiphol airport for non-EU passport holders.
Direct trains depart twice an hour at 18 and 48 minutes past. The train at 18 past requires a change (across platform) to a waiting training for Schiphol. There is no need to change in Amsterdam Zuid as indicated on some apps.