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Orpheus Instituut is situated in the city centre of Ghent.

Address

Orpheus Instituut
Korte Meer 12, 9000 Ghent (Belgium)

Orpheus Instituut Koetshuis
Korte Meer 20A, 9000 Ghent (Belgium)

How to get to Orpheus Instituut (and the Koetshuis)

By air

Belgium’s international airport (Brussels Airport) is situated in Zaventem. From Brussels Airport it is possible to travel by train to Ghent. In the airport, follow the signs to the train station, which is below ground level. Buy a ticket for Ghent St-Pieters station (direct train: app. 1h10min; stop train: 1h40min). From Ghent St-Pieters station, you can take a tram, bus or taxi to the city centre.

The other main airport is situated in Charleroi. From Charleroi Airport (official name: Brussels South Charleroi Airport), you can take the shuttle bus to Brussels Zuid/Midi station (app. 1 hour). From Zuid/Midi station you can take the train to Ghent St-Pieters station (app. 35 minutes). From Ghent St-Pieters station, you can take a tram, bus or taxi to the city centre.

By train

There are two railway stations in Ghent: Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent Dampoort. Timetables can be viewed online on the belgiantrain.be website. You can buy your ticket online or from the ticket machines at the station. 

By tram or bus

Coming from:

  • Gent St-Pieters railway station: take tram 1, direction ‘Stelplaats’, or tram 3, direction 'Moscou', and hop off at the 'Zonnestraat' (Koophandelsplein) stop.
  • Dampoort railway station: take bus 10, 11 or 12 and hop off at the 'Korenmarkt'. Or take bus 77 until South station (and then walk for 10 minutes)
  • Plan your trip with the route planner

By car

If you decide to come by car, you will find Ghent at the intersection of two highways:

  • E17 connecting Lisbon, Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Köln, Copenhagen, Stockholm;
  • E40 connecting Calais, Ghent, Brussels, Frankfurt, Vienna, Budapest, Sophia, Istanbul.

GPS coordinates for the Orpheus Institute are 51.051665 and 3.722871.

Driving to Ghent you will pass digital signs with info on the parkings and park & rides. The parkings in the centre of Ghent are divided in zones. ‘Parking Kouter’ (Zone Veldstraat) of ‘Parking Center Parking/Korte Meer’ (Zone veldstraat) are within walking distance of the Orpheus Instituut. (More info: parking map Ghent)

Since 2017 the city centre of Ghent has a circulation plan. This means there's a big car free (pedestrian zone) and that the passage from one zone to another is limited by a 'knip'. You'll have to use the inner ring road to move in the city.

To improve air quality, the city centre is a Low Emission Zone (LEZ). Polluting vehicles that do not meet the entry criteria are not permitted to enter the zone.

Accessible parking for people with disabilities is available at:

  • Universiteitsstraat
  • Volderstraat
  • The underground car park at Kouter

More information about parking for people with reduced mobility can be found here.

Due to ongoing works along the Petercelle axis, information about how to reach us may change frequently. The City of Ghent provides an updated overview here:

By bike

Bicycles can be parked near Orpheus Instituut in one of the public cycle racks. The nearest covered cycle rack (with CCTV) is located under the Sint-Michielsbrug (Saint Michaels Bridge).

On foot

It is about a half-hour walk from Gent-Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort stations.

Accessible transport

People with reduced mobility can make use of Ghent’s cycle taxi service or the adapted wheelchair transport provided by Mobar.