Meeting times & places
Geographic walk through Ghent (Sunday, September 3 - registration now closed)
The meeting point is in the main hall of Brussels Central railway station (see on OSMap), just above the main stairs going down to the platforms. Meeting time is 8:45 a.m. Departure by the train at 9:14 to Gent Sint-Pieters (arrival : 9:50). Back to Brussels at 17:59. You will receive special tickets for the train. Please do not buy yourself any train ticket. After the trip, we will go together to the ice-breaking party at the Mort-Subite, a typical Brussel’s café.
-CANCELED- Brussels geographical walking-tour (Sunday, September 3)
Due to the "Balloon's Day Parade", a parade of giant balloons of the famous characters of the Belgian comics and folklore, we are forced to cancel the geographical walk in Brussels scheduled on Sunday 3 September. Feel free to spend the afternoon in the centre of Brussels, animated by the festival of the comic strip and the Brussels Beer Weekend.
Ice-breaking party (Sunday, September 3)
The ice-breaking party will be held in a typical Brussel’s café, la Mort-Subite, between 18:15 and 21:00. The café is located in the rue Montagne-aux-Herbes-Potagères, 7, in the very center of Brussels, near the Galerie de la Reine, a very fine old « passage » of the mid-XIXth Century (see on OSMap). If you take the metro, you canstop either at Gare Centrale (and walk downside) or at the Brouckère (and walk upside). Registered participants will receive there their badges (but not the bags and the documents), … and tickets for beers. Let you taste two typical Brussel’s beers, the gueuze and the kriek, a cherry beer.
Keynotes, sessions and congress check-in desk (Monday, Sept. 4 - Wednesday, Sept. 6)
EUGEO 2017 will take place in Brussels in the prestigious Palais des Académies (metro Trône - see on OSMap). The registration desk will be opened from Monday, September 4, at 8:30 . Participants already registered at the ice-breaking party will benefit from a special desk where they will receive the bag with the documentation of the Congress.
Geographic walk through the Canal Zone and Molenbeek (Monday, September 4 - registration now closed)
The meeting point is the Quai aux Briques, just up the Metro Station Sainte-Catherine (see on OSMap). Departure at 18:15. After the walk, we will go together to the multicultural buffet.
Multicultural buffet (Monday, September 4 - with registration)
The meeting point is the Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion sociale, Rue Mommaerts, 4
1080 Molenbeek (Metro Comte de Flandre or Ribaucourt - see on OSMap). The buffet opens at 19:30.
Guided excursion through Brussels in a historic tram and gala diner (Tuesday, September 5 - registration now closed)
The meeting point is the Palais des Académies (see on OSMap). Departure at 18:00. After the tour, we will go together to the restaurant Le Cygne on the Grand-Place.