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Travel to / stay in The Hague

Conference Venue

The conference will be held in the LEI head office building in The Hague. Visiting address: Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB The Hague, The Netherlands. See for more information at the LEI-website.

Click here for some practical information (you will also get it as a handout when you arrive).

LEI building

Stay in The Hague

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and will be paid by participants separately. If you need an accommodation to stay overnight we recommend:

Badhotel in Den Haag/Scheveningen.
(By the way, Badhotel does not mean bad hotel, but bath hotel!)

Rates:
Twin room single use: € 117,50 p.r.p.n.
Twin room double use: € 133,50 p.r.p.n.
(including breakfast)

EXTRA COSTS
Citytax: € 2,54 p.p.p.n.
Parking: € 18,50 p.c.p.n.

You can make reservations for this hotel by:
• contacting reception: +31 (0)70 351 22 21
• sending an email to reservations@badhotelscheveningen.nl.
If you make a direct reservation please indicate that you are a visitor of the conference 'Artificial economics', under the code name “LEI”.

Please make your reservation before 16 May. Update: as of August 9, I was told that the Badhotel can still make reservations for you for this price (even though they may initially tell you that they are fully booked). Make sure you mention LEI and the conference name.

You can also arrange your own accomodation with the tourist board VVV Den Haag: http://www.denhaag.nl/en/visitors/staying-the-night.htm
or +31 (0)70 353 30 00

Update: if you prefer another hotel, these hotels are on walking distance from the conference location and can be contacted through www.booking.com (not in any order of preference): Sebel; Hampshire; Court Garden; La Ville; Paleis; Novotel World Forum.

Travel to The Hague

  • To travel from Schiphol airport (Amsterdam) to The Hague, we recommend public transport. Public transport in The Netherlands is very well arranged and pretty reliable. (A one-way journey to The Hague takes about 35 minutes, and costs approximately € 7,40). Renting a car has advantages, but the disadvantages of traffic jams and parking difficulties in cities are considerable. (However, parking at the LEI conference venue should be no problem). Schiphol train station (from the Dutch Railway company NS) is situated directly below the airport. If you want, you can pick up a free baggage trolley from the platform. After arrival, you can walk straight to the train station; informative signs will lead you there.
  • The Hague has two main train stations: Den Haag Holland Spoor (HS) and Den Haag Central Station (CS). Although they are both OK, often Den Haag Holland Spoor (HS) has the easiest connections. People travelling to Badhotel: take Den Haag Holland Spoor (HS).
  • Coming from the South, a good option is to take the high speed train to Brussels Midi. From there, a train departs every hour (at x.18 hour) to The Hague HS (Den Haag Holland Spoor station).

Update: How to get by public transport to the Badhotel:

  • From Den Haag Hollands Spoor train station (HS): Take tram No 1 (direction: Scheveningen Noorderstrand). Get off at stop Badhuiskade (50 m from the hotel). (A tram ticket can be obtained from the tram driver).
  • From Den Haag Central Train Station (CS): Take tram No 9 (direction: Scheveningen Noorderstrand). Get off at stop Circustheater. Walk 500 m south (along Gevers Deynootweg). Or get off (tram No 9) at stop Kurhaus,  then take tram No 1 (direction: Delft Tanthof), get off at stop Badhuiskade (50 m from the hotel). (A tram ticket can be obtained from the tram driver).

Update: How to get from Badhotel to LEI (conference venue) and v.v.:

  • Tram No 1 forms a direct line between Badhotel (stop Badhuiskade) and LEI (stop Javastraat). Walk into the Javastraat, in the direction of the Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) and the first road on your right hand side is the Alexanderplein.
  • From Badhotel, Tram No 1 in direction Delft Tanthof if headed for LEI. From LEI, Tram No 1 with direction Scheveningen Noorderstrand is headed for Badhotel.
  • The tram goes very often (during daytime every 10 minutes, less frequent at other times). The tram journey takes 8 minutes. A ticket costs about € 2.50.
  • You could also decide to walk, which would be about 30 minutes. (There will be people who know where to go, e.g. some of your dedicated conference organizers).

Specific information on train and tram/bus (please click):

General information (please click):