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Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Information
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From Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam to Utrecht: you can take a train two times per hour:  --:14 / --:44 directly to Utrecht Centraal (Beware of pickpockets!!). Costs € 7,60 (2nd class) and € 12,90 (1st class) for a single ticket bought at the ticket machine (Prices August 2008). Tickets bought at the ticket window cost € 0,50 extra.
It is not possible to buy train tickets in the train!

How to reach us by bus

Map of Utrecht and the university campus

From the Central Railroad Station Utrecht to University Centre De Uithof: Take bus number 11 (east side station), direction De Uithof/WKZ, and get off the bus at busstop 'Botanische Tuinen'. Cross the street and walk to the Minnaert Building at Leuvenlaan 4, where you will find us at the third and fourth floor. Secretariat: room 402. You can also take bus numbers 12 or 12S (white-blue, east side station), direction De Uithof/AZU, and get off the bus at busstop Padualaan. (Printable directions here.)
 

Bustickets

The only kind of bustickets sold by the busdriver is the 'strippenkaart', containing 2, 3 and 8 'strippen', at a price of resp. € 1,60, € 2,40 and € 6,40. City rides from the Railroad Station Utrecht to 'De Uithof' (white-blue GVU-bus) cost 3 'strippen'; for regional buses (yellow) the number of 'strippen' depends on the distance travelled.  (Prices: July 2008)
You can find information on local busses at GVU (Gemeentelijk Vervoersbedrijf Utrecht).