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The Photonics Research Group is located at the Campus Ardoyen / Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde / Tech Lane Science Park, near Ghent.
Offices & measurement labs are located in the iGent-Tower, building 126, floor 3-4-5 (reception desk on floor 4)
Cleanroom is located in building 123 (entrance via 125).


Address
Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 126
9052 Ghent, BELGIUM
 

At the park, parking is only allowed in the parking building () or on designated parking spaces (). You can validate/pay your ticket when leaving the park the payment machines at the exit barriers or in the parking building.
Parking on the shoulder or on not designated parking places is illegal and infringements will result in a €50 increase in the parking fee (including VAT).
This means a fine on top of the applicable hourly rate for vehicles parked in undesignated parking spaces. The owner of the vehicle must immediately pay this fine at one of the parking payment machines on the site. Without payment it will not be possible to leave the park with the vehicle.

Public transport

There are frequent trains from Brussels airport to Gent (mostly with a change of trains in Brussels). You can plan your journey on the web site of the Belgian Railway (NMBS). 
 Trains arrive at St-Pieters station in Gent. There are taxis available at the main exit of the station. Alternatively you can a bus from the following list: 

For the non direct buses, get off after approximately 10 minutes, at the stop "Zwijnaarde Bollebergen" (next to the Don Bosco secondary school). From this stop, you still have a walk of 5 minutes ahead across the "Technologiepark".

Driving instructions

If you are coming from:

Kortrijk (or Lille): On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn right in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Antwerp: On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Brussels: On highway E40 (Brussel/Oostende), when approaching Gent, there is a crossing between E17 and E40. Take the direction of E17 (Kortrijk). On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

Brugge or Oostende: On highway E40 (Brussel/Oostende), when approaching Gent, there is a crossing between E17 and E40. Take the direction of E17 (Kortrijk). On highway E17 (Antwerpen/Kortrijk), take exit 8 "De Pinte/Zevergem" and turn left in the direction of "Gent N60". Then skip to "On the N60"

On the N60:

There are many speedcams on the N60, so take care!
Coming from the exit of the E17, after about 4 km in the direction of "Gent N60" you will encounter a large roundabout with an oblong (oval) shape. The roundabout starts just after the 4th traffic lights. Follow the roundabout and after 180 meters take a right turn onto the "Technologiepark". You are now on the campus, follow the one-way street from the entrance of the campus to one of the parking lots.