Practical

By plane

If you are coming straight from an international airport, the easiest way is Brussels International Airport (Zaventem, Belgium, airline code BRU). 

On arrival in the arrival’s hall of Brussels National Airport, take the elevator to the -1 level where you will find the train station. There, you can ask for information on trains to Hasselt (timetable can also be found online, from Brussels Airport; to Hasselt). You can buy your ticket in the station or online. For more information on train timetables, see “by train”.

If you prefer traveling by car, you can rent a car, share a car or use a taxi. 

Other airport options are:

• Brussels Charleroi, which is located at 60 km from the heart of Brussels. Every hour a shuttle bus leaves the airport to take you to the main Brussels railway station (Brussels South). Shuttle tickets are sold inside the airport terminal (counter n° 1). The trip takes 1 hour.
• Liège airport, which is about 45 km from Hasselt University. From Liège Guillemin railway station, you can take the train to Hasselt railway station. For more information on train timetables, see “by train”.
• Paris de Gaule (France) international airport, from there you can take the TGV to Brussels (1.5 hours) or rent a car (4 hours to Hasselt University campus Hasselt)
• Amsterdam (the Netherlands), from there you can take the TGV to Brussels or Antwerp (1.5 hours) or rent a car (2.5 hours to Hasselt University campus Hasselt)
• Frankfurt, Düsseldorf or Eindhoven.

By public transport

• By train
  From Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven and Liège, there are direct connections to the capital of Limburg every hour, seven days a week. More information can be found on the website of the National Company of Belgian Railways. 

  From Hasselt railway station you can bike or walk to campus Hasselt, or take a bus or taxi from the front of the railway station to Kolonel Dusartplein. From K. Dusartplein you can walk to Campus Hasselt by following the signs to ‘faculteit Rechten – Universiteit Hasselt’ (Faculty of Law – Hasselt University). 

• By bus
  Express bus services from Maaseik, Lommel, Neerpelt and Geel regularly arrive at Hasselt station square. There are also good connections to Hasselt from practically all Limburg municipalities. The ‘Kolonel Dusartplein’ bus stop is close to Campus Hasselt. When you get off at Kolonel Dusartplein, follow the signs to ‘faculteit Rechten – Universiteit Hasselt’ (Faculty of Law – Hasselt University).

  The ‘Boulevardpendel’ is a shuttle service that departs every 5 minutes from Hasselt station and takes you to the ‘Kolonel Dusartplein’ stop in about 8 minutes.
  
  From Diepenbeek campus, Lines 44, 45, 20a, 20ab and 36a depart to Kolonel Dusartplein.
  
  Lines 12, 44 and 45 depart from Genk railway station to Kolonel Dusartplein.

  More information can be obtained from De Lijn Info +32 70 220 200 (0.30 euros per minute), de Lijnwinkel stores or www.delijn.be. There is an information office on the station's main square (Stationsplein).

  Real-time info bus stop Dusartplein Hasselt

By car

Hasselt University has resolutely opted for a sustainable mobility policy. Therefore, we recommended that you travel by bike or public transport as much as possible. If you have no other option, Hasselt is easily accessible via the E313 (exits 27-28-29) and E314 (exit 29) motorways. There are plenty of car parks in and around the city centre.

You can leave your car for free at one of the Park & Rides on the outskirts of the city and continue your journey by bus (from Carpoolparking Zuid and Parking H you can get to the city centre for 1 euro). Near Campus Hasselt, there are underground paying car parks at Dusartplein (Parking Dusart) or Quartier Bleu (Parking Blauwe Boulevard). From the outer ring road, follow the LED signs to these car parks.  

A list of parking options in Hasselt 

The text on this site is in Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch, you can still use the map on the site to find the various parking options and the addresses. 

By bike

Campus Hasselt has a covered bicycle parking on the Koekerellenpad (path between the Old Prison and the green Administration Building) and a bicycle shed in the courtyard of the Old Prison (on the inner ringroad side). 

In the city centre of Hasselt, camera surveillance in provided at the public bicycle shed at the following locations:

• Railway station (in front of the station)
• Library (both the zone near the inner ringroad and the zone on Witte Nonnenstraat) - located near campus Hasselt
• Quartier Bleu (underground bicycle shed at Parking Blauwe Boulevard) - located a few minutes' walk from Campus Hasselt
• Capucienenplein (in the Twee Torenwijk district)
• City Hall (Groenplein behind the city hall)

More information about the monitored bicycle sheds and the use of shared bicycles can be found on the website of the City of Hasselt. (info provided in Dutch only)

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