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Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC) Sint-Maartensbilk 1, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Tuesday 19 May
until Thursday 21 May 2026

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The Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre is easy to reach on foot, by bicycle, by public transport and by car. The BMCC is located in the heart of Bruges, within walking distance of hotels, tourist attractions and world-famous museums.
 
By plane

Visitors landing at Brussels Airport (Zaventem) can get a direct train to Bruges Station. The train journey takes 80 minutes.

Travel by Public transport

From the railway station

The railway station is located a matter of minutes from the BMCC. Bruges Station has direct connections with Brussels Airport.

You can buy your train tickets at https://www.belgiantrain.be/en using “from: Brussels Airport”, and “To: Bruges Station”, choose the dates, pay by credit card and receive a pdf of your tickets that you have to print and take with you. 

Connections

All information, timetables and prices can be found on the SNCB/NMBS website. With the Thalys from Amsterdam, Paris or Cologne you can quickly reach Bruges via Brussels South.

Plan your route here

How to get back
!!! A free ticket for the bus and/or tram back to the train station will be provided to you by the Conference organizer on the last day. Go and collect your free ticket at the registration desk. 

 

On Thursday 21 May, it is easy to leave the Conference and catch a train to Brussels Airport. You can view available (and direct) trains here: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/travel-info/train-network-travel-info?journey=0

 

Travel on foot

The BMCC is a 10-minute walk from the railway station and within walking and cycling distance of Bruges’ hotels and tourist attractions.

Address:
Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC)
Sint-Maartensbilk 1
8000 Brugge

Taxi companies:
https://www.brugge.be/mobiliteit/taxi/taxibedrijven-en-tarieven#2106-taxibedrijven

Travel by Car

Parking

Own car park
The paid underground car park has 80 spaces for the building’s users.
More info: car park BMCC

1. Coming from the E40/E403, take the Expressweg to exit N351/Bevrijdingslaan.
2. At the intersection near the Vesten keep right
(Hoefijzerlaan)
3. Turn right at ‘t Zand (Smedenstraat)
4. Turn left at the traffic lights at the end of
Smedenstraat (H. Consciencelaan)
5. Take the second street on your left (Hauwerstraat)
6. First street on your left (Maagdenstraat) gives access to the BMCC parking lot

Public car park
The nearest public car parks are Interparking Centrum – Zand and Centrum – Station. Book your parking space online.

Where to stay?

There are plenty of hotels located in Bruges.

The hotels closest to the congress venue are:

1. Le bois de Bruges (currently sold out on the 18th, but availabe from 19 May)
2. NH Brugge


Recommended hotels in the city (+/- 10 - 15 minutes walking distance):

  1. Martin's Brugge Hotel
  2. IBIS Styles Brugge Centrum
  3. Radisson Blu (located at the train station)
  4. Crowne Plaza Bruges
  5. Dukes' Arches Bruges
  6. Grand Hotel Casselbergh
  7. Novotel Brugge Centrum
  8. Hotel Acacia Bruges