GIEQs Courses
University Hospital of Ghent
Language
English is universally spoken in Belgium so no problem here. Everyone understands and you can just start your conversation in English.
Accommodation
Holiday Inn, Ghent (careful, there are 2, book the one in the link)
- less upscale, good location
- discount available on contacting us (see below)
- Click for booking.com link
Van der Valk Hotel (5 minutes walk from hospital)
- upscale hotel with a nice location, bars and a restaurant
- Click for booking.com link
University Hospital of Ghent
How to get to Ghent
Ghent is a beautiful medieval town in the East of Belgium 40 minutes drive / 25 minutes train journey from Brussels
- Flight to Brussels Airport Zaventem (1hr ish from UK locations)
- Then catch train to Gent St Pieters Station (1hr), leaves from under the airport terminal so no walking
- Go to underground level and take a taxi to the hotel (15 mins max)
- Eurostar to Brussels Zuid/Midi (is the same station!)
- Then catch train to Gent St Pieters Station (1hr), leaves from same station that the Eurostar arrives at
- Go to underground level and take a taxi to the hotel (15 mins max)
- Drive via Eurotunnel to Calais
- drive from Calais Eurotunnel to the hotel (1.5 hours)
Location of the Hospital and Course
University Hospital of Ghent (=UZ Gent)
Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Gent, Belgium
https://g.page/universitair-ziekenhuis-gent?share
Follow the instructions below to get from the hotels recommended to the hospital.
If you drive contact us!
Follow the map from the hotels to the hospital entrance
Enter via the K12 building entrance as shown on the map below
This can seem daunting so follow arrows exactly
Once you are in the entrance hall take a right past a bakery and a gift shop then another right to some lifts
Take the lifts to the 3rd floor
Exit the lifts and walk straight in a corridor until you see Endoscopy Unit on the left hand side (Endoscopische eenheid in Dutch)
You have arrived!
