[ 05 — GETTING THERE ]

Getting there

Getting to VU Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam — on the Zuidas, in the south of the city.

A Dutch NS intercity train at a station platform

From Schiphol Airport

Take a direct train to Amsterdam Zuid (about 8 minutes, several per hour). From Zuid station it is a 10-minute walk to the VU main building, or one stop by tram.

A blue-and-white GVB tram on an Amsterdam street

From Amsterdam Centraal

Metro 52 (Noord–Zuidlijn) runs from Centraal to De Boelelaan/VU in about 15 minutes. Trams 5 and 25 also stop near campus.

Bicycles parked in a rack on an Amsterdam street

By bike or on foot

Amsterdam is a cycling city — rental bikes and OV-fiets (at Zuid station) are easy options. Check routes and live departures on 9292.nl.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Amsterdam Centraal — Slaunger (CC BY-SA 4.0); NS train — Rob Dammers (CC BY 2.0); GVB tram — Massimo Catarinella (CC BY-SA 3.0); bicycles — Fons Heijnsbroek (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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