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How to get there
The Maastricht Region is easy to reach. There are fast roads connecting the majority of European cities, and a choice of seven different airports in the area. Regularly scheduled express trains run to Eindhoven (1 hour), Brussels and Cologne (1.5 hours), Amsterdam (2 hours), Paris and Frankfurt (3 hours) and London (4 hours). The Maastricht Region has its own local airport (Maastricht-Aachen Airport), and two intercontinental (Brussels, Düsseldorf) and four continental (Cologne, Eindhoven, Weeze, Charleroi) airports are just an hour’s drive away.
By road
The Maastricht Region is located centrally between the large European economic centres. From Brussels, Cologne, Antwerp, Eindhoven and Düsseldorf, Maastricht can be reached in an hour. From Luxembourg it's a 1.5 hours drive. From Metz and Saarbrücken it takes 2 hours. Paris and Strasbourg 4 hours. Basel takes 5 hours.
You will begin to see signs for MECC Maastricht as soon as you reach the outskirts of Maastricht. Follow these signs until you reach the MECC car park. If you are travelling south on the A2/E25 motorway (from Amsterdam-Eindhoven), take exit 55 signed for 'Randwyck-MECC'. If you are travelling north on the A2/E25 motorway (from Paris-Liège) take exit 56 signed for 'Gronsveld-MECC'.
From Maastricht Central Station to MECC
You can take a taxi at Maastricht Central Station to MECC or a frequent running train to Maastricht-Randwyck (just one stop), located only 250 metres from MECC.
Cologne 1.5 hours, Frankfurt 3.5 hours
From Germany you can travel to Aachen by high-speed trains and change there for the train to Maastricht (taking 1 hour, change at Heerlen): see www.db.de (in German) and www.ns.nl.
Airports
The regional airport is Maastricht-Aachen airport. It mainly supports charter flights to sunny destinations in Southern Europe. If you have an (inter)continental journey, you will probably opt for Brussels, Schiphol or Düsseldorf. Within Europe, there's also Eindhoven or Cologne.
Schiphol by train in 2.5 hours
There is a train connection from the Maastricht Region to Schiphol every half hour, with no more than 1 change. There is even a direct train several times a day from Maastricht. All Schiphol trains stop right beneath the departure terminal.
See www.ns.nl.
Brussels Airport in less than 2 hours
The Maastricht Region is located centrally between the large European economic centres. From Brussels, Cologne, Antwerp, Eindhoven and Düsseldorf, Maastricht can be reached in an hour. From Luxembourg it's a 1.5 hours drive. From Metz and Saarbrücken it takes 2 hours. Paris and Strasbourg 4 hours. Basel takes 5 hours.
You will begin to see signs for MECC Maastricht as soon as you reach the outskirts of Maastricht. Follow these signs until you reach the MECC car park. If you are travelling south on the A2/E25 motorway (from Amsterdam-Eindhoven), take exit 55 signed for 'Randwyck-MECC'. If you are travelling north on the A2/E25 motorway (from Paris-Liège) take exit 56 signed for 'Gronsveld-MECC'.
Fast train from Brussels, Paris and London
Paris within 3 hours, London within 4 hours: the Maastricht-Brussels express.
The Maastricht-Brussels express connects Maastricht on a hourly basis with Paris and London from Liège (20 minutes from Maastricht) or Brussels (1 hour and 20 minutes from Maastricht).
The Maastricht-Brussels express connects Maastricht on a hourly basis with Paris and London from Liège (20 minutes from Maastricht) or Brussels (1 hour and 20 minutes from Maastricht).
From Maastricht Central Station to MECC
You can take a taxi at Maastricht Central Station to MECC or a frequent running train to Maastricht-Randwyck (just one stop), located only 250 metres from MECC.
Cologne 1.5 hours, Frankfurt 3.5 hours
From Germany you can travel to Aachen by high-speed trains and change there for the train to Maastricht (taking 1 hour, change at Heerlen): see www.db.de (in German) and www.ns.nl.
Airports
The regional airport is Maastricht-Aachen airport. It mainly supports charter flights to sunny destinations in Southern Europe. If you have an (inter)continental journey, you will probably opt for Brussels, Schiphol or Düsseldorf. Within Europe, there's also Eindhoven or Cologne.
Check this list for our prefered connections to most European cities.
Schiphol by train in 2.5 hours
There is a train connection from the Maastricht Region to Schiphol every half hour, with no more than 1 change. There is even a direct train several times a day from Maastricht. All Schiphol trains stop right beneath the departure terminal.
See www.ns.nl.
Brussels Airport in less than 2 hours
From Brussels Airport a train will bring you to 'Bruxelles Nord' train station in 10 minutes, from where you can proceed via the earlier mentioned Maastricht-Brussels express.