Location

The VU Campus is situated in the southern part of Amsterdam, at a point where motorways and public transport facilities converge. It can be easily reached both by car and public transport: it is situated next to the A10 (the belt highway around Amsterdam) and can be reached in a 7 minutes walk from the railway station Amsterdam WTC. The express tram takes 20 minutes to bring you from the VU Campus to the very centre of Amsterdam. The international airport is only 10 kilometers away. 
 
 
 
Public transport
Car
Schiphol Airport
Hospitium
Addresses
Map of Amsterdam
Map of Amsterdam
Map of VU
Map of the Vrije Universiteit


Public transport

+ From Centraal Station
+ From Sloterdijk Station + From Muiderpoort Station + From Amstel Station +From Station Zuid/WTC + From Duivendrecht Station There are several direct regional bus services to the VU: from Aalsmeer bus 171, 172; from Alphen a/d Rijn bus 147; from Amstelveen bus 125, 147, 148, 149, 169, 170, 171, 172; from Haarlem bus 125; from Mijdrecht bus 170, 193; from Ouderkerk a/d Amstel bus 125, 148; from Uithoorn bus 147, 149, 170, 193; from Utrecht/Abcoude: bus 125; from Wilnis: bus 193. 
Alight: at Amstelveenseweg near the VU Hospital building
Passengers coming from Zaandam are advised to take the train to Amsterdam-Sloterdijk; for further information please see 'from Sloterdijk Station'.
Passengers coming from Amstelveen can also take tram 5 or the express tram 51 directly to the VU.

Car

The A-10 Amsterdam ring road can be reached from all directions. Follow the A-10 to the Zuid/Amstelveen exit S 108. Turn left at the end of the sliproad onto Amstelveenseweg: after about three hundred yards (at the VU Hospital building) turn left again onto De Boelelaan. The VU can be reached via city routes S 108 and S 109.

Parking.
There is a limited amount of paid parking space around the VU itself in De Boelelaan, A.J. Ernstraat, van Boechorststraat and also in Gustaf Mahlerlaan. There is paid parking on the VU parking lot to the right of the Hospital Outpatient Clinic. There is even more parking space on the east side of Buitenveldertselaan at the junction with Willem van Weldammelaan, within 5 minutes walking distance of the VU. A number of parking places for the handicapped are reserved in front of the VU Main Building and within its grounds.


Schiphol Airport

Travellers arriving at Schiphol can take the train to Station Zuid/ WTC (see 'Public transport: from Station Zuid/WTC').

How to get to the Hospitium

Public transport from the Vrije Universiteit

tram 5 or express tram 51 (7 minutes), alight at the Uilenstede stop; from there it is a 6-minute walk to the Hospitium: take the stairs down, turn left and follow the curve in the road. Turn left into the Uilenstede residential area, the Hospitium is on your right.