TEDxMaastricht will take place at Maastricht’s beautiful city theater, the Theater aan het Vrijthof, on the Vrijthof square.

How to get there
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Vrijthof 47, 6211 LE Maastricht, tel +31 43 350 55 44. Take a look at the location of the theater on Google Maps. More information on the website of the Theater aan het Vrijthof (Dutch).

Walk
From the Maastricht Central Station it is a pleasant 10-15 minute walk through the historic city center to the Theater aan het Vrijthof. From the Central Station take the Stationsstraat and walk towards the stone bridge and cross it. Walk straight ahead until you see the Bijenkorf store. Turn right at the Bijenkorf store and take the first street left (Groote Staat). Walk to the end of the Grote Staat and you find the Vrijthof right in front of you. The Theater is located at the northern side of the square (on your right hand side).

Public transport
If you do not like to walk, when you carry a heavy bag or in case you are wearing delicate heels, public transport gets you in 10 minutes to Theater aan het Vrijthof. From the train station Maastricht Centraal Station, every 2 minutes the city bus lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 take you in about 10 minutes to the Vrijthof square or the Markt square which is a 100 meters walk from the theater. To plan your trip we recommend using the 92920v service.

By train to Maastricht
Maastricht is located at the very southern tip of the Netherlands and is well connected to Dutch train hubs Amsterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven as well as the Belgium cities of Liege, Bruxelles and the German city of Aachen.

From Amsterdam CS to Maastricht CS every hour at .08, .15, .38 and .45 a direct connection in 2 hours and 26 minutes via Utrecht and Eindhoven. To plan your train trip coming from a Dutch railway station we recommend you to use the NS rail planner service.

From Bruxelles Midi to Maastricht CS every hour at .26 a direct connection in 1 hour and 26 minutes via Liege. From Aachen Hbf (Germany) to Maastricht CS every hour at .32 a non-direct connection in 1 hour and 12 minutes with a change in Heerlen. To plan your trip to Maastricht coming from a foreign rail station, we recommend you to use the International rail planner service.

By car to Maastricht
Coming from the north (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Aachen) the A2 highway ends in Maastricht at a five lane traffic light. Take the first traffic light to the right (Viaductweg), continue for 2 km and take the Frontensingel, after 300 meter turn left (Statensingel) and drive for 0.7 km to the round about, take the second exit (Hertogsingel), after 300 meter turn left (Calvariestraat), after 600 meter turn right (Brusselsestraat), after 45 meter take a bended turn right (Oude Tweebergenpoort), after 140 meter turn right (Vrijthof).

Coming from the south (Liege) the A2 continues for 10 km after passing the Belgium/Dutch border. Follow the direction Eindhoven for 900 meters, then turn right heading to Tongeren (John F. Kennedy weg). After 1,4 km straight continue straight heading to Tongeren (Prins Bisschop singel). Continue for 1,3km to the round about and take the second exit (Hertog singel), after 350 turn right (Calvariestraat), after 600 meters turn right (Brusselsestraat), after 45 meter take a bended turn right (Oude Tweebergenpoort), after 140 meter turn right (Vrijthof).

Parking
Parking space is available in the Q-park parking garage right in front of the theater below the Vrijthof square or in the Mosae Forum parking garage below the Markt square. The parking tariff is €2,20 per hour. There are cheaper options to park in Maastricht at so-called “Park ‘n Walk” parking spaces, a 10 minute walk to the city center for a maximum parking fee of €6,- for 24 hours. Closest to the city center is the Westoever Park ‘n Walk. Be aware that Maastricht has a strict towing policy for wrongly parked cars.

Theater aan het Vrijthof
Dating back to 1805, The Theater aan het Vrijthof was a city palace, which was restored and rebuild into a vibrant city theater in the early 1990’s and offers place to over 900 visitors. Maastricht is known for its picturesque squares, romantic streets, and historical buildings located in the most southern tip of the Netherlands. Maastricht is located centrally in Europe, close to neighboring cities Aachen (Germany), Liege and Brussels (Belgium) and relatively close to Paris (France). The international character of the city fits very well with the TEDxMaastricht mission to fuel a movement in healthcare beyond the Netherlands – all over Europe.

City of Maastricht
Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, of which it is the capital. The city is situated on both sides of the Meuse river (Dutch: Maas) in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border (with both the Dutch-speaking Flemish and French-speaking Walloon region) and near the German border. The city is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, a Euregio whose other main cities include Aachen, Germany and Hasselt and Liège in respectively Dutch-speaking and French-speaking Belgium.

Nowadays, Maastricht is widely known as a centre of tradition, history and culture, and popular with tourists for shopping and recreation. It is the location for various educational establishments (with some partially to fully anglophone), including the Maastricht University (including the University College Maastricht), the Maastricht School of Management, parts of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (including the Maastricht Conservatory, Academy of Dramatic Arts Maastricht and Hotelschool Maastricht) and a United World College. Consequently the city has a large international student population.

Also Maastricht is well known because of the Treaty of Maastricht, The treaty led to the creation of the euro currency, and created what is commonly referred to as the pillar structure of the European Union.