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
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Map of the Vrije Universiteit

Public transport

From Centraal Station
  • express tram 51 (16 minutes), in the underground station
  • tram 5 (25 minutes), on the station square

    • alight: at the VU tram stop
From Sloterdijk Station
  • underground 50 (15 minutes)

    • alight: at the Station Zuid/WTC stop; change: follow directions given under 'from Station Zuid/WTC'
  • underground 50 (12 minutes)

    • alight: at the Amstelveenseweg stop; from this stop it is a 7-minute walk to the VU
  • bus 19 (18 minutes)

    • alight: at the Osdorpplein tram stop, change to bus 23 direction Station Zuid/WTC,
    alight: at De Boelelaan in front of the VU Main Building
From Muiderpoort Station
  • bus 15 (25 minutes)

    • alight: at the Amstelstation stop; change to express tram 51 (10 minutes) - in the station 
    alight: at the VU tram stop
From Amstel Station
  • express tram 51 (10 minutes), inside the station, alight: at the VU tram stop
  • bus 69 or 169 (24 minutes), alight: at De Boelelaan in front of the VU Main Building
From Station Zuid/WTC
  • express tram 51 (1 minute), alight: at the VU tram stop
  • tram 5 (1 minute), alight: at the VU tram stop
  • bus 23 (3 minutes), alight: at De Boelelaan in front of the VU Main Building
  • bus 63 (3 minutes), alight: at Buitenveldertselaan VU Main Building
  • It is a 10 minute walk to the VU from Station Zuid/WTC
From Duivendrecht Station
  • underground 50 (9 minutes), alight: at the Station Zuid/WTC; change: follow directions given under 'from Station Zuid/WTC'
  • underground 54 (9 minutes), change at Spaklerweg to express tram 51; alight: at the VU tram stop.
  • change to train to Station Zuid/WTC (7 minutes); change: follow directions given under 'from Station Zuid/WTC'
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 parking space around the VU itself in De Boelelaan, which has parking bays, and also in Karel Lotsylaan (We expect that paid parking will be introduced in the area around the Vrije Universiteit in 1998). 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.