How To Find Us And The Location of CCOE
Travel Routes
Travel by Car:
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From the West (Amsterdam Airport - Schiphol) it is approx. 180 km to Enschede:
Take the A4 highway, direction Badhoevedorp. After approx. 10 km take the A10 (Ring Amsterdam) direction Amersfoort. After another 10 km change from A10 into the A1, direction Diemen – Hengelo – Amersfoort.
Stay on this highway for approx. 130 km. Where you see the signs A1/A35 direction Borne/ Oldenzaal/Hengelo/Enschede take this direction. Leave the highway at exit 31 Hengelo-Noord and proceed in the direction Hengelo Noord. Turn right at the N737 Vliegveldweg, left to Vergertweg and right into the Lonnekerveldweg/Vargershuizenweg. Proceed on this road until you reach the gate of the base.
- From the East (Germany) you take the A30 west or the A31 north/south (at Autobahnkreuz Schümersmühle (Exit 27) you also take the A30 west, direction Hengelo. After the German/Dutch border this highway is called the A1, direction Amsterdam. Take Exit 33, Oldenzaal-Zuid / Enschede and turn right into the N733 Oldenzaalsestraat, direction Enschede. Turn right at Oude Deventerweg, this road becomes the Vliegveldweg, right into Snellenweg, right again into Vergertweg and left into the Lonnekerveldweg/ Vargershuizenweg .Proceed on this road until you reach the gate of the base.
- From the South (south of the Netherlands and Belgium) you take the A2 / A58 to Eindhoven-Ekkersrijt, from there the A50 direction Arnhem. Proceed on this road for approx. 70 km, then keep right and follow the signs A12/A50 direction Apeldoorn / Zwolle. Stay on the lane for the A50 Apeldoorn/Zwolle. After approx. 20 km you take the A1 direction Deventer / Hengelo. Leave the highway at exit 31 Hengelo-Noord and proceed in the direction Hengelo Noord. Turn right at the N737 Weerseloseweg, left to Vergertweg and right into the Lonnekerveldweg. Proceed on this road until you reach the gate of the base.
Travel by Plane
- The main airport is Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol).From here trains are leaving in the direction of Enschede every half hour.
- The nearest airport is Münster Airport in Germany. From the airport an express bus will take you to railway station Münster. From the railway station Münster Hauptbahnhof there is a direct connection to Enschede (stop trains) every hour. The journey lasts 1 hr 20 minutes.
Travel by Train:
- From Amsterdam Airport you can travel to Enschede by Intercity train in approx. two hours and 15 minutes. The connections are at least twice an hour. The trains leave from platform 1/2 in the direction Hilversum. It is either a direct connection, or you must change trains once: at Amersfoort railway station (arrival at platform 2, cross to platform 1 and take the train that leaves in the direction Apeldoorn / Enschede. From Amsterdam Central there is also twice per hour a train leaving in the direction Apeldoorn / Enschede, but you must either change trains at Hilversum or at Amersfoort railway station.
- From the south you must change trains at Utrecht railway station, and sometimes again at Amersfoort.
- From Germany there is a direct connection between Münster Hauptbahnhof (via Gronau) to Enschede once per hour. From Cologne you can travel by ICE International (HiSpeed) via Arnhem and Deventer to Enschede. Please be aware that these connections have a surcharge on the price of the ticket.
- Furthermore there is a regular Intercity (HiSpeed) connection from Hengelo (near Enschede) via Berlinto Szczecin in Poland.
Travel by taxi:
- Course participants arriving at Enschede or Hengelo railway station should take a taxi. Usually there are taxi’s waiting outside the railway station.
- Only in case of “Non-availability” of governmental accommodation, CCOE will collect students at designated pick-up points at the hotels in the morning and return them at the end of the day. Those who choose not to use CCOE accommodations although available need to make their own transport arrangements.