Area Hotels ....

For the 2009 IAMSE meeting we will be using a wide variety of local hotels. The Holiday Inn ... a familiar site ... will require a 5 minute taxi ride from the Train Station. This hotel has everything you would want from an indoor swimming pool and playground to a very nice hotel restaurant and bar. This would be the first recommendation for families with small children! Holiday Inn web site - http://www.holiday-inn-leiden.nl/

The Golden Tulip and Golden Tulip Inn are both across the street from the Train Station and easy to find! Both of these hotels offer great comfort while attending the conference. The Golden Tulip web site - http://www.goldentulipleidencentre.nl

In the coming days watch the IAMSE Conference website for reservation information and rates!

A Place for Answers ....

When you arrive at the train station in Leiden, there is a great location to find assistance. It's the LUMC Visitor's Center located within the station! Here you will find staff that can answer your questions about LUMC, Leiden, where to eat, how to find the taxi, etc. etc.

When you arrive for the IAMSE meeting you will also be greeted by medical students eager to help you find your way.

Getting to Leiden ....

For many of us we will arrive in the Netherlands at Schiphol Airport. If time allows, you may want to stay there for a while as the shopping is great! If not, you will have two options to travel to Leiden - Train or Taxi.

Taxi .. well that is easy, we've all done that before!

Train ... well that can be a bit more fun! Located throughout the airport are many train schedules where you can determine the next available train to Leiden Central Station. Most likely to be found on platform 5 or 6. Once you know your train time and platform, you must purchase a ticket. This can be done from any of the automated machines located throughout the airport. Be prepared with a handful of Euro coins ... If you don't want to use the machines, there are ticket counters available where you can speak to a live person who will guide you through the process. And YES the entire process can be conducted in English regardless of by automated machine or ticket counter.

Once aboard your train ... approx 15 minutes later you will arrive in Leiden!

Location for the Conference

Typically the IAMSE meetings have been held in hotels in major cities. The 2009 meeting will be much different! This year we will be meeting in the Medical Education Building at LUMC. This beautiful facility offers a 400 seat auditorium and many high tech classroom setups for our various sessions.

As you are looking at the building you see a rather strange "golden" structure - that is the auditorium! This building is just as beautiful in the inside as you see from the outside!