larvi 2024
8th Fish & Shellfish Larviculture Symposium
September 9-12, 2024
Ostend, Belgium

PRACTICAL DETAILS

accommodation

Participants are requested to book hotel accommodation directly with the hotel of their choice. A selection of hotels can be found at visitoostende.be/en/accommodation. Because Ostend is a touristic city, rooms should be booked well in advance.

meals

Several restaurants and snack bars can be found in the vicinity of the symposium venue. However for those who prefer to take lunch at the venue itself the organisation offers a formula for the days, also for vegetarians. The three lunches at noon will cost 65 euro. For that price they offer you a sandwich buffet with soup and soft drink on site (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).These onsite lunches need to be ordered beforehand (see online registration form).

date and place

The symposium will start on September 9, 2024 with registration for the larvi conference and the IAAC conference. All sessions will be held at the 'De Grote Post' in the city center of Ostend. More information about Ostend can be retrieved from the Ostend Tourist Office. The official opening session and reception will take place in the evening of September 9. The scientific sessions will be held from September 10 through September 12.

Ostend is a cosmopolitan city by the sea and is known as the 'Queen of seaside cities'. The wide sandy beaches, the attractive boulevards and the beautiful casino form the face of the seaside resort. Ostend is the most important coastal city in Belgium with a large fishing port and marina harbor, but Ostend is also a shopping city where you can go all year round. Happy to welcome you all there! 

travel arrangements

For European participants, it is interesting to know that several low-cost carriers fly into Brussels National, Brussels South (Charleroi) and Ostend.

To plan your train journey ahead of your arrival at Brussels airport you can check the timetables and connections at SNCB official website. There are direct and indirect trains from the airport to the railway station Ostend, the cost of a ticket should be around 30 euro.

Should you land at Brussels South airport in the city of Charleroi/Gosselies you can also plan your journey ahead. This bus service will take you to the railway station Brussels Midi where you can continue your journey by train to Ostend.

Do you wish to make use of a limo service to and from Ghent? We can recommend Airway Services. Prices will depend if travelling in group or alone, for enquiries and reservations contact info@airway.be.

Note that regular taxis are very expensive in Belgium: to go from Brussels airport to Ostend will cost you well over 250 euros.