Route description to the VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Address
VU University Amsterdam Main Building
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam

 

By public transport

From Schiphol Airport
* Travellers arriving at Schiphol may take the train to Station Zuid/ WTC (see 'from Station Zuid/-WTC')

 

From Central Station
* metro 51 direction "Amstelveen Westwijk", exit at stop: De Boelelaan VU (16 minutes) 
* tram 5 direction "Amstelveen Binnenhof", exit at stop: De Boelelaan VU (25 minutes) 
* tram 16 direction  "VU medisch centrum", exit at stop: VU medisch centrum (VUmc) (25 minutes)
 
From Sloterdijk Station
* metro 50 direction "Gein", exit at stop: Station Zuid/-WTC (10 minutes, see 'from Station Zuid/-WTC')
 
From Amstel Station
* tram 51 direction "Amstelveen Westwijk", exit at stop: De Boelelaan VU (10 minutes)
 
From Station Zuid/-WTC
* tram 51 direction of "Amstelveen Westwijk", exit at stop: De Boelelaan VU (1 minute)
* tram 5 direction of "Amstelveen Binnenhof", exit at stop: De Boelelaan VU (1 minute)
* bus 23 direction of "Osdorpplein", exit at stop: De Boelelaan / Vrije Universiteit (2 minutes)
* It is a 10 minutes walk to the VU University from Station Zuid/-WTC
 
From Duivendrecht Station
* metro 50 direction "Isolatorweg", exit at stop: Station Zuid/WTC (10 minutes, see 'from Station Zuid/WTC')
* change train to Station Zuid/WTC (7 minutes), exit at: Station Zuid/WTC (see 'from Station Zuid/-WTC')
 
Regional buses
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 176;
* 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.
 
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 may also take tram 5 or the express tram 51 (to Central Station) directly to the VU.

 

By 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 slip road onto Amstelveenseweg: after about three hundred yards (at the VU Hospital building) turn left again onto De Boelelaan. The VU University Amsterdam can be reached via city routes S 108 and S 109.

 

Parking
There is a limited amount of parking space around the VU University Amsterdam itself in De Boelelaan, which has parking bays, and also in Karel Lotsylaan, There is paid parking on the VU University Amsterdam 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 University Amsterdam. A number of parking places for the handicapped are reserved in front of the VU University Amsterdam Main Building and within its grounds.

 

For information on public transport: http://journeyplanner.9292.nl/

For a route description by car: http://www.routenet.nl/?UICulture=en