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How to reach PBL-Bilthoven

The PBL is located at RIVM. The RIVM is a large complex of buildings set back from the A. van Leeuwenhoeklaan. Reception will provide you with visitor’s day pass and call your contact to come and meet you. Allow about ten minutes for this.

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By public transport:

The locations of all the bus stops and the train station can be found on the map of Bilthoven below. 

By bus

Use the route planner for all forms of public transport (www.9292ov.nl in Dutch). Click on ‘over 9292’ for a company profile in English, with telephone numbers and services, including mobile planners. 

By train

Use the route planner for trains via ‘Nederlandse spoorwegen’ (www.ns.nl) to reach Bilthoven. On accessing the home page click on ‘English’ in the top right-hand corner and continue by following instructions.

From Bilthoven Station to the PBL(located at RIVM) 

The PBL is about a 25-minute walk from Bilthoven train station. You can also hire a bicycle near the station. A taxi from the station will bring you to the same place.

The RIVM also operates a shuttle service to and from the station for its employees (and visitors). This service operates between approximately 7.30 and 9.25 in the mornings and between 3.30 and 5.25 in the afternoons. You can identify the minibuses by their RIVM logos. Buses wait around the corner from the station in the first street on your right (assuming you turned right when leaving the station). Buses leave the RIVM in front of the reception office.

Map of Bilthoven:

Route Bilthoven MNP-ENG

By car the PBL can be reached:

From Schiphol/Amsterdam
  1. Take the A9 from Schiphol in the direction of Amstelveen.
  2. After 12 km follow the signs for the A2/E35 in the direction of Utrecht.
  3. Turn off the A2 at exit 6 (ring Utrecht-Noord) in the direction of Maarssen. [You are now avoiding Utrecht by following the northern section of the outer ring road.]
  4. The ring road skirts Maarssen and crosses 2 roundabouts 
  5. (Gandhi Plein and Dunant Plein). Keep driving in the direction of Hilversum and the A27.
  6. At the 3rd roundabout (Robert Kochplein) go southbound on the A27, driving in the direction of (De Uithof, Utrecht) Breda.
  7. [If you join the northbound route by mistake, don’t worry! Carry on northwards in the direction of Hilversum and turn off at exit 32, but turn right in the direction of Bilthoven. Then follow 2 to 10 listed under the heading ‘By car from Amsterdam/Hilversum’]
  8. Drive under the flyover and take the 1st exit after that (exit 30: Veemarkt). Turn left at the traffic lights. Drive under the motorway in the direction of De Bilt, along the Biltse Rading.
  9. The Biltse Rading leads you into the centre of De Bilt. Cross the roundabout, keeping to the same road, and turn right into Groenkanseweg at the T-junction.
  10. At the next T-junction, turn left into Soestdijkseweg.
  11. Turn left again into Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan. This is a one-way street. 
  12. The RIVM is a large complex of buildings set back from the road along this short one-way street on the right-hand side. The site is enclosed by a metal fence. Take the first entrance into the parking area. There is usually more space there.
  13. Park the car and walk in the same direction as you were driving, parallel to the road, until you come to the reception building. Report your arrival. Allow about 10 minutes for this.        
From the The Hague/Rotterdam  
  1. From The Hague or Rotterdam, take the A12 in the direction of Arnhem. 
  2. Follow the road over the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal at Utrecht, shortly afterwards passing the Ikea building on your left. This is a very busy motorway with multiple carriageways/lanes. Pass the urban districts Hoograven and Lunetten on your left.
  3. At the Lunetten (spaghetti) junction, keep to the left lanes, 
  4. following the signs to the A27 in the direction of Hilversum.
  5. Still circling Utrecht, turn off at exit 30 (Veemarkt).
  6. Turn right at the traffic lights. Drive under the motorway in the direction of De Bilt, along the Biltse Rading.
  7. The Biltse Rading leads you into the centre of De Bilt. Cross the roundabout, keeping to the same road, and turn right into Groenkanseweg at the T-junction. 
  8. At the next T-junction, turn left into Soestdijkseweg.
  9. Turn left again into Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan.  
  10. The RIVM is a large complex of buildings, set back from the road along this short one-way street on the right-hand side. The site is enclosed by a metal fence. Take the first entrance into the parking area. There is usually more space there.
  11. Park the car and walk in the same direction as you were driving, parallel to the road, until you come to the reception building. Report your arrival. Allow about 10 minutes for this.          
From Amsterdam/Hilversum  
  1. Take the A27 in the direction of Utrecht/Breda 
  2. Turn off at exit 32 and follow the road round to the left in the direction of Bilthoven, around two mini-roundabouts.
  3. You are now driving on the Nieuwe Weteringseweg, which becomes the Provinciale Weg. This passes along farms and woodlands. 
  4. At the traffic lights, turn right into the Gezichtslaan, passing signs to a crematorium on your right. This is a road with villas on either side. At the end of the road, you will see a street clock.
  5. At this skew T-junction, turn right into Soesterdijkseweg-Noord.
  6. Follow this road to the railway. Cross the level crossing, passing the station building on your right. You are now in the centre of Bilthoven.
  7. Follow the Soestdijkseweg out of the centre. The road takes on a residential, rather rural/wooded 
  8. appearance.
  9. Turn right into Antonie van 
  10. Leeuwenhoeklaan. 
  11. The RIVM is a large complex of buildings set back from the road along this short one-way street on the right-hand side. The site is enclosed by a metal fence. Take the first entrance into the parking area. There is usually more space there. 
  12. Park the car and walk in the same direction as you were driving, parallel to the road, until you come to the reception building. Report your arrival. Allow about 10 minutes for this.          
From Amersfoort and Zeist  
  1. Take the A28 in the direction of Utrecht
  2. Just after the cyclist/pedestrian bridge across the A28, turn off at exit 2, De Uithof.
  3. At the T-junction, turn right into Universiteitsweg, in the direction of De Bilt.
  4. At the traffic lights where the road forms a junction with the Utrechtseweg, carry straight on.
  5. As you enter Bilthoven, the Universiteitsweg becomes the Soestdijkseweg.
  6. After the 2nd set of traffic lights, turn first left into Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan. 
  7. The RIVM is a large complex of buildings set back from the road along this short one-way street on the right-hand side. The site is enclosed by a metal fence. Take the first entrance into the parking area. There is usually more space there.
  8. Park the car and walk in the same direction as you were driving, parallel to the road, until you come to the reception building. Report your arrival. Allow about 10 minutes for this.        

Roadmap to PBL in Bilthoven:

 

 Route rijkswegen MNP regio-ENG

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(26 Oct 2009)