How to get to ESTEC
Visitors to ESTEC can read and download our Visitor Leaflet with information on safety and security.
Arriving by air:
From Schiphol airport,
- ESTEC Shuttle Bus: Schiphol - ESTEC / ESTEC - Schiphol - hotels and taxi service. See link at right.
- By taxi: Journey to ESTEC approximately 30 minutes. Tell the driver you wish to go to ESTEC, located at Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk.
- By train: The airport local station is accessible from the terminal building, where you can buy your ticket to Leiden Central station (15 minutes). From Leiden Central station, take bus 430 or 431 to Katwijk.
- By rental car: Follow the instructions below from Amsterdam.
Arriving by car:
ESTEC is located at the southern tip of Noordwijk.
- From Amsterdam, take the A4 in the direction Den Haag-Rotterdam, then at the junction follow the A44. Take the exit Noordwijk-Voorhout, continue to Noordwijk and from there, follow the signs 'ESA ESTEC'.
- From Den Haag (The Hague), take the A44 motorway in the direction Amsterdam/Wassenaar and exit at 'Leiden' (exit 8). Follow the N206 in the direction Katwijk and Haarlem. Take the exit 'Katwijk Noord'. From there follow the signs 'ESA ESTEC' (small white traffic signs).
Arriving by bus:
The nearest bus stops are:
- Katwijk, ESTEC (located in front of Gatehouse) line 430 or 431 to Leiden Centraal (stops at Leiden Transferium)
- Schorpioen/Rijnsoever (bus stop located approx. 300 metres from the entrance gate) lines 90 (The Hague-Lisse) and 385 (The Hague-Sassenheim).
See the following sites for more information:
www.arriva.nl/consumers.htm
http://9292.nl/en#
Arriving from Leiden Central Station
From Leiden Central station, take bus 430 or 431 to ESTEC. It stops in front of the entrance gate of ESTEC (the journey takes about 30 minutes). You can check the bus schedule at http://9292.nl/en/journeyadvice/station-leiden-centraal/katwijk-zh_bushalte-estec/departure/2015-10-15T0801#.