For a German, the most intuitive way to get to Maastricht would actually be to go through Cologne, Dusseldorf, or Frankfurt. From Koeln or Duesseldorf it should be around an hour by car---no more than two hours even considering traffic. Both airport have a rather limited number of intercontinental flights, but good connections within Europe. From Frankfurt, when going by car, add another hour. For those not able or willing to rent a car, you can also take the ICE (German bullet train) non-stop from Koeln or Frankfurt (central, but I believe this one also stops right at the airport) to Maastricht; it takes about 3.5 hours from FRA and is in part a very scenic ride (other parts are just tunnel-bridge-sound-wall sceneries, but the train goes at 280 km/h there). Stephan On 5/24/09 5:57 AM, "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 22 mei 2009, at 16:55, Ray Pelletier wrote: > >> The IAOC is pleased to announce the beautiful, historic city of >> Maastricht in the Netherlands as the site for IETF 78 from July 25 - >> 30, 2010. > > Beautiful, historic and nowhere near a reasonably-sized airport. > > It takes a 3 hour train ride (longer during weekends) to get to > Maastricht from Schiphol (Amsterdam airport) and a 2 hour one from > Zaventem (Brussels airport). > > Trivia: Maastricht has the same population as Ann Arbor. So the IETF > meeting would temorarily increase it by 1%. > > Not sure if making attending IETF meetings as difficult as possible is > a winning strategy. > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf