12th Biennial Conference of the Association for Low Countries Studies, 2018 travel information

Organising team • Henriette Louwerse • Jenny Watson • Anna Geurts

Getting to Sheffield The website contains information on a range of ways of getting to the university from anywhere in the world, including local maps: www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel.

Sheffield station ← → Jonas Hotel & conference venue The Edge (Friday & Saturday)

Jonas Hotel & The Edge Endcliffe Village Endcliffe Crescent Sheffield S10 3ER +44 114 222 8816 [email protected]

• Check-in from 3pm. Check-out before 11am. Luggage storage available. • Tel. porter for those arriving after 11pm: +44 114 222 8810. • A very small breakfast is included.

• On foot: 50 min. • By bus: 30 min. inc. walking (exc. waiting). Your best options are: The Jonas Hotel ◦ bus 6/ 271 from Howard Hotel stop to Endcliffe Terrace Road stop ◦ bus 65 from Howard Hotel stop to Neill road stop ◦ bus 275 from Howard Hotel stop to Tapton House Road stop ◦ bus 120 from Pond Street stop to Shore Lane or Endcliffe Vale Road stop • Be aware that Sheffield has multiple bus operators who do not always share their tickets.

Sheffield station → Thursday events From Sheffield Railway Station, the easiest ways on Thursday to reach for the workshop, for the conference opening, or for the dinner, are • On foot: 30 min. • By tram: stop at the back of the railway station, YELLOW and BLUE routes to University of Sheffield stop. Tickets available from the conductor. Jonas Hotel ← → Thursday events • On foot, by way of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Clarkehouse Road: 25 min. • Any bus route will involve almost as much walking, so your best alternative might be a taxi.

Friday dinner No dinner has been arranged for Friday. Near the Endcliffe campus, many nice places are to be found on Sharrow Vale Road and Road: 10 min. walking from the Endcliffe campus, in the direction of Neill Road and Newington Road bus stops (which helps you on your way to DINA: see below). Near DINA itself, the city centre itself also offers plenty to eat.

Jonas Hotel and conference venue The Edge ← → theatre venue DINA (Friday) DINA 32 Cambridge Street (next to the John Lewis department store)

• On foot: 40 min. • By bus: 30 min. inc. walking (exc. waiting): ◦ bus 6/271 from Newington Road stop to Moorhead stop ◦ bus 81/82 from Neill Road stop to Charles Street stop ◦ bus 88 from Neill Road stop to Moorhead Eyre Street stop ◦ bus 120 from Endcliffe Vale Road or Shore Lane stop to City Hall stop

Staying in Sheffield a little longer? The city’s tourism information website lists a great many things to see and do: www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/things-to-see-and-do

Sheffield is known for its street art, vibrant pop scene, and its many local breweries.

The Jonas Hotel is close to the Botanical Gardens and Endcliffe Park, from where a walk along the takes you straight into the Peaks.

Sheffield’s industrial heritage is also visible in many places, both in Sheffield’s museums and in the open air, for instance at the grinding workshops which can be seen in operation at , along the Porter Brook.

Or sample some Netherlandic art at the Graves Art Gallery! While we are in Sheffield, the city also hosts a virtual-reality art installation by Dutch artist Marcel Schreur: ‘Life is Beautiful. Always’ (28 June - 1 July, Grace Unit, Fitzalan Square, near the High Street). City-centre map including • Railway station and tram stop • Bus stops: ◦ Howard Hotel stop on Sheaf Street ◦ Pond Street • Theatre venue DINA on Cambridge Street

Holiday Inn Express

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Sheffield International College Faculty of Engineering Q-Park Solly Street

Shef eld Transport BARKER’S POOL Interchange (Buses and Coaches)

Millennium Gallery

CHARTER SQUARE

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The left-hand side of this city-centre map merges into the the right-hand side of the city-campus map on the following page. City-campus map including • Jessop West • Firth Court • Weston Park Museum (in Weston Park) JESSOP WEST UNION STUDENTS’ FIRTH COURT Endcliffe-campus map including • Jonas Hotel • The Edge

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W O O D V A L E R O A D Overview of all venues (also available online) 1. Sheffield Railway Station and tram stop 5. Firth Court - opening 2. Howard Hotel and Pond Street bus stops 6. Weston Park Museum - dinner 3. Jonas Hotel 7. The Edge - conference 4. Jessop West - workshop 8. DINA - theatre