Locations & stay

The media art of the festival is diverse. As how alternating the landscape and culture of the Friesland (Fryslân) and Groningen are. Both provinces lent themselves for a longer stay. Here you’ll find information of locations, parking, lodging and places to eat.

See for travelling by train information www.9292ov.nl
For a route description by car, see ANWB www.anwb.nl

Leeuwarden

Main Location

Kanaalstraat 9, Leeuwarden
058 2954660
http://www.mediaartfriesland.nl
info@mediaartfriesland.nl

Wed - Sun 11.00-17.00:
Exhibition Young Talent
ISMAF Nominations
Computer Gallery
Soundvision, sound program

Zo 18 September, 14.00:
Soundvision, Sound program

Do 22 t/m zo 25 September 16.00-23.00:
Videosalon, film and video program

Fries Museum

Turfmarkt 24, Leeuwarden
058 2555500
www.friesmuseum.nl

Tue - Sun 11.00-17.00:
Chinese film and video art

Academie voor Popcultuur

Achter de Hoven 23, Leeuwarden
058 2921600
www.academievoorpopcultuur.nl

Mon - Fri 11.00-17.00:
Sissi: Installation by van Nadja Marcin (GER)

CHN Boulevard

Rengerslaan 8, Leeuwarden
058 2441441
www.chn.nl

Mon - Fri 11.00-17.00:
International exhibition student film and video

NHL

Tesselschadestraat 12, Leeuwarden
058 2961234
www.cmd.tech.nhl.nl

Mon - Fri 11.00-17.00:
Installation by Jorge Cosmen (ES)

Muziekcentrum Schaaf

Breedstraat 48, Leeuwarden
058 2158003
www.muziekcentrumschaaf.nl

Thu 29 September 13.00-01.00:
Experience, the multi media event

Special menus are compound by the festival restaurant Spinoza Descartes, Eewal 50/52, 058 2129393.

Foundation Promotion Leeuwarden and tourist office VVV Leeuwarden offer several lodges as hotels, bed & breakfast, campings, guesthouses, pensions and hostels.
VVV Leeuwarden, Sophialaan 4 0900 2024060, www.vvvleeuwarden.nl

Getting there by Car

From the direction Amsterdam Afsluitdijk you follow Zurich N31 to Harlingen Harlingen. After 30 km you follow the N383 direction Leeuwarden.

From the Flevopolder you follow the A6 to Joure. Follow A7, at the interchange Heerenveen, follow A32 to Leeuwarden. At traffic circle take second turn (J.H. Knoopstraat). Take first left to parking lot Klanderij.
Or turn left after 350m (Achter de Hoven) Go left after 70m (Emmakade) Go left after 70m (Kanaalstraat).

From Zwolle: follow A32 to Leeuwarden. Take first left to parking lot Klanderij.
Or turn left after 350m (Achter de Hoven) Go left after 70m (Emmakade) Go left after 70m (Kanaalstraat).

From Drachten take interchange Drachten, N31 to Leeuwarden.

The parking lot Klanderij takes a five minute walk to the main festival location, Kanaalstraat 9. Parking lots Zaailand and Hoeksterend take about a ten minute walk to the Kanaalstraat.

Car park de Klanderij
Posthoornsteeg 2, Leeuwarden
Mon - Sat 7.00 - 19.00, Thu 7.00 - 22.00 , Sunday closed
058 215 87 33

Car park Zaailand
Zaailand 5, Leeuwarden
24 hours a day 7 days a week
058 2128005

Car park Hoeksterend
Hoeksterpad 3, Leeuwarden
Mon - Sat 7.00 - 24.00 , Sunday closed
leaving is at any time, provided you have a valid parking ticket
058 216 92 03

Getting there with public transport

Train/ bus to Leeuwarden

From Amsterdam/ Zwolle 2 trains every hour. Total route takes one hour.
From Zwolle 2 trains an hour: 19/ 52, every hour. Total route takes one hour.
From Groningen 2 trains an hour: 20/ 51, every hour. Total route 50 minutes.

On Foot:
Train station Leeuwarden > Kanaalstraat
Walk from the station hall, go to your right. Follow until the stoplight crossing and keep on going straight forward. Take the second turn on your left, follow the curved street and take the second street on your left.

Harlingen

Galerie de Valk

Rozengracht 10, Harlingen
0517 431353

Fri - Sun 13.00-17.00:
Exhibition Young Talent: Opening Sat 17 September 11.00

Kunsthuis Mij-September

Midlumerlaan 15, Harlingen
0517 430034

Fri -Sun 13.00-17.00:
Expositie Jong Talent: Opening Sun 11 september 14.00

Tourist office VVV Harlingen offers possibilities for logdes and cultural activities in the city and surroundings. Hotels, pensions, apartments, ware houses, farms, but also the rescue boat, the lighthouse and the harbour crane loan themselves for a wilful stay.
VVV Harlingen, Noorderhaven 50 0900 5400001, www.vvv-harlingen.nl

Parking is posible in the city centre: Voorstraat, Vismarkt, Grote Bredeplaats, Havenplein, Kleine Bredeplaats, Lanen, Noorderhaven en Simon Stijlstraat : € 0,30 / 20 minutes.

Train
From Leeuwarden 2 trains an hour: 9/ 31, every hour. Total route 25 minutes.

Drachten

Museum Smallingerland

Museumplein 2
0512 515647
www.museumdrachten.nl

Tue - Sat 11.00-17.00, zo 13.00-17.00:
Exhibition Youn Talent: Opening Sat 17 September 15.00

VVV Drachten, Museumplein 4, 0512 517771, www.smallingerland.nl

Costs for paid parking € 0,50 / hour, except at Meldij and Reidingweg: € 0,30/ hour. At the Kiryat Onoplein, the Leerlooierstraat and the Moleneind Noordzijde is parking free.
In Parking lot at the Knobeldorffplein the costs are € 1,00 /1,5 uur, € 2,00/ 1,5 tot 4 uur, € 3,20/ longer than 4 hours.

Bus
From Leeuwarden: bus 320, 6/ 26, every hour, bus 14, 50, every hour. Total route 40 minutes.
From Groningen: bus 314, 19/ 59, every hour. Total route 40 minutes.

Beetsterzwaag

Kunsthuis Syb

Hoofdstraat 70
0 512 382376
www.kunsthuissyb.nl

Sat - Sun 13.00-17.00:
Artist in Residence with Rob Donkers (Rotterdam) and Hannah Talbot (London)
Staring of Sat 24 and Sun 25 September, every weekend 13.00-17.00.
End presentation: Tue 18 - Sun 23 October, 13.00-17.00

Train/ Bus
From Leeuwarden: bus 10, 03, every hour. Total route one hour.
From Leeuwarden: train to Zwolle, stop Heereveen: 17, every hours. Heerenveen: bus 10: 46 every hour. Total route one hour.

From Groningen: bus 100, 16, every hour to stop bus station Drachten. Bus 10 to Heerenveen, 18, every hour, stop Beetsterzeaag. Total time 50 minutes.

Groningen

Galerie Sign

Winschoterkade 10
050 3132651
www.sign2.nl

Wed - Sun 12.00-18.00:
Videoskoop with international students

Marketing Groningen and the tourist office Groninger VVV offer lodges in characteristic farms, hotels, pensions, bed and breakfasts and a stay in the smallest hotel of the Netherlands. http://www.groningen.nl/toerisme

Car
From Groningen to Leeuwarden: follow direction Drachten A7/ E22. Take turn 30 Oosterwolde, direction Drachten. Take direction Leeuwarden. Total time 45 minutes.

Drachten
Follow direction Drachten A7/ E22. Take turn 30 Oosterwolde, direction Drachten. Take turn 30a Ureterp, follow direction Drachten Centrum. You’ll pass two traffic circles. At the third traffic circle (Van Knobeldorffplein) take te second turn. After 200m take the second turn (Burgemeester Wuiteweg), follow curved street to the left.
Total time 27 minutes

Train
Leeuwarden: 20/51, every hour. Total time 50 minutes.

Harlingen: Train to Leeuwarden: 20/51, every hour. Transfer to train to Harlingen 20/31 every hour. Total route 1,5 hour.

Bus
Drachten: bus 100 to Heerenveen, 16 every hour, stop Van Knobelsdorffplein. Transfer to bus 14 to Leeuwarden, 59, every hour, stop busstation. Total time one hour.

Beetsterzwaag: bus 100 to Heerenveen, 16 every hour, stop Van Knobelsdorffplein. Transfer to bus 10 to Heerenveen 59, every hour, stop Hoofdstraat Beetsterzwaag.