Schedule

11.45: PhD defense @ aula of the VU (main building)
13.00 - 14.00: reception @ café the Basket (VU area)
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18.30: dinner party @ Wintertuinen
21.00: drinks and live band @ Wintertuinen

OV chip

For those who are planning to travel by public transport in A'dam, make sure you buy an " OV-chipkaart" and don't forget to put some money on it.

For more details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OV-chipkaart

VU - map

Chocomousse: the Finale

Bon appétit!

DIY: chocomousse

(these pictures were taken when I prepared chocomousse for 8 persons.)

Parking in Amsterdam

(info obtained from the website www.amsterdam.info)

Park and Ride - P+R in Amsterdam

P+R AmsterdamThe Park and Ride (P+R) parking facilities are located on the outskirts of Amsterdam near the ring A-10. The idea is that you park your car for a low fee of € 6,- per 24 hours, with the free unlimited 24 hours public transport ticket for people of the car (up to 5 people) and you continue your visit using good metro, tram or bus connections with the centre of Amsterdam.

With an additional payment you may purchase 48 and 72 hours public transport tickets. You may park your car at the P+R sit up to the maximum of four days. You should inform the parking service about it, so you will be receiving public transport tickets for all these days. As they are heavily subsidized, you must return your used public transport tickets to the P+R parking service at your departure, when paying your parking fees for the whole stay.

P+R car parks are, open 7 days a week, 24 hours with the exception of the P+R Bos en Lommer(from 7 am to 10 pm). They are all supervised but we do not advise you to leave anything of value in your car because break-in's are common in Amsterdam.

There are five P+R car parking sites in Amsterdam:

Amsterdam arenaP+R ArenA Transferium Burgemeester Stramanweg 130, 1101 EP Amsterdam; at the Ajax ArenA stadium, capacity: 500, at freeways A9 and A2, exit Transferium; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: train from the Bijlmer station and metro 54, 50

P+R Bos en Lommer, Leeuwendalersweg 23b, 1055 JE Amsterdam, near the S104 exit from the A10 ring. This car park is open from 7 am to 10 pm. You may leave the lot with your car at any time – 24/7; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: tram 14; bus 15, 21, 80, 82, 247, 315, 352 and metro 50.

P+R Olympisch Stadion (Olympic Stadium), Olympisch Stadion 44, 1076 DE Amsterdam; capacity: 250; located at the ring A10, exit S108; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: tram 16, 24 ; this parking lot has also free bicycles to lend (up to two bikes per car – your ID will be required).

P+R Sloterdijk, Piarcoplein 1, 1043 DW Amsterdam, at Sloterdijk train station, capacity: 200; freeway A10 exit S102; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: train from the Sloterdijk station, metro 50, bus 48, tram 12; this parking lot has also free bicycles to lend (up to two bikes per car – your ID will be required).

P+R Zeeburg, Zuiderzeeweg 46 1095 KJ Amsterdam; at Piet Heintunnel, capacity:250, from A10 exit S114, communication with the centre of Amsterdam: tram: 26, bus 37, 245.

There are also following free car parks within the Amsterdam city limits:

Spinnerij; located at A9, exit Amstelveen; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: metro 51.

Diemen-Zuid; located at A10, exit S112; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: metro 53.

Gaasperplas; located at A9, exit Gaasperplas; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: metro 53.

Buikslotermeerplein; located at A9, exit Amstelveen; communication with the centre of Amsterdam: bus 33, 36, 100, 110, 114.

If you leave your car in an unattended area in the city, do not leave anything of value in the car. Please also consider putting this "no valuables inside" warning behind the windows.

Website: www.bereikbaar.amsterdam.nl

Reminder

Please don't forget to let me know whether you will attend
the thesis defense (and party) or not!
The deadline is next monday, June 14.

Hope to see you all on the 1st of July!