How do you reach MATEXPO?
Address event location: Kortrijk Xpo - Doorniksesteenweg 216 - 8500 Kortrijk (Belgium)
Kortrijk Xpo is located in the middle of a green zone at exit n°2 (Kortrijk - Zuid) of the E17 motorway Antwerp - Ghent - Kortrijk - Lille.
On the E17 motorway, in Kortrijk, signposts (Kortrijk - Zuid/Expo) guide you to the fair's peripheral car parks P1 or P2. There are shuttle buses from these car parks to the fair.
Allow 30' between parking and fair arrival.
BY CAR
From Brussels: E40 motorway to Ghent | E17 motorway to Kortrijk | exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
From Antwerp: E17 motorway to Kortrijk | Exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
From Bergen-Doornik: E403 motorway to Kortrijk | E17 motorway to Ghent | exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
From Ostend-Bruges: A17 motorway to Kortrijk Zuid | Exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
From the Netherlands: A16 motorway to Breda | E17 motorway Antwerp - Ghent - Kortrijk | exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
From France Paris - Lille: E17 motorway to Kortrijk (Courtrai) | Exit 2 Kortrijk Zuid/Expo
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
There are smooth train connections to Kortrijk from all Belgian cities. At Kortrijk station, bus n°13 or n°16 (Hoog-Kortrijk) will take you to Kortrijk-Xpo every 20 minutes.
From the Netherlands: you travel via Roosendaal to Antwerp or Brussels, from where you take the train to Kortrijk.
From Germany: you take the train Aachen - Leuven - Brussels - Ghent - Kortrijk
From France: there is a direct train Lille - Kortrijk
From France: Eurostar to Lille, from where you can take a direct train Lille - Kortrijk (40 km)
From UK: Eurostar London - Lille, from where you can take the direct train Lille - Kortrijk (40 km)
BY PLANE
From Wevelgem: thanks to the nearby airport in Wevelgem, Kortrijk Xpo is easily accessible for business flights. In Wevelgem you take a taxi, which will take you to Kortrijk Xpo (7 km) within 10 minutes
From Zaventem: if you land in Brussels/Zaventem by plane, take the train to Brussels North and from there take the train to Kortrijk (100 km).
From Lille/Lesquin: if you land by plane in Lille/Lesquin, take the taxi to Lille - Flanders station and from there take the train to Kortrijk (40 km)
