Road communicationsWest South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort From the West and Great BritainCrews intending to come from Great Britain should e-mail their intentions to Lucy Druesne, in order to find the cheapest fares. From Northern France, including Normandy and North Brittany, and for boats coming from cross-Channel routes, use the motorway A84 - E3 / E401 to Caen, A13 - E46 to Rouen, then A28 - E402 to Abbeville and A16 to Boulogne - Calais - Dunkerque to exit 3 Nieuwpoort West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
From the SouthIf your best route passes through Paris (From Bordeaux to Lyon), we don't explain you how to go to Paris... But then, just take motorway A1 from the Porte de la Chapelle or A3 from Porte de Bagnolet, meeting A1 not far from Roissy. Follow A1 - E15 to Lille, then:
From Troyes, Metz, Strasbourg, go straight to Reims and Lille, than as above... West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
From the South-EastCaution: due to major road works on the A4 motorway in Belgium, crews coming from Metz or Strasbourg and Saarland should avoid this motorway, using routes from the South or East, or do it only between midnight and 06:00! If anyway you try to do it, from Luxemburg follow A4 - E25 / E411 to the R0 Brussels East ring for 6 km, then as for "from the East"... West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
From the EastFrom Central Germany, Austria, Hungary and further East, first go to Köln or Aachen. Then follow motorway A4 - E40, in Aachen best A76 - E314 (the other motorway A3 - E40 can be congested during day hours and going out of the Maas valley in Liège can be very hard for your car with trailer), in Leuven, turn to Brussels on A3 - E40 then when you arrive in Brussels, turn right on R0 Brussels ring to Antwerp - Gent. Follow R0 Brussels Ring for 18 km, turn to Gent - Ostend or A10 - E40, and 94 km further follow direction Veurne on A18 - E40, to exit 3 Nieuwpoort Caution 1: the R0 Brussels ring uses to be very congested on working days from 07:00 to 09:30 and from 16:00 to 19:00, just congested on working days between 09:30 and 16:00 Caution 2: the motorway A10 - E40 uses to be very congested on Friday from 16:00 to 22:00 and on Saturday from 09:00 to 16:00 West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
From the North-EastFrom Northern Germany, Poland, Latvia, best access through Germany on motorways A2 from Berlin - Hannover (don't follow the instructions of ViaMichelin, remain on A2 in Dortmund) or A1 from Hamburg then A43 at Münster and A2 - E34. Don't follow the road markings, and don't leave this motorway before exit :14 Duisburg-Kaisersberg. Then turn to Duisburg, Moers, and follow the A40 - E34 across the Dutch border to Eindhoven, and further in Belgium to Antwerp. Follow the R1 Antwerp ring to the tunnel under the river Schedt, then A17 - E17 to Gent and A10 - E40 for 50 km and follow direction Veurne on A18 - E40, to exit 3 Nieuwpoort From the Netherlands, join on A67 - E40 from Venlo or Eindhoven, or on the R1 Antwerp ring from Breda or Bergen-Op-Zoom. Some Dutch crews, or crews sailing the Delta Week on the Oosterschelde, may find it easier to go through the Westerschelde tunnel, Oostburg, Knokke and the Belgian coast route through Oostende to Nieuwpoort. Caution: the R1 Antwerp ring uses to be very congested on working days from 07:00 to 09:30 and from 16:00 to 19:00, just congested on working days between 09:30 and 16:00 West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
In NieuwpoortFrom the exit 3 on the motorway, follow direction Nieuwpoort for 1,4 km, then turn right on Pelikaanstraat to Nieuwpoort-Stad just after the bridge over the canal. Follow this street for 1 km until you are in front of the fish market. Then turn left on Kaai, direction Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee. At the end of a long right-turn, take right on the Havengeul - from here drive slowly - and after 500 m right again on the Kromme Hoek. West South South-East East North-East in Nieuwpoort
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