How to get there?
By car or moto
The festival can easily be reached via the E34 motorway (Antwerpen - Eindhoven / exit 25 Retie - Mol) and the E313 motorway (Antwerpen - Hasselt / afrit 23 Geel West). Signposts show the way from both exits.
There are several car parks and campsites in the immediate vicinity. To assure the security of all festival goers, no vehicules are allowed on the campsites (except for the mobilhome campsite).
There is a free car park for combi ticket holders. The day parking is reserved for day ticket holders. Use of this car park costs 5 euros/day.
The car parks are patrolled by our own security people, but it’s still advisable not to leave any valuables in your car. Prevention is better than cure!
By public transport
Mol railway station (at 8km from the festival) will be again the centre point of the festival weekend. In collaboration with De Lijn, Graspop will be organising a free shuttle service between Mol station and the festival. |
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- By train
Each ordinary admission ticket and each Ticket Service ticket is also valid for one outward journey and one return journey by train from any Belgian station (*) to MOL and for the final outward and return lap with buses from DE LIJN from the MOL station to the festival site. (*) Travellers who have Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven as departure or destination station have to pay the Diabolo fee. |
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Attention: the e-festival ticket is NOT valid for travelling by train and bus but entitles you to one free nominative e-train ticket for an outward and return journey to MOL (including final stretch with buses De Lijn).
The festival goers from abroad can combine their ordinary admission ticket, e-train ticket or Ticket Service ticketwith a transport ticket (outward and return journey) which is valid on the foreign railway networks until the Belgian frontier.
IMPORTANT: do consult www.sncb.be/graspop for the terms of use and validity of all the types of festival tickets and for ordering your e-train ticket.
NOTE: there are no night trains. You can always check the exact time table at www.b-rail.be/nat/E(enter MOL as final railway station). |
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- Shuttle service between Mol and the festival
In collaboration with De Lijn, Graspop will be organising a free shuttle busservice from Mol train station to the festival/camp site. This service will be available from Thursday up to and including Monday. The traject will take about 20 minutes. |
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Travel by train through Europe
Want to visit the Graspop Metal Meeting, but want to see more of Belgium or even entire Europe as well? Make your holiday out of it and travel with InterRail!
It’s green, flexible, cheap and as adventurous as you make it! An InterRail Global Pass give you almost unlimited* access to trains in 30 European countries. With an InterRail Pass, Europe is yours to explore!
How does it work? Simple! You choose whether you want to travel 30 countries or just 1, you simply order the InterRail Pass online in your own language, we send it you for free, and off you go! You can board nearly all* trains in Europe, your Pass is your ticket. (** Some special trains like high-speed or night trains can require a reservation or supplement, of which the amount depends on the level of luxury you want). |
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What about costs? If you’re under 26, you get a Youth discount. As an adult, you can choose between first and second class. This, combined with the number of travel days you want, determine the price. Below are the prices for the InterRail Global Passes, valid in 30countries. With the InterRail Pass, you get a discount on travelling in your home country. In Belgium, it is 50%, Netherlands 50%, France 50%...
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By plane
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Brussels Airport (Zaventem) – at 110km from the festival
More info: www.brusselsairport.beBrussels Airport is the most important airport in Belgium and is accessible from most airports in the world.
Brussels Airport -> festival by train
The train station is situated at the basement level (level -1) of the airport. Take the train to Brussels-North, were you can transfer to the train to Lier. In Lier you take the train to Mol. The whole trajet takes about 95 minutes. In Mol station the festival shuttle will be waiting to take you to the festival free of charge. See also ‘By public transport’.
Brussel Airport -> festival with AirExpressBus
AirExpressBus provides transfers by luxury touring cars from the airport directly to the festivall without switching vehicles. See also ‘AirExpressBus’.
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Brussels South Airport (Charleroi) – at 160km from the festival
More info: www.charleroi-airport.comBrussels South Airport is probably the least expensive way of travelling to the festival. Especially low-budget airlines like RyanAir and Wizzair fly to Charleroi Airport.
Brussels South Airport -> festival by train
Take bus-line A to Charleroi-Sud Central Station. You can purchase your busticket at the airport newstand. At Charleroi-Sud Central Station, you board a train to Brussel-South, where you can transfer to a train for Antwerpen-Berchem. There you need to make another transfer in the direction for Mol. In Mol station the festival shuttle will be waiting to take you to the festival free of charge. See also ‘By public transport’.
Brussels South Airport -> festival with AirExpressBus
AirExpressBus provides transfers by luxury touring cars from the airport directly to the festivall without switching vehicles. See also ‘AirExpressBus’ |
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Airport Shuttle Service
AirExpressBus provides tranfers by luxury touring car from the follow bus stops to the festival. |
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Schiphol Airport (NL)
Eindhoven Airport (NL)
Airport Weeze - Düsseldorf (DE)
Amsterdam Centraal Station (NL)
Utrecht (NL)
Nijmegen (NL)
Eindhoven Centraal Station (NL)
Charleroi Airport - Brussels South (BE) |
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They will bring you to the festival in their safe and convenient touring cars WITHOUT switching vehicles. All baggage is stored in the luggage compartment and our passengers can sit back and relax.
Carpooling
Carpooling may be the ideal solution if you don't like to travel alone. It's more fun and it's definitely safer. Furthermore, driving a car is rather expensive and carpooling would enable you to split the costs of travel.
If you want to share a car, then we'd be glad to help. Just send an e-mail to info@graspop.be and we'll put your wanted ad online. |
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