MOBILITY
How to reach our festival? Please read the information below and be well prepared to head to Live is Live.
Live is Live takes place at Park Middenvijver in Antwerp. The entrance to the festival site is on Blancefloerlaan.
BY BICYCLE
Live is Live is easily accessible by bike. You can park your bike at Rechteroever or at Linkeroever in 1 of our 2 manned bike parkings:
• Bike parking 'Antwerpen' for those coming from the city centre of Antwerp.
• Bike parking 'Zwijndrecht' for those coming from Zwijndrecht/Beveren.
Swapfiets is providing a repair service at the bicycle parking ‘Antwerp’. Every festival day between 15h and 19h, they can help you with a flat tyre or broken brake cable so you can get back home smoothly.
You don’t own a bicycle? You can use the different share bikes platforms (Velo, Blue-bike, Donkey Republic, …) or share steps (Bird, Poppy, Circ, …) in Antwerp.
TIP: After the festival it can be busy at the Sint-Anna tunnel. Don’t want to wait? Park your bike in a bicycle parking on the right bank (city centre) and take the tram to the festival.
EVENT SHUTTLE
From several pick-up points in Flanders, Event Shuttles will drive to the festival. These Keolis busses also bring you home safely after the festival. Per traveller, you pay (starting from) €29 for a return trip, depending on the distance to the festival. You can book your seat or find the nearest pick-up point via this link.
The scheduled arrival of the shuttle buses is around 12.30pm (and on Friday at 4.00pm) and the return trips are scheduled to leave from the car park (Willem Gijselsstraat) at 01.00am sharp.
Please note: If the shuttle bus does not have enough passengers, there is a possibility that this ride may be cancelled. We are not responsible for any cancellations, this is the decision of the organisation Keolis.
No pick-up point near you? Then gather extra fellow travellers! If there is sufficient interest, the organisation may consider adding extra buses. Please contact Keolis for this (event-shuttle@keolis.be).
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
TRAM OR BUS
The ‘Antwerp Regatta’ stop is near the entrance to the festival site on Blancefloerlaan. After the festival, extra trams will be added on the lines 3, 5, 9 and 15 until 1.00am each day. UPDATE: tram 9 is running again! So from Berchem, you can easily take the tram to the festival site.
The regional busses from Waasland – 82, 821, 84, 85, 87, 93, 931 – also stop at bus stops near the festival.
You can find more info here.
Plan your journey to Live is Live with the route planner of De Lijn.
Attention! Stop 'Sporthal' will be closed after the festival for a safe outward journey.
TRAIN
Travel by train to Antwerp-Central and take tram 3, 5, 9 or 15 towards Linkoever/Melsele/Regatta to the ‘Antwerp Regatta’ stop.
Plan your journey with the route planner of NMBS.
BY CAR
Consider carpooling, as it's cheap, better for the environment and you can make new friends! Also keep in mind that part of Linkeroever is within the Low Emission Zone (LEZ). You can find all info on the LEZ here.
Are you driving to Live is Live?
Make sure to reserve a spot on our car parks beforehand, because they are limited!
Buy your parking ticket here for €10 (incl. service cost)
Opening hours:
Friday: 11.00am – 1.30am
Saturday: 10.30am - 1.30am
Sunday: 12.00am - 1.30am
Important! All car parks must be cleared every night. Do you have a combi ticket or are you coming by car for multiple days? Then you need a seperate parking ticket for each day.
Please note! Mobile homes are not allowed on our car parks.
Parking 2 (katwilgweg)
Parking 3 (CHARLES DE COSTERLAAN)
PARK & RIDE
You can take a direct tram to Live is Live from these Parks & Rides:
P&R MERKSEM
P&R POST-X BERCHEM
P&R MELSELE
Live is Live can also be reached directly from many public car parks in the centre of Antwerp by tram line 3, 5, 9 or 15. A list of public car parks can be found here. By the way, some public car parks offer reduced parking rates at weekends or in the evening.
PRIVATE BUSSES
Coming in a group with a private bus?
Then sign up via the link register private bus.
We will reserve a free parking space for your bus. In the week before the festival, you will receive directions and a voucher giving access to the car park.
KISS & RIDE ZONE
You can drop or pick someone up at our kiss & ride zone close to the festival entrance.
Follow the signs Kiss & Ride or navigate with Waze or Google Maps to your destination.
ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH REDUCED MOBILITY
Spots on our wheelchair platform are very limited and almost sold out. Check the ticket page to see if there are still spaces available.
Unfortunately, you cannot just go to the our parkings with a blue card, so please do not go to the parking entrance if you do not have a reservation for the wheelchair platform. Please email info@liveislive.be if you need more info.
