
The Belgian-Dutch infrastructure is aimed at transporting tens of millions of people and goods from A to B every year. Less than 400 kilometers separate the Belgian and Dutch bidding host cities, making The HollandBelgium Bid the most compact bid. Players, officials, fans and volunteers will not have to waste much time on travel. Very comfortable indeed!
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Road networkThe Belgian-Dutch road network is one of the most dense road networks in the world. All bidding host cities are connected by motorways. Every day, until 2018 / 2022, the flow and capacity of these roads will be further improved. |
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Public transportBelgium and the Netherlands have an excellent public transport system. Comfortable Intercity-trains connect the bidding host cities. A high-speed train already takes you from Amsterdam to Brussels in two hours. By 2018 these high-speed train links will be further extended, making travel between cities even easier and faster. Because Belgian and Dutch railway lines connect seamlessly, travellers will not experience any problems when crossing national borders. In the cities, buses, metros, trams and ferries follow a strict schedule to take fans wherever they have to be as quickly and comfortably as possible. |
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airportsThe international airports of Brussels and Amsterdam are major hubs in European and intercontinental air traffic. They fly millions of passengers to their destinations every year. Moreover, all other host cities have regional or international airports within short distances. |
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portsThe ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam are two of the largest in the world and play a major part in the international transport of goods. Consequently, the infrastructure to forward the growing amount of goods is constantly under development. These continuous improvements improve the transfer from and to these cities and all traffic benefits from this. |







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