Accomodations
All guests stayed at Papendal National Sports Center, the headquarters
of the Dutch Olympic Committee and the Dutch National Sports Federation. Papendal
is close to the city of Arnhem, and is about one hour and fifteen minutes by
train from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (and about one and a half hours from Cologne
in Germany). A shuttlebus was provided from Arnhem Central Railway station to
Papendal.
Papendal was founded in 1971 as a center where sports people could
train. Now it is a fully equipped complex, covering 150 hectares in a beautiful
setting, providing all the facilities we needed.
The hotel, restaurant, competition hall and other facilities are all within
the same complex. Most meals were served there too. For our spare time there
was a grand café available for the participants (with very reasonable
prices and an occasional happy hour!), so there were plenty of opportunities
to enjoy the social side of the competition too, with puzzles, sports and games.
All the rooms are double rooms. There are two types of rooms
available:
• Standard rooms (shower, toilet and tv)
• Luxury rooms (shower, bath, toilet, telephone and tv)
