The 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts will take place in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), its main campus with its multiplicity of research, teaching, service and cultural facilities covers 260 ha and is located in the very heart of the Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), close to the city of Sabadell and about 20 km from Barcelona centre.
The UAB campus has good connections with Barcelona by train with two different lines and by car with two different highways.
HOW TO GET TO UAB
The university campus is located 30km from Barcelona, in a natural environment with forests and green areas, very well connected and with a series of infrastructures and services designed to guarantee accessibility to the university community.
By Train
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
Line S2 Barcelona-Sabadell and line S6 Barcelona – Universitat Autònoma.
To get to ILERA you have to stop at the Universitat Autònoma Station.
Timetables available on the FGC website: https://www.fgc.cat/en/fgc-network/l-barcelona-valles/
By Train
RENFE
Line R7 Sant Andreu Arenal – Cerdanyola Universitat
Line R8 Martorell – Granollers
The RENFE station is located outside the campus but is well connected to the UAB bus service.
Timetables available on the RENFE website: www.renfe.es
Private vehicle
The UAB campus has several accesses: Access by the AP7 motorway, direction Tarragona-Lleida from the north, or direction Girona from Barcelona
Access by the C-58 motorway from Barcelona, Sabadell, Terrassa
And other accesses to secondary roads that connect the municipalities closest to the UAB campus.