Gala Dinner

The FPL 2025 Gala Dinner will take place in the 18th-century Oranjerie of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden. Hortus Botanicus is the oldest botanic garden not just of the Netherlands but of the whole of Western Europe. It was founded in 1590 and expanded in subsequent centuries to become the green heart of the city of Leiden. Here, Carolus Clusius cultivated Europe's first extensive tulip collections, and Philipp Franz von Siebold introduced some 700 then unknown plant species from Japan and China. Visitors can come to the garden to relax and be inspired, and researchers and botanists from all over the world spend time here to study the gardan's renowned collection.

The recommended way to reach the place is by entering the following address into your navigation app: Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ, Leiden The Netherlands.

How to get there (from the conference venue)

... by bus

You can reach the dinner venue conveniently by public transport:

• Option 1: Take Bus 183 (direction Alphen a/d Rijn) from Oegstgeest, Corpus and get off at Leiden, Kort Rapenburg (approximately 13 minutes, 6 stops). From there, it's a short 5-minute walk (400 m) to the dinner location.
• Option 2: Alternatively, you can take any bus such as 30, 31, or others to Leiden Central Station. From there, it's about a 15-minute walk to the dinner location.