Practical info

Location

Exhibition & Congress Center MECC Maastricht
Forum 100
6229 GV Maastricht
The Netherlands

Opening hours

Tuesday 29 April 2025
You are welcome to join us for the PRE SHOW for Exhibitors-dealers between 10.00 and 17.00 hours

Wednesday 30 April 2025
You are welcome to join us for the PRE SHOW for Exhibitors-dealers between 10.00 and 17.00 hours

Thursday 1 May 2025
You are welcome to join us for the PRE SHOW for Exhibitors-dealers between 10.00 and 17.00 hours

Friday 2 May 2025
You are welcome to join us for the MIF PREVIEW for exhibitors, dealers and invited guest between 10.00 and 17.00 hours

Saturday 3 May 2025
As exhibitors-dealer you have access to the MECC exhibition floor between 8.00 and 18.00 hours. For visitors the MECC is open between 10.00 and 18.00 hours.

Sunday 4 May 2025
As exhibitors-dealer you have access to the MECC exhibition floor between 8.00 and 17.00 hours. For visitors the MECC is open between 10.00 and 17.00 hours.

Onsite grading by PMG

During the PRE-SHOW and the MAIN-SHOW, our Co-Sponsor and Official Grading Service PMG will offer onsite grading.
Click on the link below for more information about PMG Onsite Grading during the MIF Paper Money Fair Maastricht;

LINK WILL FOLLOW SOON

B2B Evening

On Friday May 2nd the MIF will host its regular B2B Evening for all (only) Exhibitors from 17.30 – 19.30 hours in the MECC Cafe.

During this B2B evening exhibitors can socialize while having drinks and refreshments hosted by the organisation and their sponsors.

Good Morning Maastricht

On Saturday morning May 3rd, our main sponsor Stack’s Bowers in co-operation with the MIF organisation will be hosting a delicious breakfast buffet in the restaurant of the MECC.

This is for all exhibitors plus invited people and will take place between 7.30 and 9.00 hours just before going into business!

ROYAL JOH. ENSCHEDE

During the MIF, presentations and lectures will be given by the Royal Joh. Enschede in the Restaurant venue. The entire manufacturing process from banknote sketch to manufacturing a printing plate and security features such as the watermark, uv fiber, hologram foil, microtext, embossment and other features will be presented during these lectures.

These presentations & lectures are free of charge and will be held at the following times:

Friday, May 2nd at 14.00 hours.
Saturday, May 3rd at 11:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 hours.

Rules on goods to be offered

The show has been announced as a Paper Money show. This means that mainly paper money will have to be offered, but it is allowed to offer some other numismatic products as well.

Security

During the MIF 2025 security and camera systems will be present.

Parking

During the MIF 2025 you can use the Parking facility of the MECC Maastricht. The MECC has sufficient parking space and you can enter the MECC building directly from there.

Upon arrival, please load and unload in Parking P11, then park your car in Parking P10. Your car can stay at P10. The cost for parking is €19,- per 24 hours.

P11 is only available for trucks to load and unload goods!

Overnight staying

Maastricht has a large number of hotels available for your stay. Almost all of them are located in and around the center of Maastricht.

There is also an NH hotel that is directly connected to the MECC Exhibition & Congress Center: https://mifevents.com/en/hotel-accomodation/

For more information about Maastricht, check: www.visitmaastricht.com.