Hello!
We will be in Brussels on Nov 6th (Friday) for one night and leave Brussels on Nov 7 (Saturday). Few questions regarding transportation:
#1. Our hotel is located @ Rue Dassaut 15. Hotel NH Arenburg. I%26#39;ve looked at the metro station map, but need further clarification. I understand from the airport we can take the train or bus. From my Google map search looks like nearby train station from the hotel is Central Station. Do we have to change trains to go to Central Station from the airport? Also, what%26#39;s the name of the route-line or train that goes to Cent. Sta. from the Airport?
#2. From the Central station is it walk able to our hotel? Rue Dassaut 15? Or should we get a taxi or bus?
#3. If we decide to take bus from the Airport to our hotel will someone be able to give me some exact direction as to which bus to take and where it stops? Also, with 4 luggage- 2 medium sized and 2 carry on sized which one would be best to take bus or the train (from your experience) from the airport to hotel?
$4.. And last but not least, our flight next morning, which is a Saturday leaves @ 9.25 a.m....if we take the train when should we leave the hotel?
Many many thanks for the help!!
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1. The train from the airport (Airport Express) stops at the 3 main train stations in Brussels, including the central station. So no need to change trains.
2. I%26#39;d walk. It isn%26#39;t very far.
4. The train takes about 30 minutes from central station to the airport, so between the walk to the station, purchasing tickets, and waiting for the next train, I%26#39;d leave the hotel an hour before you need to be at the airport.
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Good policy: Buy your ticket to the airport when you arrive, BEFORE you leave the train station. That way you won%26#39;t be panicking about lines on the day you have to head for the airport.
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Better still, buy it when you buy your ticket to Brussels (ask for a return ticket), or else pass by Gare centrale later!
You can%26#39;t take the airport bus to the centre of Brussels, it doesn%26#39;t go there. You could take it to Schuman and change there for the metro - included in the price of the bus, although you have to stamp your ticket in the machine again - but the advantage of coming out slightly closer to your hotel than from the railway part of Gare centrale (if you take the steps at the end of the metro platform you arrive on, which bring you out below the cathedral) is outweighed by the walking needed to change from bus to metro.
As you have a map you can see that to get to your hotel, when you come out of the station you walk to the right (if you come out by the taxi rank, turn left towards the main boulevard before you turn right), and take the street directly opposite the cathedral, which goes downhill. Your hotel is just a little way down on the left.
If you feel the need for a taxi direct to the hotel, they will not take you from Gare centrale, it%26#39;s too close; so either get off at Gare du Nord (taxi will then cost less than €10) or take one all the way from the airport (+/- €35).
For a 9.25 flight you need to be at the airport by 7.25 if it%26#39;s short haul, 6.25 if long haul, e.g. to the U.S. (ask your airline if you don%26#39;t believe me!). You can check the timetable for yourself by passing by the station, but airport trains start before 5 and run roughly every 20 minutes.
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Hi,
Many thanks for all the replies! It is so very helpful! I guess, we will be taking the train directly to Gare Central and then walk! Our flight next morning is to Vienna.
I%26#39;m thinking (I%26#39;ll have to research this more) of leaving the luggage at the airport locker and then retrieve it next morning. We%26#39;re there only for a night. Any opinion? Will this be better or more hassle to retrieve those next morning?
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It%26#39;s definitely what I would do in your circumstances and would save you the hassle of lifting them on and off the train - as long, of course, as a) there are lockers left and b) you get to the airport the following morning with enough time to collect the bags before checking in. There are lockers near the bus station on level 0, one level down the escalators from %26quot;arrivals%26quot; and one up from the train station on -1, see brusselsairport.be/en/…baggagelockers.
If by any chance there aren%26#39;t any lockers left at the airport, the next best option would be to leave the big cases at Gare centrale: follow signs to the %26quot;consigne%26quot; which is on level -1 behind the big staircase up to the ticket office level (lockers plus staffed left luggage facility).
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Thank you very much qaminari for your opinion and information! It’s set then…we will be storing luggage either at the airport or train station! Hopefully, all works out well! Thanks!
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Thank you very much qaminari for your opinion and information! It’s set then…we will be storing luggage either at the airport or train station! Hopefully, all works out well! Thanks!
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