Brussels Airport (BRU), also called Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National (Brussels National) is an international airport located in Zaventem 8 mi (12 km) northeast of Brussels, Belgium.
It has 1 terminal.
In 2005, the airport was awarded Best Airport in Europe by Airports Council International/International Air Transport Association (ACI/IATA), based on a survey conducted with over 100,000 passengers worldwide.
The airport facilities include ATMs and exchange bureaus, a post office, duty-free shops, cafes/restaurants, a beauty shop, a Communications Centre with Internet access, religious services, train information and reservation, travel agency, and luggage lockers. There is also a mobile phone rental office and Wireless LAN hotspot service.
The bus station is one floor down from the arrivals hall and can be easily reached by using the escalators or elevators.
De Lijn
Bus company De Lijn operates services to Mechelen, Vilvoorde, Merchtem, Grimbergen, Brussels North station, Jette, Diegem, Roodebeek etc. Tel. +32 70 22 02 00
De Lijn travel information ( http://www.delijn.be/reisinfo/index.asp )
MIVB/STIB
Express buses operated by the MIVB/STIB run a direct service between NATO headquarters and the European institutions in Brussels. This Airport Line only has five stops: Schuman - Diamant - Geneve - Germinal and NATO. On working days the buses run from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a frequency of three per hour. Outside of these hours the service is limited to Schuman.
The service is operated with comfortable buses with plenty of baggage storage space. Tel. +32 2 515 20 00
With the SN Brussels Airlines Express bus you can comfortably travel from Brussels Airport to the city centre of Antwerp. The shuttle runs every hour between 5:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Tel. +32 2 723 23 23 from abroad or tel. 070 35 11 11 from within Belgium.
The airport train station is located below the terminal (basement level-1). Up to 4 trains an hour connect the airport to Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels Midi stations. Moreover there are direct train services to the East, South and West of Belgium.
Gent - Wetteren - Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussel - Brussels Airport De Panne - Diksmuide - Lichtervelde - Deinze - Gent - Brussel - Brussels Airport Quévy/Quiévrain - Bergen - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussel - Schaarbeek - Brussels Airport Train to Leuven and Landen run twice an hour. If you change trains you can easily get to the provinces of Limburg (via Hasselt) and Liege (via Luik-Guillemins). Opening hours and contact data train station ( http://ari.b-holding.be/infsta/InfoGare.aspx?StationId=1000219& ;Lang=0)
Information on the schedules of all Belgian and international train services can be found on the Belgian Railways website. Enter BRUXELLES NAT AIRPORT as departure station or destination.
Taxis with a taximeter are permanently available in front of the arrivals hall. The fare from the airport to the city centre of Brussels is normally around € 30. Licensed taxis can be recognized by the blue and yellow emblem. Travellers are advised to avoid unlicensed taxis!
Wheelchair users can order a taxi from Taxi Hendriks:
Most hotels in the vicinity of the airport provide free shuttle buses. These buses pick you up or drop you off on the coach park on level 0. Please contact your hotel for further details on the shuttle bus schedule.
Both short-term and long-term parking are possible at our airport all year round.
Front Park 1 (entrance height 2.10 meters),
Front Park 2 (entrance height 1.90 meters) and
Front Park 3 are located opposite the passenger terminal and together offer over 11,000 parking spaces.
In the Express Park you can park your car for maximum 3 hours. Lock Park, situated in the same area, offers a secure parking space. If you wish to park your car for more than 7 days in a guarded car park, it is more economical to use the Security Long Term Parking, which is also located opposite the passenger terminal. The VIP Car park offers a valet service.
Parking rates:
Front Park 1 Front Park 2 Front Park 3 Express Park Lock Park Security Long Term Parking Vip Park
Q-Park Car Hotel is located on the other side of the airport and can be reached via motorway E19, exit Vilvoorde - Brucargo. Here too your car is perfectly secure. A shuttle service to and from the terminal runs every ten minutes. Parking spaces at the Q-Park Car Hotel have to be booked in advance, preferably 48 hours prior to your arrival. Bookings that are made less than 48 hours in advance will be accepted but are subject to a late booking rate. Q-Park Car Hotel accepts all major credit (Visa, Eurocard, American Express, Diners Club).
Bookings
Phone on no. +32 2 753 01 10
Fax on no. +32 2 753 01 11
Or by using the on-line booking form on the Q-Park Car Hotel website: www.carhotel.be
Motorcycles:
Parking facilities
Free camera-monitored parking facilities for motorcycles are provided on coach park P15a on level 0.
In the arrivals hall you will find the desks of several car rental companies.
Hertz Belgium Avis Europcar National Car Rental Sixt
Returning your rental car
To return you rental car please follow the dedicated signage. The rental car entrance is located left of the access road to the airport, in the direction of Front Park 1. Please keep in mind that the administrative procedure to return a rental car takes about 10 minutes.
The Brussels Airport information desk is situated in a central position in the departure hall. The staff here will gladly answer any questions about the airport facilities or direct you to tour operators and airlines.
Opening hours: Monday through Sunday, from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m
LOST&FOUND:
If you lose any of your possessions at the airport, please contact the Lost & Found Service in the arrivalls hall at level 2.
Opening hours: Monday until Friday from 8:00 am - 6:15 pm
Eating & Drinking: There is a wide variety of shops, including duty-free shops; newsgents; and gift shops.
Shopping: There are several bars; cafes; restaurants; and vending machines, serving a wide range of refreshments, found throughout the airport.
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Babies & kids:
Babies
Baby-changing facilities are available in the terminal. For heating up baby food, you can find what you need in several of the airport restaurants: Wingtips, Buffeteria, Milestone and the Brussels Café.
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Baggage lockers: Baggage lockers are available on level 0 - bus station on the left against the façade for anyone leaving the terminal via the Diamond.
The use of a locker cost € 7.50 for 24 hours. Payment is made with coins of € 0.50, € 1 and € 2. A change machine near the lockers exchanges euro banknotes for coins.
Transitzone: Small luggage lockers are also available in the shopping area of Pier A, ground floor and 1st floor. These lockers can also be rented for short periods. The charge is:
€ 1 for 30 minutes € 2 for 1 hour € 3 for 2 hours € 5 for 24 hours
There are change machines at both levels that accept banknotes of € 5, € 10 and € 20.
Oversized baggage: Oversized baggage can also be deposited on level 0. To do so please ring tel. +32 2 753 30 13 or use the interphone which is available free of charge near the lockers.
Storage costs € 7.50 for 24 hours for 3 pieces of luggage For every extra piece of luggage € 2.50 will be charged. See more baggage tips
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Money:
Cash dispensers: Bancontact/Mister Cash dispensers are available in the arrivals hall and on the Promenade. A fourth ATM is located in the Pier A Shopping Centre.
Travellers' cheques: Travellers' cheques can be exchanged at the bureaux de change.
Exchange offices Travelex: Exchange offices are located in the transit area, in the departures hall and arrivals hall, in the Travel Value & Tax Free shopping areas in Pier B and near the baggage carousels. Travelex has all the usual currencies in stock. Travelex is also the right adress for buying or selling travelers cheques. Want to send or receive money worldwide, without using a bank account? Travelex can take care of international money transfers to virtually any country in the world.
Opening hours
Arrivals level: Monday till Sunday: 6:00 am - 10:00 pm
Departures level: Monday till Sunday: 6:00 am - 9:00 pm
E-mail and Internet: You can either use your own laptop for direct electronic communication, or you can use one of the ready-for-use PCs installed at the Communication Center and at the Airport Forum.
Faxes: Faxes can be sent from special card-operated units located in all the areas of the airport terminal. These machines are equipped with keyboards to type messages where needed. Faxes can be received in the Communication Center, the airline lounges or in the business centres Regus Skyport Meeting Centre and Airport Forum.
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Communication Center:
Internet access with fast connection for checking and sending e-mails, chatting, surfing and document printing. Telenet hotspot (W-FI or broadband connection for laptop) Copy and fax services Payphones with operator assistance if needed
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, Saterday & Sunday 8.00 am to 2.00 pm, Internet access and print services available 24 hours a day in our 3 locations in the Terminals.
Location: Arrivals hall
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Locaphone:
Short-term rental of cell phones, satellite phones, walkie-talkies and mobile GPS. Sales of mobile devices and their accessories.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, Saterday & Sunday 8.00 am to 2.00 pm
Location: Arrivals hall
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Places of worship: The airport features Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox and Protestant places of worship. A meditation area is also provided for humanists.
Catholic place of worship: Phone +32 2 753 68 76
Jewish place of worship: Phone +32 3 281 08 45
Muslim place of worship: Phone + 32 2 753 45 53
Orthodox place of worship: Phone +32 2 753 68 82
Protestant place of worship: Phone +32 2 753 68 77
Humanist meditation area: Phone +32 2 753 68 78
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Flowers: In the arrivals hall you can find a cooled vending machine specially designed for fresh-cut flowers.
Toilets: Toilets are available free of charge throughout the terminal and include special facilities for the disabled. Most of them are equipped for changing baby's nappy. Most toilet facilities are equipped with vending machines from which you may buy sanitary towels and contraceptives.
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Luggage wrapping and insurance:
Wrapping of luggage and other objects Insurance covering damages, accidental opening of the luggage or theft Bags
Business services: telephone, fax, secretarial services, copier, internet, hotspot, workrooms Welcome services: corporate meeting point, welcome at the gate for individuals and groups, welcome desks, taxi and chauffeur drive service
Brussels Airport offers several reception rooms for your meetings, presentations and congresses for 2 to 600 participants.
Various reception rooms in the Regus Skyport Meeting Centre Airport Hotel and in the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel are available and can be booked separately or can be set up prior to or on arrival of your flight.
Catering and facilities in these rooms can be entirely geared to your demands.
Regus Skyport Meeting Center
State of the art meeting facilities: Skyport has 10 high-tech conference rooms from 2 to 80 persons. Each is a state-of-the-art room, fully equipped for audio-visual presentations
Products
Reception Fully equipped work stations and meeting rooms Conference Rooms Secretarial Services Typing Faxing Photocopying Telephone answering Translations Courier Services Travel arrangements Refreshments Business Catering IT services Conference calls Cocktail parties Gatherings and special events can be organized upon request
Arrangements can be made for ad hoc meetings beyond regular business hours upon request.
Location
Promenade
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Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel can also provide meeting rooms.
Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel
Brussels National Airport · Brussels 1930 · Belgium
Phone: (32)(2) 7108000
Meetings & Events: The Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel's conference center offers a wide range of conference venue facilities and services. Twenty meeting rooms located on the first floor, are filled with daylight and can welcome 550 people, theatre-style. Ten of our conference venues are located on the sixth floor. There you will find our banquet reception, where our staff will assist with any request you might have. All meeting rooms are equipped with latest technologies, Internet access, and capable of supporting a full range of computer based online and simultaneous multimedia activities. Internet access is also available in all public areas. We proudly provide a unique service for meeting and conference delegates - StarMeeting Concierge(SM). For each meeting, the hotel provides a dedicated meeting concierge as a permanent point of contact, on hand to welcome delegates, explain how the technology works, anticipate needs, and respond quickly to any requests for assistance. With our convenient location and the full range of services our meeting rooms provide, your event is sure to be a success.
Our Features
Audio Visual Equipment and Technicians Meeting and Event Facilities
Please note that all requirements for special assistance should be mentioned when booking your flight.
If you need assistance to reach the aircraft or to meet friends or relatives in the arrivals hall, please advise your travel agent or your airline when booking your flight. Please inform your travel agent, airline or handling agent in advance if you use a collapsible or powered wheelchair. Please ask them about special arrangements or any rules that may apply. This is also important for the airport of destination. Airline staff can escort you from the check-in counter to the departure gate and onto the aircraft. If your disabilities are not immediately apparent, please inform check-in staff once again of any special needs you may have. If you have a connecting flight at Brussels Airport, airline staff will take you to the designated gate. If Brussels Airport is your final destination, you can ask to be accompanied to the "Meeters & Greeters" area in the arrivals hall. In the terminal, facilities for the disabled are clearly signposted and identified with the standard international symbol. Automatic doors: the entrances to the terminal open automatically and are large enough for wheelchair users to get to the departure gates by themselves. The doors are marked with contrasting strips to make them more visible for the visually impaired. Elevators - Escalators: elevators, ramps and escalators provide easy access to all levels. The spacious passenger elevators are suitable for wheelchairs.
Short stay parking in front of the airport terminal
Car drivers bringing or collecting travellers with limited mobility to and from the airport can park their car nearby the airport building. The exact location is the parking lane that borders on the arrivals hall. The car should however carry the official handicapped sign.
Parking places for the handicapped
Handicapped people who travel to the airport in their own car can, while they're away, leave their vehicle in one of the airport car parks. However, every car park has spaces marked with the customary sign for the handicapped. These spaces are located as close as possible to the exits of the car parks.
Here too, the vehicle is required to display the handicapped sign to benefit from these special spaces.
Assistance dogs - blind travellers
As a general rule, dogs are not allowed in the airport terminal building. For assistance dogs, we gladly make an exception: they are welcome to Brussels Airport. If you want to know if assistance dogs are allowed in the cabin of a particular flight, please check
The only 5-Star hotel located on the airport, only 39 steps away from the terminal. Luxury hotel - restaurant with 294 superbly appointed guest rooms and a professional conference center, offering 22 fully equipped meeting rooms.
Crowne Plaza Hotel
BRUSSELS AIRPORT
DA VINCILAAN 4
DIEGEM, 1831 BELGIUM
Hotel Front Desk: 32-2-4163333
Hotel Fax: 32-2-4163344
Brussels National Airport (BRU)
Distance: 2.5 KM / 1.55 MI West to Hotel Complimentary Airport Shuttle
The Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport is located a stone's throw away from Brussels National Airport in Zaventem, next to the Brussels ring road which leads to all major capitals of the Benelux. Embedded in the "Corporate Village", the Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport combines professional conferencing capabilities with first class equipment and personalized service. The 315 guest rooms are equipped with the latest technology to meet today's discerning business and leisure traveler. All rooms, including a range of suites and a Club Lounge, are fully equipped with high speed internet access and modem connection, TV with in room movie channels and music on demand, mini-bar, iron and ironing board, tea & coffee facilities, in room safe, ... High speed wireless (WIFI) internet connection is available throughout the lobby, public areas and all conference rooms. Our guests can enjoy a tasty lunch buffet and have an "a la carte" dinner in the contemporary restaurant "The RestauranT" or just go for a snack in the bar "The B@r" in a relaxed atmosphere with sweeping views over the terrace and the park. Interested in a little more privacy? The 24 hour room service will meet up our guests expectations. Looking for a meeting place? The Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport offers 900 m2 of meeting space divided in 16 meeting rooms with natural daylight.
NH Brussels Airport
De Kleetlaan,14 B-1831 Diegem, Brussels
Tel. +32 22 039252
Fax. +32 22 039253
nhbrusselsairport@ nh-hotels.com
The NH Brussels Airport is located in the heart of the airport's business district, nearby is the Brussels National Airport (free bus ride to the airport). The city's parkway and other main highways are easily accessible. NATO headquarters are only 2 km away while the Grand Place of Brussels is only a 10 minute car ride.
Gresham Belson
Brussels
Chaussee de Louvain 805, 1140 Brussels, Belgium
tel: +32 2 7083100
Fax: +32 2 7083166
email: info@ gresham-belsonhotel.com
The Gresham Belson Hotel is conveniently located midway the Brussels International Airport and the Brussels City Centre. We are only 5 minutes from the Nato Headquarters. The Gresham Belson Hotel is surrounded by several nice Restaurants and Pubs and we are situated next to Business Districts.
Just book our Free Shuttle Service and we will bring you to companies in Evere, Zaventem, Haeren, Woluwe, Diegem and Brussels Airport.
Golden Tulip Brussels Airport
Berkenlaan 4
1831, Brussels
Tel. (32 2) 7217777
Fax. (32 2) 7215596
Brussels National Airport - Distance 4.0Km - Direction Northeast.
Parking facilities available and Free airport shuttle service.
A FRIENDLY SURPRISE! A modern business venue with traditional comforts and up to date facilities where our guests can enjoy their stay in a cosy and friendly atmosphere. All rooms newly decorated in February 2002 and offer minibar, inhouse movies, trouser press, coffee and tea facilities, umbrella and hairdryer. Combined with the warm hospitality of our staff, with special attention for children (teddy check-in,teddy umbrella, teddy menu,playing corner and special packages), it makes it an excellent choice for business and pleasure.
Holiday Inn
BRUSSELS AIRPORT
HOLIDAYSTRAAT 7
DIEGEM, 1831 BELGIUM
Hotel Front Desk: 32-2-7205865
Hotel Fax: 32-2-7204145
Brussels National Airport (BRU)
Distance: 5 KM / 3.11 MI North to Hotel Complimentary Airport Shuttle
Wireless High Speed Internet Access (WIFI / Wireless LAN) is available throughout the entire hotel! Holiday Inn Brussels Airport is the best located hotel in the airport area and is the only Brussels Airport hotel with an indoor swimming pool. Holiday Inn Brussels Airport offers 310 comfortable and spacious air-conditioned guest rooms (all rooms minimum 32 Sq. Meters). Conference and banqueting facilities feature 14 meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 500 people. Whether your visit is for business or leisure, the Holiday Inn Brussels Airport is the perfect venue. To make your stay complete, enjoy the cosy Restaurant, Bar, Summer Terrace, extensive Health & Leisure Club with indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi, steam room, fitness and two tennis courts. The hotel offers daily a complimentary shuttle service from/to the airport on a regular basis. More guests choose Holiday Inn because they are promised a great night's sleep, a great value breakfast and a rewarding loyalty programme. Together with a can-do friendly service, guests can feel at home no matter where in the world they are. The Holiday Inn Brussels Airport: The Airport's Location Sensation!
Mercure Brussels Airport
74 avenue Jules Bordet
1140 BRUSSELS
BELGIUM
Tel: (+32)2/7267335
Fax: (+32)2/7268295
E-mail: H0958@ accor.com
Barely 500 m from the NATO precinct, this hotel is renowned for its hospitality and fine cuisine. Located between the centre of Brussels and the airport, offering 112 comfortable rooms, 7 suites including 3 with a kitchenette, 6 non smoking floors and 2rooms with facilities for persons with limited mobility. Business Flat for long stays. Free shuttle service for hotel guests. Bus stop close to the hotel.
Best Western Premier Sodehotel la Woluwe
Rue Marché aux Herbes 110
1000 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: +32 2 504 94 00
Fax: +32 2 504 95 00
info@ carrefourhotel.be
FREE shuttle from or to the Airport.
Located in the green surroundings of Woluwe, the hotel is only a short ride away from the International Airport of Zaventem or Nato site and also with an stone jet from all the attractions of Brussels: from the majestic Grand Place to the fashionable Avenue Louise and the charming Place du Sablon.
Several newspapers today wrongly claimed that the Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has cut down by half the frequency of its flights between Brussels and Beijing. During the summer Hainan carries out four flights a week on this route, during the winter season the frequency is reduced to three weekly flights. Next summer season the frequency will again be increased to four flights a week. There have been no changes to this agreement.
The winter season runs from end October to end March: flight schedules are adjusted twice a year, on the same day on which we go on to summer time or winter time. During part of the winter season (from 15 December to 24 March) Hainan reduces its flight offer from four to three flights a week.
The Brussels - Beijing route, which is very important to Brussels Airport and to the entire Belgian economy is a big success with travellers. The seat occupancy of these flights is already over 70 % and the Chinese company is very happy with its decision to include Brussels in its network. For Belgian code-share partner SN Brussels Airlines too Beijing is a major asset. Geert Sciot, Vice President Communications with SN Brussels Airlines, adds: "Beijing is a very popular destination, both for business and leisure passengers. The fact that this is a non-stop flight is an important incentive for travellers on either end, for the growing business traffic between our country and the Chinese economy, as well as for leisure travellers who whish to learn about the new China during their holidays. The flight schedules for the Beijing - Brussels route have been perfectly geared to the connecting flights on our European and African networks".
A number of additional long-haul services will be operated from Brussels Airport as from the next summer season. The American carrier Northwest Airlines plans daily flights to Detroit as of May 2007. Starting next summer the prestigious Indian carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily flight from Brussels to Mumbai (Bombay) as well as from Brussels to New York. This means that the existing offer of daily flights to the USA will increase from six to eight. With the daily flight to India and the four-weekly service to Beijing the two main centres of economic growth in the world are directly connected to Brussels Airport.