Travel Information

How to travel to Belgium?

By plane

There are two main airports in Belgium. The national airport (called Brussels Airport) is located in Zaventem near Brussels, while the second most important one (Charleroi's Airport also called “Brussels South”) is located in Charleroi. Many low-cost companies use the airport in Charleroi. There is also the possibility to fly to Luxembourg’s airport.

Zaventem airport

Zaventem airport has a train station that allows you to easily connect to everywhere in Belgium. It is located in the level -1 of the airport that you can easily reach with escalators or lifts. You can buy train tickets at the desk at level -1 or you can buy them online.

Brussels South Charleroi Airport

Charleroi's airport has no train station and therefore you will need to use a bus first to reach a train station nearby. The airport is only 20 minutes from Charleroi Sud train station using bus A or bus 68 (depending on the time of the day). A "combined" train + bus ticket is available on belgiantrain.be.

Luxembourg's airport

There is also the possibility to fly to Luxembourg's airport. There is also no train station at the airport. To reach the central railway station ("Gare Centrale") in the city of Luxembourg, you can use Bus 29 which runs every 15 minutes. The central station is the second stop. A train ticket can again be bought online at belgiantrain.be, but make sure to select "International travels" first! To add to the confusion, Brussels has a train station called Brussels-Luxembourg (Bruxelles-Luxembourg in French and Brussel-Luxemburg in Dutch - do not accidentally select this one!

By Train

There are several main cities in Belgium that can be reached using high-speed international trains:

  • Eurostar to Brussels,
  • Thalys to Brussels, Antwerpen or Liège,
  • TGV to Brussels, Liège.

If you arrive in Brussels, there are 3 main train stations there, called (respectively in French and Dutch) Bruxelles-Midi / Brussels Zuid, Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal, and Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord. Eurostar and Thalys trains stop in Bruxelles-Midi. Several Thalys trains or TGV also stop in Liège-Guillemins.

How to reach the Euro Space Center?

By car

If you come to Belgium by car or if you rent a car at the airport, the ESC is very easy to reach. It is located near exit 24 of the E411 Highway. The exact address is:

Devant les Hêtres 1,
6890 Libin, Belgium*

Latitude 50°0'29" N / Longitude 5°13'9.8" E

* The ESC is in the town of Redu, which is part of the municipality of Libin.

There is a very big and free parking there.

By train

You will need to reach the train station of Libramont where we will pick you up and drive you to the Euro Space Center, which is about 18 km from that train station. Below you will find the most obvious ways to reach this train station if you arrive to Belgium by plane or international train. To check the schedule and/or order tickets online, visit belgiantrain.be.

You will notice that this site shows you both bus and train stations! The train stations are identified with the logo of the Belgian Railways before their name. The train station of Brussels Airport is identified as " Airport" (not to be confused with " Zaventem", the station serving the village of Zaventem).

  1. If you arrive to Belgium via the Brussels Airport in Zaventem:

    • Take any train that passes via Brussels (there are 3 or 4 per hour) then get off at Brussels North (first train station in Brussels when you come from the airport).
      Duration of the journey : 10 min
    • In Brussels North, take an IC (Inter City) train to Luxembourg and stop in Libramont. There are 8 intermediate stops (Bruxelles-Schuman, Bruxelles-Luxembourg, Ottignies, Gembloux, Namur, Ciney, Marloie, Rochefort-Jemelle).
      Duration of the journey : 2h08m
    Total duration of the journey : approximately 2.5 hours

  2. If you arrive to Belgium via Brussels South Charleroi Airport:

    • Take the bus (A or 68) to Charleroi Sud train station.
      Duration of the journey: about 20 min.
    • Take the IC (Inter City) train in direction of Namur. Get off at Namur. There is one intermediate stop (Tamines).
      Duration of the journey : 32 min.
    • Take the IC (Inter City) train in direction of Arlon and Luxembourg. Get off at Libramont. There are three intermediate stops (Ciney, Marloie, Rochefort-Jemelle).
      Duration of the journey : 1h05.
      If you take a P train in Namur, there are about 14 stops and total travel is about 45 minutes longer.
    Total duration of the journey (with an IC train): approximately 2.5 hours

  3. If you arrive to Belgium via Luxembourg Airport

    • Take the bus to the central train station in the city of Luxembourg
      Duration of the journey : 1h00.
    • Take the IC (Inter City) train to Namur and Bruxelles-Midi. Get off at Libramont. There are two intermediate stops (Arlon, Marbehan).
      Duration of the journey : 52 min.
    Total duration of the journey: approximately 2 hours

  4. If you arrive to Belgium via Bruxelles-Midi train station

    • Take an IC (Inter City) train to Luxembourg and get off at Libramont. There are 10 intermediate stops (Bruxelles-Central, Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles-Schuman, Bruxelles-Luxembourg, Ottignies, Gembloux, Namur, Ciney, Marloie, Rochefort-Jemelle).
      Duration of the journey : 2h19

  5. If you arrive to Belgium via Liège-Guillemins train station

    • Take an IC (Inter City) train to Namur. Get off at Namur. There are four intermediate stops (Flémalle-Haute, Huy, Statte, Andenne).
      Duration of the journey : 51 min
    • Take the IC (Inter City) train to Arlon and Luxembourg. Get off at Libramont. There are three intermediate stops (Ciney, Marloie, Rochefort-Jemelle).
      Duration of the journey: 1h05.
      • Total duration of the journey: approximately 2.5 hours

By bus

The ESC is located in Transinne and is hardly accessible via public transportation. There is only one bus (number 61) going to ESC from the train station in Libramont at approximately 12 km. The bus is not very regular (it does not run every hour for example) so you should plan your trip using this website: entering “Libramont gare” and “Transinne Euro Space Center”

If none of the above-mentioned travel options suits you - please, contact the LOC!