The capital of Belgium serves 2 airports - the Brussels international airport in Zaventem and the southern airport of Charleroi (used for regular flights and charter flights). Brussels National Airport Zaventem is located 11 kilometers from the city center, it is now considered the busiest terminal of Belgium, since the turnover of passengers is about 24 million people per year.
Its history goes back to the distant 1914, at the time of the invasion of the Germans into the country. A year later on the plain they built a hangar for airships. For a long time this hangar passed to the invaders and back, each time undergoing a thorough modernization. Immediately after the war, the airport became the center of civil aviation in the country. Now it is the main air terminal of Belgium.
Airport Infrastructure
Brussels Airport operates round the clock, it consists of a large passenger terminal, which is divided into two zones: one (A) receives flights from the Schengen countries, the other (B) - all the others.
Terminals form several levels. At the first level there is a railway station, public transport and taxis arrive at zero level, there are also storage rooms (the cost of the service is from 5 to 7.5 euros per day depending on the size of luggage). The second level is the actual arrival hall, for the convenience of passengers, there is a post office, a turofis and an ATM. On the second floor of Brussels Airport there are offices where you can rent a car . The fourth floor is called Promenade, it has most shops, cafes, bars and duty-free. On each floor there are racks with information and quite convenient pointers.
For comfortable stay of passengers Zaventem airport is equipped with pharmacies, beauty salons, a hall for meditations and prayers and a room for smoking. Fast food outlets also work at the airport. Within 30 minutes you can use free high-speed Wi-Fi, and for every subsequent half-hour of using the Internet you will be charged 6 euros.
Transit travel
If the airport in Brussels was a transit zone for you and you expect a landing on the next flight, you can easily find information on the flight you are interested in on the scoreboard and go to the landing site. Following from a non-European state also to a non-European country with a transfer in Brussels, you have the right not to use the Schengen visa only if you do not plan to leave the airport building.
If in the transit zone you have to make 2 or 3 transplants, then you will need a visa, since one flight in this case will be considered Intrashengen.
How to get from Brussels to Zaventem Airport?
Getting from Brussels to the airport and getting back to the city center is easy. This will always help public transport, rail services, as well as taxi services.
- Zaventem railway station is on the first level of the terminal. Trains follow from three main train stations in Brussels - North, Central and South. From each of them to Brussels Airport you can reach in about 30 minutes. The railway branch runs from 5 am to midnight, and trains run almost every 20 minutes. The ticket can be purchased at the station at the ticket office. The cost of an adult ticket is 8.5 euros, a child ticket is 7 euros. Arriving at the airport, save the boarding ticket, as it will serve as a pass through the automatic gate.
- The airport from Brussels can be reached by buses that begin to walk from 5 am to 1 am. City buses arrive on platform C from zero level. From the city center, on weekdays until noon, express route No. 12 runs. Without traffic jams you can reach the airport in 30 minutes. In the evening hours, as well as on weekends and holidays, a suburban bus No. 21 rises on this route. Without traffic jams on the road, you will stay for about 40 minutes.
- One of the fastest ways is a taxi, a trip to your destination will cost about 45 euros. It is worth noting that at night the tariff is doubled.
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