The UK Research Office is located
at 45, Rue du Commerce, 1000 Brussels in the European quarter of Brussels
- just to the east of the city centre.
The nearest metro station
are Trône and Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet.
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From Trône: Use the exit marked "Montoyer",
take the right steps. You will come out on Rue Montoyer, walk straight ahead
down and then turn right onto Rue du Commerce. Please see the map for more details
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From Arts-Loi: When you come out of the
station (exit Loi/Wetstraat), turn right on Rue de la Loi and then take the
first on your right for rue du Commerce. UKRO is on the third floor of the
building.
TRAVELLING TO UKRO FROM BRUSSELS
AIRPORT (ZAVENTEM)
Taxis
Metered taxicabs are available immediately outside the arrivals
hall. Ask for Rue du Commerce, 45. The fare between the airport and the centre of
Brussels is normally around €30. A return taxi trip from the airport to UKRO
will cost about €38 with Autolux
taxis.
Train
One of the cheapest ways into Brussels from Zaventem
airport is by train. The train station is located in the basement
(level -1) of the terminal building itself. Buy a ticket ( €3 second class,
€4.70 first class) for the Airport City Express train
to the Central Station (Gare Centrale). Trains leave about every 15 minutes
and the journey takes less than 20 minutes.
Timetable
information for the Airport City Express is available on the Belgian
Railways (SNCB/NMBS) website; enter Zaventem Airport as the departure or
destination station.
Bus from the airport
To get the number 12 bus
(Brussels City Express), from the airport, leave the arrivals hall by the right
hand door and go down the escalators towards the (ground floor) car park. Go outside through
the automatic doors and turn right, the bus stop is situated 25 yards away where
the roof of the car park ends. There is usually one bus every half hour and a
ticket will cost you €3 if bought from machine and €4 if bought on board (valid for 1 hour on the entire MIVB/SNCB network) the journey should take around twenty
minutes. Get off at the Schuman stop, this is very close to a roundabout
and the European Commission building, from here take the metro line 1 (direction
Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation) or line 5 (direction Erasme/Erasmus) to Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet.
Then change metro and take line 2 direction Simonis
(Leopold II) or line 6 direction Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn for one stop and get off at "TRÔNE". Use the exit "Montoyer", and
then take the first on your right for Rue du Commerce, 45 (UKRO).
Please see the map for more details
Timetable
information.Metro
Metro tickets can be purchased from ticket booths near the
metro entrance, some automated machines are available. A single ticket costs
€1.70 and is
valid for 1 hour using any combination of Metro, bus and trams within Brussels. For
extended visits it is more economical to buy a five (or ten) trip ticket in the
station. A ticket for a full day costs €4.50. All tickets have magnetic strips and you have to insert them into an orange machine
to validate them prior to commencing your journey.FROM MIDI RAILWAY STATION (EUROSTAR)
Take Metro line 2 or line 6 direction Simonis (Elisabeth) and get off at "TRÔNE". Use the exit "Montoyer", and
then take the first on your right for Rue du Commerce, 45 (UKRO). Please see the
map for more details
For information on Eurostar fares and timetables, please visit their
website at: http://www.eurostar.com.
FROM GARE CENTRALE
To reach UKRO from Gare Centrale, take any train on Metro line 1 (direction
Stokkel) or line 5 (direction Hermann Debroux) and get out at
Arts-loi/Kunst-Wet station (the second stop). Then
change metro and take line 2 direction Simonis (Leopold II) or line 6 direction
Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn for one stop and get off at "TRÔNE". Use the exit "Montoyer", and
then take the first on your right for Rue du Commerce, 45 (UKRO).
Please see the map for more details Map
of the Brussels Metro system. |
