The UK Research Office is located at 4, Rue du Trône, 1000 Brussels in the European quarter of Brussels - just to the east of the city centre.
The nearest metro station is Troon/Trône. Use the exit marked "Luxembourg". You will come out on Rue du Luxembourg, cross the street and then turn left onto Rue du Trône. Please see the map (.pdf) for more details.
Travelling to UKRO from Brussels Airport (Zaventem)
Taxis
Metered taxicabs are available immediately outside the arrivals hall. Ask for Rue du Trône, 4. The fare between the airport and the centre of Brussels is normally around €40. A return taxi trip from the airport to UKRO will cost about €60 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 ( €5.20 second class, €6.80 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 €5 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 "Luxembourg", cross the street and then take the first on your left for Rue du Trône, 4. Please see the map (.pdf) 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 €1.80 (or €2 if bought on the bus) 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/Zuid Railway Station (Eurostar)
Take Metro line 2 or line 6 direction Simonis (Elisabeth) and get off at "TRÔNE". Use the exit "Luxembourg", cross the street and then take the first on your left for Rue du Trône, 4 (UKRO). Please see the map (.pdf) for more details
For information on Eurostar fares and timetables, please visit the Eurostar website.
From Centrale/Centraal Station
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 "Luxembourg", cross the street and then take the first on your left for Rue du Trône, 4 (UKRO).
Please see the map (.pdf) for more details.
Map of the Brussels Metro system (.pdf).