25–26 Mar 2020
BIRA-IASB
Europe/Brussels timezone

How to reach the Space Pole?

Using Bus and Ground transport

Website Railways: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en

Website 'De Lijn', bus: https://www.delijn.be/en/

Website 'STIB', Brussels busses: http://www.stib.be

FROM THE NATIONAL AIRPORT BRUSSELS, ZAVENTEM

Direct train from Brussels Airport to Saint-Job, Monday to Friday (no weekends) every hour from 5:39am to 9:39 p.m. (duration ~ 45 minutes).

FROM THE CENTRAL STATION

At the Brussels central railway station take bus 38 of the STIB/MIVB in the direction 'Héros/Helden' Get off at the stop 'Houzeau'
From there onwards follow the road up the slope to the Observatory (+/- 5 min. walk)

FROM THE SOUTH STATION

- Take Tramway route 4 direction P STALLE destination STALLE P. You arrive at stop HEROS (15 min.)
- Walk to stop HEROS for transfer.
- Take Bus route 43 direction OBSERVATOIRE.


- Take Tramway route 4 direction STALLE (P) destination Stalle (P) (14 min). Get off at stop Héros, located on Avenue Brugmann (previous stop: Boetendael).
- Walk to stop Héros (106 m, +/- 2 min).
- Take Bus route 37 direction GARE DE LINKEBEEK destination Gare de Linkebeek (7 min). Get off at stop Observatoire, located on Avenue Circulaire (previous stop: Houzeau).


- Take Tramway route 3 direction CHURCHILL, destination Churchill (11 min). Get off at stop Churchill, located on Avenue Winston Churchill (previous stop: Vanderkindere).
- Walk to stop Cavell (385 m, +/- 5 min).
- The Bus route 60 direction UCCLE CALEVOET, destination Uccle Calevoet (7 min). Get off at stop Observatoire, located on Avenue Circulaire (previous stop: Houzeau).

FROM ST.-JOB STATION

From this station you will have to walk 10 min.: 
Follow the "avenue J.P. Carsoel", the "avenue de mercure" and the "avenue circulaire" till you are in front of the main entrance. 
One can access this station from North Station and is on the Mechelen-Halle line.