Brussels car hire
Welcome to buzzing, cosmopolitan Brussels. The Belgian capital has two other roles: it's the headquarters of the EU (clustered around the Rond-Point Schuman and the Place du Luxembourg) and the European base for thousands of international corporations, many of which have headquarters on the highways leading out to the airport.Meet us at our airport, railway station or Brussels city car rental locations and begin your journey in style.
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Plan your journey from Brussels
To get your Brussels bearings take an hour to walk from the Palais Royal, along the Rue Royale, through the Place du Grand Sablon and down to the Grand Place.
One of Europe's greenest cities, lose yourself in regal Cinquantenaire park. Dominated by a Triumphal Arch, these 30 hectares of classic gardens were created by King Leopold II in 1880 to celebrate the 50th anniversery of independence.
Culture-vultures should alight at Place Royale for the Magritte Museum, which holds the largest art collection of Belgian surrealist René Magritte. Grand Place, a 10-minute walk away, is a World Heritage Site. The guildhouses around the square add to the charming character.
A trip to Brussels must include some sampling of the wonderful chocolate. Rue de Chartreux is a good place to start. It's chock full of sweet shops and chocolatiers, as well as clock shops, art galleries and vintage clothes stores.
Road trips from Brussels
Waterloo
The infamous battle that ended Napoleon's empire was fought just 10km south of Brussels and the rolling farmland remains much as it was on June 18, 1815. Near the visitor centre at Braine l'Alleud, climb Lion's Mound to get the best view.
Gaasbeek
Drive for 13km from Brussels in a south-westerly direction and you get to Kasteel van Gaasbeek, an ancestral chateau with particularly resplendent furnishings. You may feel that the long-deceased inhabitants have never left.
Antwerp and Bruges
It's a 50-minute drive north to the diamond capital of Antwerp, popular with fashionistas and fans of fusion dining. In medieval Bruges, an 80-minute drive away, climb the 12th-century belfry in Markt Square and spy the 18th-century windmills on the eastern edge of town.