Bruxelles-Central station, for day trips by train

The most convenient station in the centre, five minutes' walk from the Grand-Place. The day-trip trains leave from here: to Leuven and Mechelen in about 20 or 25 minutes, to Ghent and Antwerp in about 35 or 45, to Bruges in about an hour and to Namur, on the way to Dinant, in an hour. Many trains also stop at Bruxelles-Midi and Bruxelles-Nord. The ticket is bought on the SNCB app or at the machines; at weekends there are reduced return fares.