In Day 7 of our epic Family Travel Adventure we travel from Geneva to Budapest via Brussels. When we booked our flights on Skyscanner we found the cheapest flights from Geneva to Budapest were on Brussels Airlines, with a stopover in Brussels.
We had the choice of a 2 hour stopover or a 10 hour stopover, so we jumped at the opportunity to spend a day in Brussels. First time we’ve ever been to Belgium, and we knew absolutely nothing about this country. Time to travel and learn!
Brussels Grand Place
A quick bit or research showed us that Brussels is a great place for a 1 day stopover. The city is very accessible via a 15 minute train ride from the airport. Then the main attraction in town is Grand Place, which is the central square in Brussels central and also a Unesco World Heritage site.
This square dates back to the early 13th century and is a living breathing piece of medieval European history. Wow, what a way to spend the day.
The only other research we had was downloading an iPhone app called Brussels City Walks by GPSmyCITY.com. The catch phrase of the app is “Lose Yourself Without Getting Lost”. The app comes armed with a bunch of pre-saved walks overlaid on a Google Maps type environment, and a huge list of attractions which enable you to customise your own tour.
Our Day in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels airport was fantastic, one of the most modern and easiest to navigate airports we’ve come across. After exiting the airport through virtually no security hassles, you catch the escalator down to the 2nd floor to the train station.
On the way there are vending machines where you buy your return ticket into Brussels Central, which cost us 45 Euro’s for 3 people. It was very confusing figuring out which train to jump on, as none of the boards were in English and their were no route maps on display. Bring on Google Maps, a quick search put us on the right platform in no time.
That gave us a full 5 hours to walk around and explore the city centre. Grand Place was within 10 minutes walk of Brussels Central Station. There were several other great attractions within 5 minutes of Grand Place.
Brussels was overall an amazing place to visit, with great attractions and awesome food. We discovered Belgian Waffles, heaps of Belgium chocolate shops and unlimited souvenir shop. We loved our quick stopover and recommend this to anyone who can travel through Brussels.
Catch our other European VLOG adventures
You can catch other VLOG episodes of this family adventure by clicking these links:
- VLOG-001 – Noi Bai Airport Hanoi
- VLOG-002 – Bangkok to Doha
- VLOG-003 – London Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-004 – London Sightseeing by Foot
- VLOG-005 – London to Geneva Journey
- VLOG-006 – Geneva France
- VLOG-007 – Geneva to Budapest via Brussels
- VLOG-008 – Budapest Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-009 – Budapest Royal Palace
- VLOG-010 – Budapest to Vienna Train Trip
- VLOG-011 – Schonbrunn Palace and Zoo Vienna
- VLOG-012 – Vienna Self Guided Walking Tour
- VLOG-013 – Vienna Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-014 – Vienna to Prague
- VLOG-015 – Prague Self Guided Foot Tour
- VLOG-016 – Karlstejn Castle Prague
- VLOG-017 – Prague Zoo Daytrip
- VLOG-018 – Prague to Geneva
- VLOG-019 – Europe to Vietnam, 5 countries in 2 days
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