Brussels Airport - anyone know it well??

Christo · 25 Sep 2007 at 00:29

I am flying in to Brussels airport and land at 8:30pm on Friday, I want to catch the 2nd half of the England Tonga rugby match on TV! I am sure this is nearly impossible however I am going to try. Does anyone know Brussels airport? Is the airport very close to any towns (Brussels itself is around 20 mins on the train)?
Failing that does anyone know any rugby pubs in Brussels??!

This is all rather desperate I know - but I am hoping the power of OcUK can help!

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Bill101 · 25 Sep 2007 at 08:47

Bad news, England played Samoa last Sunday, They do play Tonga on Friday but in France

Jimmeh · 25 Sep 2007 at 09:00

Chrisp7 said:
This is all rather desperate I know - but I am hopig the power of OcUK can help!

As good and as clever as we all are, we can not turn back time.

dannyjo22 · 25 Sep 2007 at 09:40

Bill101 said:
Bad news, England played Samoa last Sunday, They do play Tonga on Friday but in France

Just awesome

GarethDW · 25 Sep 2007 at 12:26

Heh, I know Brussels airport fairly well, but there doesn't seem much point in bothering to answer your questions after seeing Bill101's post

Christo · 25 Sep 2007 at 12:27

yeh yeh very funny

I have changed it now - you know what I meant!

Bill101 · 25 Sep 2007 at 12:44

Chrisp7 said:
yeh yeh very funny I have changed it now - you know what I meant!

Check the times of the trains from Brussels to Paris, it takes about an hour and a half, so you might get in time for the final whistle

Christo · 25 Sep 2007 at 15:21

Bill101 said:
Check the times of the trains from Brussels to Paris, it takes about an hour and a half, so you might get in time for the final whistle

I want to watch it on TV.

Christo · 26 Sep 2007 at 14:43

Bump!

Bill101 · 26 Sep 2007 at 16:42

Maybe the airport has a lounge with a big TV, I would have thought that a country without even a decent football team would not be bothered about other countries playing rugby.

Ex-RoNiN · 26 Sep 2007 at 16:46

Bill101 said:
Maybe the airport has a lounge with a big TV, I would have thought that a country without even a decent football team would not be bothered about other countries playing rugby.

It doesn't.

As far as I can see, the OP has 2 options: rush to the hotel and hope the match is on the channels there (check online which channels are broadcasting it, then phone hotel and ask if they offer these channels) or rush to the city centre and find an Irish Pub, they usually show this sort of thing. I think there's one or two near the Grande Place.

GarethDW · 26 Sep 2007 at 17:02

I don't remember seeing any pubs at Brussels airport either... there may be some, but I don't recall seeing any.

I mostly took taxis to get to the city centre, but have taken the train before too. The train took about half an hour, from what I remember.

By the way... we are talking about Zaventem, right? You're not flying in to Charleroi are you?

Ex-RoNiN · 26 Sep 2007 at 17:20

GarethDW said:
I mostly took taxis to get to the city centre,

How fast were yours going?

Mine always average around 90-140kmh

GarethDW · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:10

Ex-RoNiN said:
How fast were yours going?

Mine always average around 90-140kmh

Belgian taxi drivers are pretty bad... Dutch are even worse, but Parisians are the worst and always scare me. The Belgians all drove nice cars though - much better than the typical Nissan Sunny type of taxi that I always seem to get in Swindon.

Jimmeh · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:39

GarethDW said:
Belgian taxi drivers are pretty bad... Dutch are even worse, but Parisians are the worst and always scare me. The Belgians all drove nice cars though - much better than the typical Nissan Sunny type of taxi that I always seem to get in Swindon.

Try Egyption taxi's.... take out life insurance before hand.