A bicycle is indeed very convenient (in combination with OSMAND). Cycling in Brussels was a crazy thing to do 20 years ago, but things have improved for the better.
The terrain goes up and down though, so be prepared for some uphill. Polyglot 2016-09-22 11:36 GMT+02:00 Rafael Avila Coya <ravilac...@gmail.com>: > To move around Brussels, you can also use the Villo! bicycle network [1]. > You can get a ticket for a day or a week. Very cheap [2], and it's working > very well for me. > > To buy a card, you can do it at any Villo! station. > > I am usin AllBikesNow [3] android app to check nearest bicycle stations. > > Cheers, > > Rafael. > > [1] http://en.villo.be/ > > [2] http://en.villo.be/Rates/Rates/Consult-the-rates > > [3] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jcdecaux.a > llbikesnow&hl=nl > > > On 22/09/16 07:59, Stephan Knauss wrote: > >> On 22.09.2016 06:00, Jo wrote: >> >>> The reason for the extra fee on top of STIB/MIVB tickets is that they >>> operate in Brussels, but the airport is 'out of their normal reach', >>> over in Flanders. >>> >> >> They could state it clearer that the airport is outside the network. >> Thanks for the explanation. >> >> The cheapest (€3) way to get from the airport to Brussels is using De >>> Lijn 272, 471, BUT that will take about an hour to get to the wrong side >>> of the city. The terminus at North Station is not the VUB campus. >>> >> Perfect for me as I will arrive in the evening and have a hotel in that >> area. Thanks again. >> >> From there to the VUB campus sounds easy again as it is all within the >> city, so all transports are available. >> >> Stephan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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