Flights from Edinburgh to Brussels

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Take your senses on a tantalising trip to Brussels, tasting beer and chocolate, seeing magnificent buildings, smelling the fresh summer flowers or feeling winter’s bite at the light-filled Christmas markets.

Finding cheap flights to Brussels from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is easy with TravelSupermarket. You can compare deals for both connecting and non-stop flights between the two cities.

Both Ryanair and Brussels Airlines currently offer direct services to Brussels from the Scottish capital, with an average journey time of one hour and 30 minutes.

Flights with Brussels Airlines land at Brussels International Airport (BRU), which is the main hub for international travel and close to the city. Ryanair touches down at South Charleroi Airport (CRL), a little further from central Brussels.

One of the 10 busiest airports in the UK, Edinburgh Airport serves more than nine million passengers each year.

Plentiful parking around the airport makes arriving by car a breeze. Book your spot well in advance, however, to make the biggest savings.

Bus and coach services operate between the airport and Edinburgh city centre, as well as numerous other towns and cities. The airport isn’t connected to the rail network, so arrive at either Waverley or Haymarket station and catch a transfer from there. It takes around 25 minutes to travel between the city centre and the airport.

The usual array of shops, restaurants and bars are present at Edinburgh Airport. Time in the Aspire Lounge or the No. 1 Lounge is an extra worth considering if you plan to jet away in style.

Families with young children can keep boredom at bay in one of the three soft play areas.

You don’t have to worry about being in the right place, as Edinburgh Airport has only one main departure terminal.

Transfer options to reach the city centre from Brussels International Airport (BRU) include trains, buses, shuttle coaches, taxis and car hire.

Single fares on the airport rail line cost 8.60 euros, with stops at Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels Midi. The journey time is around 20 minutes.

A public bus takes around 40 minutes, costing 3 euros per passenger, while express coach services, which offer a wider range of drop-off locations (such as city hotels) cost 10 euros and take 35-45 minutes.

If you’ve booked cheap flights from Edinburgh to Brussels with Ryanair, you’ll arrive at South Charleroi Airport. An hour by road from central Brussels, you won’t necessarily pay more to transfer from this airport (not by coach, anyway).

The Brussels City Shuttle offers one-way fares from 5-14 euros. Book early to snap up the cheapest advance tickets. Train services run between central Brussels and Charleroi-Sud station, with a 20-minute bus trip between the airport and the station. Tickets cost 10-15 euros.

You will fork out significantly more for a taxi to Brussels from South Charleroi Airport, with fares in the region of 100 euros.

Consider renting a vehicle and saving on the cost of airport transfers – see our car hire in Brussels page for advice and deals.

Check in, unpack your bags and explore Brussels. Our page dedicated to how to get around Brussels is full of helpful hints.

Iconic, delicious, hip, historic, family-friendly: Brussels manages to pull off that rare feat of offering a little something for everyone.

Take chocolate-chomping, beer-downing, waffle-scoffing trips here to taste Belgium on a plate (or four); make it a museum-filled weekend of culture; come for a chic bar-hopping getaway; or let the kids run wild in the beautiful parks, at the zoo or in Mini-Europe in Brupark, which features plenty of entertainment for a fun day out.

Must-sees include Grand Place, the Palais Royal and Manneken Pis – the famous, 400-year-old statue of a boy having a wee!