Whatever way to get in touch with home you prefer, you will easily find the right facility in Brussels.
Mobile phones
Belgian phones operate on the GSM system, so if you are coming from most areas of Western Europe, your mobile phone should work here.
Buy one with a prepaid smart card. It’s not worth the bother of renting. You need pay no more than euro99 for a basic model phone, which includes euro50 of prepaid calls. When that runs out you can always buy another card, and you can keep the phone.
Operator and directory enquiries
Domestic enquiries: 1307
International operator: 1304
International calls: 00
Reverse-charge calls: 1224
Wake-up call: There is an automated service (in French) on 0800-51348
Phone calls always need the Brussels code (02) even when dialling within Brussels.
Public telephones
It’s best to buy up a phone card at a metro station or newsstand. Remember to dial the full city code—02—before dialling local numbers in Brussels.
Post Office -The post office at Gare du Midi, avenue Fonsny 48A, is open 24 hours a day. Others are open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and are closed weekends and public holidays; the office in the Centre Monnaie shopping and business center in the city center is also open on Saturday from 9am to 1pm.
Conveniently located post offices are at Centre Monnaie, Gare Centrale, Gare du Nord, rue du Progrès 80, the Bourse, and the Palais de Justice.
Internet cafes are frustratingly sparse in Brussels, so do not head out expecting to bump into one. EasyEverything is by far the cheapest and most reliable (see below).
easyEverything
9/13 place de Brouckère
Brussels 1000
Tel: +32 (02) 211-0820
Cyber.com
15 rue de l’Eglise
Brussels 1082
Tel: +32 (02) 469-4542.
Open: Mon-Sat 8am-11pm
CyberSpace L.F.T.
215a avenue Louise
Brussels 1050
Tel: +32 (02) 627-8787.
Website
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-7pm (Thurs until 6pm)
Avenue Cybertheatre
Avenue De La Toison D' Or 4
1050 Brussels
Tel. : 02/500.78.11
Fax :
E-Mail : mailto:
Website : www.cybertheatre.net
Cyber City
Avenue Georges Henri 484
1200 Brussels
Tel. : 02/733.46.30
Fax :
E-Mail : mailto:
Website : www.cybercity.be
Cybercafe Po-Boy
Atletenlaan 24-26
1020 Brussels
Tel. : 02/479.17.44
Fax :
E-Mail : mailto:
Website : www.american-bar.be/en/index.html
Internem Cybercafe
Bld. General Jacques 68
1050 Brussels
Tel. : 02/649.45.09
Fax :
E-Mail : mailto:
Website : www.internem.be
Internet Center
Chaussee De Charleroi 182
1060 Brussels
Tel. : 02/543.61.41
