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franco

Hi all off to visit Belgium/Luxembourg and hopefully Moselle valley next week. Wanted to visit Brussels but finding it difficult to find anywhere to stay with easy access into Brussels.Have found a site Camping Lammekes in Grimbergen.Anyone any info on this or any other sites nearby,in fact any advice re Brussels,Bruges,Antwerp or Ghent.Have also had reply from Bruges tourist office that motorhome parking overnight in aire by station is forbidden-from what others have said some use this overnight with no problems?Thanks to all in advance of any replies

Martin Razz

peejay

Hi Franco,

Ref Brugges, there have been conflicting reports as to whether its still open or not. If it is closed then camping memling is the closest campsite to brugges city centre, more info for you in the campsite database.....

franco

Thanks Pete.Can you shed some light on how the Belgian authorities feel about overnight parking as on any formal tourist website they specify not allowed other than campsites or do they have designated aires as in France or are they as relaxed about it all as the French are?

Martin

peejay

Hi Martin,

Belgium shouldn't present too much of a problem for overnight parking as long as you're discreet and there are no signs to the contrary, its Holland where they are not keen on it.

If you follow this link there is a good selection of aires listed in Belgium, its all in french but you'll get the gist....

brisey

We visit Brugge 5 or 6 times a year and as yet have had no problems using the aire. We had the same reply as you from the tourist iformation people, it seems to be a standard response. Do actually park on the aire and not on the roadway, police have been known to issue tickets to those not actually parked in the aire. Camping Memling is a good alternative, why not book a couple of nights and spend a day in Brugge and get a train into Brussels, rail travel is comparitively cheap in Belgium and the journey takes only 30 - 40 minutes. Another alternative might be to travel on further to visit Ghent there is a very large site there Camping Blaarmeersen, good facilities including a reataurant, and a bus service into the city
Hope this is of help

Boff

vicdicdoc

-the Aire at Bruge can be quite noisy - when we were there a few eastern european coaches parked up with 50 or more LOUD people milling around, we decided that a quieter place would suit us better - only 1 camping site & thats camping Membling - not exactly 4 star but quite near the bus into the centre of Bruge, a chap we spoke to said the train into Brussels was quick and very cheap

SidT

Hi Vic. You must have picked a bad day, We have stayed there 4/5 times and its been very quiet and everyone has been very well behaved, we have never seen any coaches on there only the local bus which will take you into the centre of Brugge.
Cheers Sid

raemc

hi
we are of to belguim on the 1st sep for 9 days maybe luxembourg too.last year we toured the coast and antwerp. in antwerp we stayed at camping de molem-the site was a bit tired but great location as thre is a tunnel under the river close to the site which you can cycle or walk through which brings you to the centre of old antwerp.keep a eye open for a autocruise vista and stop for a chat.
cheers