New Year's Eve 2012 in the centre of Brussels

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Party and fireworks

In the centre of Brussels New Year's Eve will attract many people around the:

• Mont des Arts [plan]
• Grand-Place [plan]
• Bourse [plan]

The fireworks will be shot from the Mont des Arts.

Transport in Brussels

It is thus advisable to use the Brussels public transport (STIB). This STIB transport is free from midnight:

The metro and streetcars serve the centre till 2 am:

• metro lines 1, 2, 5 and 6 ride every 10 minutes from midnight to 1 am, every 15 minutes between 1 am and 2 am
• streetcars 3 and 4 ride every 7.5 minutes from midnight to 1 am, every 15 minutes from 1 am to 2 am
• streetcars 7, 19, 39, 92 and 94 ride from midnight to 2 am, every 20 minutes (tram 92 only rides between Louise and Dieweg, tram 94 only between Louise and Marie-José)

The Noctis night buses ride from midnight to 5 am, every 30 minutes (every 15 minutes on the N08 and N09 lines). Because of the huge crowds downtown, the buses will not be serving the city centre (Pentagon) till 1:30 am.

Movements can be confined in the city centre if it is too crowded.

• map New Year's Eve network STIB 2011-2012 (PDF, 0,84MB)

Party at the webcams

If you want to party from a distance, you can visit the webcams of the City of Brussels:

• webcam of the Grand-Place
• webcam on the Place de Brouckère
• webcam Atomium