The train is the best way to travel to the German capital: several times a day, the ICE high speed trains will take you from Brussels or Liège straight to the heart of Berlin (with an easy change in Cologne). Three days a week, you can also take a direct night train from Brussels to Berlin, either with Nightjet or with European Sleeper.
Experience world history in Berlin! Walk under the Brandenburg Gate and along the remains of the Berlin Wall. Visit the Bundestag, Museum Island and the lively districts of Kreuzberg or Prenzlauer Berg.
Updated 27/02, 9h50 am
Due to announced strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Friday 21 February (10 pm) to Sunday 2 March 2025 included.
An alternative train service will be put in place depending on the available staff. The detailed schedule for every day will be available on www.sncb.be the day before.
Please take alternative service into account if you are travelling on our cross-border local trains to/from Lille, Maubeuge, Luxembourg, Roosendaal, Maastricht or Aachen or if you need to take a local connection in Belgium before or after your international journey.
For most international trains (Eurostar, TGV INOUI, ICE, OUIGO etc...), no consequences have been announced so far except:
We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.
If you have a ticket for the EuroCity or Eurocity Direct train for travel between Belgium and the Netherlands from 22/02 to 02/03, please note that:
Similarly, if you have an ICE ticket for a journey between Belgium and Germany during this period, please note that if your ICE is cancelled, tickets are exceptionally valid on any SNCB or Deutsche Bahn train to your destination at a later moment. If you prefer not to travel because of the cancellation of your ICE or because of a predictable delay of more than 60 minutes on arrival, you can apply for a full refund.
Starting 27 June 2025, European Sleeper will include stops at Berlin Zoo and Berlin Ost, but no longer in Berlin Hauptbahnhof on its route to Prague.
On the return journey from Prague to Belgium, European Sleeper will keep stopping at Berlin Ost and Berlin Hauptbahnhof.