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 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.
Due to a strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 23 November (10 pm - CET) to Wednesday 26 November 2025 included.
An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. Take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after your international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains shortly across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge). More details on this alternative train service are available on www.belgiantrain.be.
For the time being, we still don't know the possible impact of this strike on international trains (EuroCity, Eurocity Direct, TGV INOUI, Eurostar, OUIGO, ICE etc.). We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.
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.
Due to engineering works near Cologne, the ICE trains connecting Brussels with Frankfurt will be diverted around Cologne from Friday 14 November to Sunday 23 November 2025.
As a consequence, they will not be serving Köln Hbf (central station) as usual, but will be calling at Köln-Ehrenfeld suburban station (North-West of the city centre) instead.
Please check the adapted schedules in our journey planner if you travel to/from Cologne or if you have to change trains in Cologne.