Bruges eSIM
In Bruges you connect to Proximus or Orange, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 77 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Proximus and Orange
- Typical speed in Belgium
- 77 Mbps typical, 21 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Bruges
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.20 | $59.89 |
How Belgium compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Proximus, Orange
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Spain, 79 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Portugal, 74 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp
Landing at Brussels Airport (Zaventem) (BRU)
- Airport
- BRU / EBBR
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe airport's own services page says to select 'Brussels Airport Free Wi-Fi' and accept the terms.
- Also serves
- Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST), Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)
Getting into Bruges
- SNCB/NMBS train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bruges (BRU). Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
- Direct bus service from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bruges (CRL)
- De Lijn line 60 from Ostend-Bruges Airport to Ostend city centre and Ostend railway station (OST)
- SNCB train from Ostend station to Brugge (OST), about 15 minutes
Worth knowing about Bruges
- Bruges has no airport of its own; the nearest is Ostend-Bruges International, about 25 km from the city centre.
- Ostend-Bruges airport is largely a freight airport whose passenger flights are mainly charter and tour-operator holiday services, so most visitors to Bruges arrive through Brussels Airport instead.
- Bruges has no metro and no tram network; local public transport is De Lijn buses.
- The only public transport the Ostend-Bruges airport lists on its own site is De Lijn bus line 60, which runs to Ostend rather than to Bruges, so reaching Bruges means changing to a train at Ostend station.
- The port of Bruges is not in the city itself: it is at Zeebrugge on the coast, whose name means 'Bruges-on-Sea'.
- Get off at the station called Brugge, which is within walking distance of the old town, rather than Brugge Sint-Pieters in the northeast. From Brussels-South three trains an hour head for Bruges, bound for Ostend, Knokke or Blankenberge, and the ride takes about an hour.
- Brussels Airport's railway station sits beneath the arrivals and departures halls and has a direct train to Bruges every hour. Bruges taxi firms quote flat fares with prior booking: 200 euros from Brussels Airport, 250 from Charleroi and 70 from Ostend-Bruges.
- From Ostend-Bruges Airport the bus to Ostend station takes 15 minutes, and at least three trains an hour then run to Bruges between 6am and 10pm in about 15 minutes.
- Buses 1 and 2 link Bruges station with 't Zand, the Markt area and other central stops every five minutes, running until about 11pm and until about 2am on Friday and Saturday nights. Tickets bought on board are contactless only.
- Street parking in central Bruges is capped at four hours, and paying by text message only works with a Belgian mobile number. A Centrum-Station car park ticket includes free bus rides into the centre for up to four people.
- Coaches from Charleroi Airport, Flixbus and other international lines stop at a terminal behind Brugge station on the Spoorwegstraat roundabout, and the Charleroi shuttle times its departures to arriving and departing flights.
- Blue-bike shared bicycles wait at Brugge, Zeebrugge-Strand and Zeebrugge-Dorp stations, and Hoppy e-bikes, booked in an app, can be picked up in Bruges and left in Blankenberge, Knokke-Heist or Damme.
- Bruges station is one of the 27 Belgian stations with free SNCB wifi in the main hall, corridors and on the platforms, open to anyone who creates a MySNCB account.
- Blue Zones ringing the old town allow four hours of free parking with a parking disc between 9am and 6pm, Sundays and public holidays included, a cheaper option than the paid above-ground spaces inside the centre.