Brussels Zaventem Airport (BRU) to Lens

Meeting Point at Brussels Zaventem Airport

Your driver waits at Java Coffee House holding a personalised name sign. The spot is easy to find once you have collected your luggage, so you can meet your driver without wandering around the terminal.

The Drive from Brussels Airport to Lens

The route covers 157 km (98 miles) and typically takes 1 h 42 m. It leads from Zaventem across Belgium and over the border into northern France, where Lens lies in the Pas-de-Calais department. Because you cross an international border, keep your passport or ID card within easy reach in your hand luggage.

Traffic around the Brussels ring road is the main variable, especially during the morning and late-afternoon rush hours. If you have a fixed appointment, a match ticket or a train connection in Lens, add a comfortable buffer to the standard driving time. This route is booked less often than the big city connections, but it is available on request like any other transfer.

Which Vehicle Suits Your Group

Smaller parties can choose between two private taxi options:

• Private Taxi for 1-3 passengers
• Private Taxi for 1-4 passengers

Larger groups, such as families with luggage, sports clubs, school trips or business delegations, can use a private minibus. The available sizes are:

• 8 seats for 1-8 passengers
• 16 seats for 1-16 passengers
• 24 seats for 1-24 passengers
• 32 seats for 1-32 passengers
• 40 seats for 1-40 passengers
• 48 seats for 1-48 passengers

If your party sits near the upper limit of a vehicle and you carry a lot of luggage, choosing the next size up gives everyone more room on a drive of about an hour and three quarters.

Lens as a Destination

Lens is a town in the former coal-mining basin of northern France. Today it is best known for the Louvre-Lens museum, which opened in 2012, and for the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, home ground of the football club RC Lens. The surrounding mining landscape, with its slag heaps and miners' housing estates, forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visitors come here for the museum, for match days and for exploring the region's industrial history, and your driver can take you directly to your address in town.