Services
Locate on the map
On the map below you can find the location of various services provided by Brussels Expo during the Motor Show. Below, more information about these services :
- access and parking
- child day care
- info points
- cloakroom
- restrooms
- police office and first aid
- cash dispensers
- drink and food outlets
- access disabled persons
Access and parking
The Motor Show takes place in Brussels Expo and is easily accessible by car, motorcycle or public transport. Visitors arriving from abroad by plane are also quickly at the exhibition. An overview of the different ways to access the exhibition ground is available under "Place & access" :
Brussels Expo has several parking areas for more than 12,000 cars. The car parks C, M and T are situated close to the expo halls. Thanks to the direct connection to the R0 ring road of Brussels (exit 7 bis, follow the “EXPO”signs), car park C is the most easily accessible and gives direct access to the expo halls. A parking place costs € 5.
Motorcyclists are welcome at the free and covered parking area A in front of hall 1, entrance via “Avenue de l'Impératrice Charlotte”.
child day care
Children aged between 3 and 10 are welcome in the free child day care center. This service is only available during the weekend and on Wednesday 18 January. It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. without interruption. You can find the child day care center in expo hall Astrid (entrance hall).
Two nannies run the child day care center. No meals are provided, only water, juice and yogurts will be offered.
We recommend leaving your children less then three hours in the child day care center to avoid a feeling of abandonment.
Info points
The Motor Show secretariat is located at the main entrance of Hall 5 (near the Atomium) The Secretariat is open during the opening hours of the Show.
There is also an information desk in the Astrid hall (coming from parking area C). You can get there for free the official Motor Show catalog and a plan of the expo halls with indication of all the exhibitors’ stands. The plans are also available in dispensers on different locations in the expo halls.
The Press Service is located at the entrance of Expo hall 11 (Atomium side).
Hot line Motor Show : +32 (0)2 474 89 81
cloakroomS
Several cloakrooms are available : in the Astrid Hall, coming from car park C, just before the entrance of the expo halls. Other smaller cloakrooms are located in the expo halls 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The cloakroom at the entrance of Hall 1 - coming from the motorcycle parking A - is dedicated to motorcyclists (for motorcycle clothing and helmets).
restrooms
Restrooms are available in all the expo halls (except the Patio)
police office and first aid
During the opening hours of the Motor Show, a doctor is present at the first aid stand located at the entrance on the “Chaussée Romaine” (Gate G).
The police office is located outside the expo halls, more precisely next to expo hall 2 - near the main entrance coming from the bus and Metro station.
cash dispensers
Two cash dispensers are available on the expo ground :
One inside the Astrid hall, near the footbridge coming from car park C and another one outside the enclosure, near expo hall 2 and Police station.
Warning! Once you leave the expo halls and the enclosure, to withdraw money you can not return to the expo halls with the same ticket.
drink & food outlets
Brussels Expo offers several places to eat, serving sandwiches and snacks but also complete meals. An overview :
- Expo hall 1 : fast food restaurant (open from 11:00 until 17:00)
- Expo hall 4 : fast-food restaurant "Quick Lunch" (open from 11:30 until 15:00)
- Expo hall 5 : "5 Take Away" restaurant, self-service restaurant (open from 11:30 until 15:00) and restaurant à la carte "La Pergola" (open from 11:30 until 15:00)
- Expo hall 6 : and fast-food restaurant "Quick Lunch" (open from 11:30 until 15:00)
- Expo hall 7 : self-service restaurant (open from 11:30 until 15:00)
- Expo hall 8 : self-service restaurant "Food Hall 8" (open from 11:30 until closing time)
- Expo hall 9 : self-service restaurant "Food Hall 9" open from 11:30 until closing time)
There are several bars at your disposal in the different Halls (opening hours of the Show) :
- Expo Hall 4 : "O ! 4 Café"
- Expo hall 6 : "O ! 6 Café"
- Expo Hall 7 : "O ! 7 Café"
- Expo Hall 8 : “O ! 8 Café” (first floor)
- Expo Hall 9 : "O ! 9 Café" (first floor)
- Expo Hall 11 : "O ! 11 Café"
- Expo hall 12 : the Mezzanine
Vending machines with water and soda drinks are available in the covered corridors between the expo halls.
Several small stands with drinks and snacks (hot dogs, waffles and ice cream) are also available in the covered corridors between the expo halls and in the satellites.
access disabled persons
All car parks and expo halls are accessible for disabled persons. Elevators, inclined passages, and adapted restrooms are available at different places. Take a look at the map for easy access to the expo halls and its facilities.
There are no seats inside the expo halls to rest. But we would like to inform you that the First aid stand borrows wheel chairs for disabled persons in their bureau at gate G. Please book a wheel chair at the following telephone number : +32 0(2) 474.82.32. The wheel chair is for free; in exchange for your identity card.
Guiding dogs for blinds are allowed on the exhibition ground.