None.

The airport is 5km (3 miles) from Charleroi and 46km (29 miles) from Brussels.

EU residents can purchase an InterRail (www.interrail.eu) Pass. There are two types to choose from: the One Country Pass has a Benelux option allowing unlimited travel within and between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for a period of three to eight days in a month; while the Global Pass is valid for train travel in up to 29 European countries for five days within 10 days, 10 days within 22 days, or 15 days continuous, 22 days continuous and one month continuous.

Non-European residents need to buy a Eurail (www.eurail.com) Pass instead. It offers broadly the same freedoms as the InterRail passes, and tickets are valid for five to 10 days of travel within two months.

If driving to Belgium from the UK, you need to catch a ferry landing at either Calais or Dunkerque, and then follow the E40 east. The drive takes about two hours.

Travellers driving from France should follow either the E19 or E42, while visitors coming from Germany should follow the E40 west.

Eurolines (tel: +44 8717 818 178, in the UK; www.eurolines.co.uk) offers daily bus departures from London Victoria station to Brussels, Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp. The journey takes 6 to 7 hours via the Channel Tunnel.