Brussels · April
Where to go from Brussels in April
208 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what April is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Brussels.
Good for April
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Paris 1h 37 France Highs of 17°, and Paris Marathon.
- London 2h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 15°, and London Marathon.
- Rotterdam 1h 46 Netherlands Highs of 14°, and Rotterdam Marathon.
- The Hague 2h 08 Netherlands Highs of 14°, and Life I Live Festival.
- Amsterdam 2h 35 Netherlands Highs of 14°, and Imagine Film Festival and 1 more on.
- Leuven 28 min Belgium Zythoos Bierfestival.
On in April
- Zythoos Bierfestival in Leuven 28 min
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège in Liège 1h 04
- Paris Marathon in Paris 1h 37
- Rotterdam Marathon in Rotterdam 1h 46
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 2h 03
- Life I Live Festival in The Hague 2h 08
- Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam 2h 35
- King's Day in Amsterdam 2h 35
- Koningsdag in Gouda 2h 43
- London Marathon in London 2h 59
- King's Day in Arnhem 3h 06
- Mythos Festival in Rennes 3h 27
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 28
- York Chocolate Festival in York 5h 05
- Aintree in Liverpool 5h 25
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 5h 40
- BaselWorld in Basel 5h 47
- Avignon Fair in Avignon 5h 50
- April in Annecy 6h 09
- Beer Days in Solothurn 7h
- Sechseläuten (Sächsilüüte) in Zurich 7h 05
- Fribourg International Film Festival in Fribourg 7h 28
- Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh 7h 29
- Golden Award of Montreux Festival in Montreux 7h 53
Most happen every year in April; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Brussels, April has 13 h 48 of daylight and averages 6–15°.
- Kraainem · Belgium 18 min 5–14° 54 mm 13 h 48
- Mechelen · Belgium 22 min — 13 h 49
- Leuven · Belgium 28 min — 13 h 48 Zythoos Bierfestival
- Lille · France 40 min 6–15° 45 mm 13 h 47
- Ghent · Belgium 41 min — 13 h 49
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 5–15° 43 mm 13 h 49
- Lier · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch — 13 h 49
- Aalst · Belgium 52 min — 13 h 48
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 13 h 49
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 04 — 13 h 46
- Liège · Belgium 1h 04 — 13 h 47 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 06 — 13 h 49
- Namur · Belgium 1h 21 — 13 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 · 1 ch — 13 h 51
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 22 — 13 h 49
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 1 ch — 13 h 47
- Paris · France 1h 37 8–17° 46 mm 13 h 41 Paris Marathon
- Maastricht · Netherlands 1h 39 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 2 ch — 13 h 51
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 — 13 h 48
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch 5–14° 42 mm 13 h 52 Rotterdam Marathon
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 2 ch — 13 h 52
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 2 ch — 13 h 52
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 03 · 2 ch — 13 h 41
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 2 ch — 13 h 51 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 2h 05 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 13 h 46
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 2 ch 5–14° 42 mm 13 h 53 Life I Live Festival
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 10 — 13 h 41
- Amiens · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 13 h 45
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 3 ch — 13 h 52
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 17 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch 4–16° 41 mm 13 h 50
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 13 h 47
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 13 h 41
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 2 ch — 13 h 53
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 2h 31 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 4 ch 5–14° 40 mm 13 h 54 Imagine Film Festival, King's Day
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 3 ch — 13 h 53
Journeys from Brussels's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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