Brussels · December
Where to go from Brussels in December
208 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Brussels.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in December
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 28 min
- Christmas Market in Lille 40 min
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 1h 59
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 2h 35
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 37
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 3h 56
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 4h 29
- York Christmas Festival in York 5h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 5h 07
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 12
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Art | Basel in Basel 5h 47
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 5h 47
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 02
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 7h
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 7h 28
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Brussels, December has 7 h 59 of daylight and averages 2–7°.
- Kraainem · Belgium 18 min 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Mechelen · Belgium 22 min — 7 h 57
- Leuven · Belgium 28 min — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Lille · France 40 min 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Ghent · Belgium 41 min — 7 h 57
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Aalst · Belgium 52 min — 7 h 58
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Charleroi · Belgium 1h 04 — 8 h 03
- Liège · Belgium 1h 04 — 8 h 01
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 06 — 7 h 55
- Namur · Belgium 1h 21 — 8 h 02
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 22 — 7 h 55
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Ath · Belgium 1h 30 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Paris · France 1h 37 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Maastricht · Netherlands 1h 39 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 — 7 h 59
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 2 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Saint-Cloud · France 2h 03 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 2 ch — 7 h 50
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 2h 05 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch — 8 h 04
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 2 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Disneyland Paris · France 2h 10 — 8 h 17
- Amiens · France 2h 12 · 1 ch — 8 h 08
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Heerlen · Netherlands 2h 17 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 1 ch — 8 h 02
- Versailles · France 2h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Kerkrade · Netherlands 2h 31 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 4 ch 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 3 ch — 7 h 46 Skate parade
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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