Oh how the Eurocrats are spoilt! The nicest, most well thought out and cleanest metro station in…read morethe system. Here you won't see the average trump pissing himself. Nor will you see him covered platforms. Nor will you be able to play the game 'is it the drains or has someone crapped themselves?' Nope you won't get any of these. You'll get shiny floors, escalators that are always working and a light airy feel to your wait for a train. Minus for being constantly closed whenever there is a European leaders summit. But still five stars!

De Brouckère is a metro station that serves lines 1 and line 5 as well as tram lines 3 and 4. It's…read morea decent sized station and there are stairs and escalators between the levels. On the ticketing concourse, there are staffed and automated ticket vending machines and the usual ticketing contactless scanners at the turnstiles. De Brouckère metro station is named after a Belgian nobleman who was mayor of the city from 1848 until his death in 1860. According to the wiki, he was responsible for major urban renewal in the city, including the creation of water mains and the first boulevards in Brussels. The station is part of the run where Lines 1 and 5 overlap, between Sainte-Catherine and Brussels-Central stations.

Convenient starting point to travel around Belgium …read more Brussels Central Train station has a ticket office and several kiosks to purchase tickets . During the peak hours, we benefited from having staff who helped explain how to purchase tickets, what the Train Plus option is: Well worth the Euro 6 cost since subsequent trips for the next 30 days are discounted and you don't have to repeatedly type in your name and date-of-birth. Large but not humongous station.

This train station is massive! Yet it's the hub for to go anywhere. I utilized it to get a train to…read morethe airport. The signage is pretty straight forward, but since it's operating at full capacity it can get confusing. Thankfully workers are everywhere to assist! So I did seek help at the kiosk in purchasing my ticket. Amex was accepted here. Then I asked another worker for assurance on what platform to go to for my destination. Everything flowed smooth for the most part. I think their rail system has been the easiest to navigate in Europe so far.

Ahh Midi. Where every door on the train opens just to confuse you. As people dart into and out of…read morethe train in every imaginable direction. Exit out of the wrong side and you'll have to climb steps instead of the easy ride on the escalator. Plenty of shops nearby if you need to pick up that last minute ingredient before heading home.

Beautiful station steps from the Grand Plaza. ATM machine is here and good WiFi. It's clean &…read morefeels safe.

It seemed that every day that I wanted to explore Bruxelles, the closest stop on the Métro was this…read moreone. So I ended up disembarking here a couple of times. It's a subway station, same as others. I didn't encounter the issues that others documented. It was clean and the signage was simple and there didn't seem to be any smell of urine. I'm guessing that either they've cleared it up, or I'm immune. Stairs from street level to ticketing level and more stairs from there to the platforms. There is also a pair of lifts.

When you've gotta get to the airport this is by far the easier option rather than trailing down to…read moreCentral. Solely because they have lifts! Yes. You don't have to haul your luggage up &/or down several flights of stairs. Alas the trains are rather less infrequent than central. But if your willing to leave a bit earlier then this is by far the better option. A lot quieter too. Because well duh it's not the main train station in town.

It's been an interesting experience over the past 3 years, seeing Schuman Metro station being…read moretransformed from a construction site full of concrete walls to the marble and polished looking place it is now. As of October 2015, you can see the lovely pale gold marble on both the stations' floors and walls and its beautiful structure emerging like a butterfly from its cocoon - there is still work to be done, buts it's getting there with its cathedral ceilings and gleaming lights. My fave station in the Brussels metro station still remains Stockel, with its Tintin cartoons, but Schuman reminds me a bit of Grand Central in NYC, which is maybe what indeed it was aiming for, considering it is the station stop for the EU institutions.

Merode is a railway and metro station located in Etterbeek at the start of the Porte de Tervueren /…read moreTervurenlaan. The underground station is located under the Place Price Jean de Mérode. The two stations are connected by an undergound hallway. A very long underground hallway. Oops, I took a wrong turn. On the métro, the station is at the Eastern end of where where Lines 1 and 5 follow common tracks. On Line 1, it is between Schuman and Montgomery. On Line 5, between Schuman and Thieffry. On the railway, it is on lines S4 and S7. The station is close to the Parc du Cinquantenaire.

Another shady station that has less entertainment than Montgomery. Maybe it's because it's not as…read morebig, with the pack of trams. There is also a lack of shops, so no syrupy coffee to help you pass the boredom away. What really gets me is... when the escalators break down which seems to be at least once a week. It's gotta be the deepest metro station on the system, so you're buggered when you've walked up them. I'd soon go to the next station and walk back then climb bloody Everest to get out of the station. Nothing breaks down at lovely Schuman!

Awful awful awful! I am not a fan of the Brussels métro. This station in particular! Poor planning,…read moreor they're trying to squeeze out as much money from Belgians and tourists as possible. It's a two platform station, and they aren't accessible to each other from inside the station. That means if you get on the wrong platform, and you've already paid your fare, you have to go back outside, go to the correct platform, and pay again. Ticket machines only take coins, not notes. So if all you have on you are Euro notes, or a non-EU credit card, you're screwed. Try doing that when you're pressed for time to get to the train station and you are scrambling to find coins and make your train.

The shady metro station. Where you can experience the…read moredelights of a tramp urinating himself at mid day. The smell of which causing people to flee to the other end of the platform. Or you experience drunks at one of the many exits thinking it might be funny my to harass you in French. Or you can watch drinks cross the tracks on the tram lines because they're too drunk to walk around. Yes many delights are to be witnessed here. But you can at least sup on a Starbucks or munch on a Paul's sandwich whilst you enjoy the entertainment.

Worst roundabout in Brussels for driving! I have had so many near misses here, that I thank my…read morestars when I get home safely. Also there are tons of smokers around the tram stop that it might feel like you are the one smoking and not the people around you, I really think they need to have traffic lights here (similar to the UK) cause it's a death trap for motorists and pedestrians alike. Yet if I didn't have a car, around Montgomery would be my ideal rental because it is such a major transportation hub of Brussels and with buses, trams and trains, it would be a great location to base yourself from and be super quick to get anywhere else around Brussels that you need to go. So three stars bc of how bad amenities are but 4 stars bc location is great.

Right next to the Atomium in Brussels. A 5 minute walk from the station to the tower. Clean and…read moreeasy to figure out the train lines.