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Subject: Re: How far is Charleroi Airport from Brussels city center? Posted on: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:38:30 -0500

tim(yet another new home) wrote:
> "nightjar .uk.com>" wrote in message
> news:L8ydnZD9K-v-efLYRVnytg@giganews.com...
>> wrote in message
>> news:1164882647.088485.242210@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>> I am thinking of travelling to from Dublin to Brussels possibly for new
>>> years and was wondering how far is Charleroi airport, roughly, from the
>>> grand place area?
>> According to the airport web site it is 46km from Brussels. It is probably
>> closer to France.
>
> That would make it about 10 KM nearer Brussels than
> Stansted is to London
>
> So what's all the fuss about its location?
>
> tim
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>
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the fuss is that Charleroi is quite a bit of a rural location with no
real mass transit or convenient connections.