Concerts and matches: getting home late with a chauffeur
When the lights come back on, everyone is looking for a taxi, a tram or their car at the same moment. With a chauffeur, leaving comes down to a few minutes' walk to a point agreed in advance.
Leaving, the real headache of the evening
Arrivals are spread over two hours; departures are squeezed into a few minutes. At the end of a concert or match, thousands of people leave at the same time: metro platforms overflow, trams pull away full, nearby streets grind to a halt and ride-hailing apps show ever-longer waiting times. That is precisely when a car booked in advance changes the end of the evening.
The principle is simple: before the show, a pick-up point is agreed a few minutes' walk from the main exit, in a street that remains accessible under the traffic measures. You receive the exact location and a way to contact your chauffeur. At the end, you walk against the flow of the crowd, the car is there, and you head home without waiting for a platform to clear.
- Pick-up point agreed before the show, a few minutes' walk from the main exit.
- Heysel evenings covered from our Wemmel base, very close to the ING Arena and King Baudouin Stadium.
- At Forest National, pick-up in a nearby street, away from the taxi queue.
- At Antwerp's AFAS Dome, meet near the Gabriël Theunis bridge, as the venue advises.
- A chauffeur by the hour, on quotation, to wait for the end of the encore, however long it lasts.
At Heysel: ING Arena and King Baudouin Stadium
The ING Arena, formerly Palais 12, is part of the Brussels Expo complex, and King Baudouin Stadium stands right next door. On nights when Belgium's Red Devils are playing, for big summer concerts or for the Memorial Van Damme, the late-summer athletics meeting, the plateau draws huge crowds. Metro line 6, at Heysel and Roi Baudouin stations, and trams 7 and 51 carry most of the crowd, until they reach saturation point.
By car, the large car parks on the plateau open depending on the event, and parking around the stadium is limited. Heysel is very close to Wemmel, where our base is: your chauffeur knows the surrounding area and suggests a meeting point away from the busiest access roads. Major events often come with a specific mobility plan, which the chauffeur takes into account when choosing the place and time.
At Forest National: avoiding the taxi queue
On Avenue Victor Rousseau in Forest, the venue states that before the event you can be dropped off right outside the door. Afterwards, things get complicated: demand is concentrated on the nearby taxi rank, and the surrounding residential streets fill up with spectators walking back to their cars or waiting to be collected. Getting back to the centre then takes far longer than the journey out.
Your chauffeur stays out of the taxi queue, waiting instead in a nearby street agreed before the concert, which you reach in a few minutes. For five, six or seven fans who came together, the Van saves you splitting up across several cars and looking for each other on the pavement. If anyone in your group has limited mobility, mention it when booking so that the pick-up point can take it into account.
Antwerp: the AFAS Dome, formerly the Sportpaleis
Some tours only stop in Antwerp. The AFAS Dome, as the Sportpaleis is now called, and the neighbouring Lotto Arena are on Schijnpoortweg. The venue recommends being dropped off at the main entrance and then, after the show, walking to the Gabriël Theunis bridge close by to be picked up, rather than waiting outside the doors where the crowd builds up. Your chauffeur follows these instructions to the letter.
Then comes the night drive back to Brussels on the motorway, with your group replaying the concert out loud in the back seat. The outward and return journeys are booked in one go. Tickets rarely state the finishing time: the start time and the tour's usual running time give a reasonable estimate, and booking the chauffeur by the hour, included in the quote, keeps them on site until the last song.
Concerts and matches
The encore goes on and on: will the car still be there?+
That depends on the option you choose. With a fixed-time transfer, choose a pick-up time a little after the scheduled finish and let the chauffeur know if the concert overruns. If you book by the hour, on quotation, the chauffeur does not leave until you come out, whether the artist returns to the stage for one song or three. It is the most comfortable option when the finishing time is uncertain.
How do we find the car in the crowd leaving King Baudouin Stadium?+
By not leaving it to chance. The meeting point is set before the match, away from the stand entrances and the busiest streets, and you are given a way to contact your chauffeur. Mobile networks often struggle when an entire stadium empties at once: a precise place and time are worth more than a call made amid a crowd of supporters.
A sold-out stadium concert: when should we book the car?+
A journey can still be requested online three hours before departure; the fixed price appears before you confirm, nothing is paid at that stage, and confirmation follows by email. On nights when the stadium or arena is sold out, however, it is better to book several days ahead, especially for a Van or for several vehicles for the same group.
Can you take us to a concert in Antwerp and bring us back to Brussels?+
Yes. The chauffeur drops you at the main entrance of the AFAS Dome or the Lotto Arena on Schijnpoortweg, and collects you after the show near the Gabriël Theunis bridge, the point recommended by the venue. Book both journeys together: the outward trip at a fixed time, and the return either at an estimated time or with a chauffeur booked by the hour, on quotation, if you want them to stay on site.
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