Festival Train ticket Couleur Café 2026

You can buy the Event Train Ticket Couleur Café only on sncb.be/couleurcafe, as from 03/06 – 10 am. The only thing you need for this, is the SNCB-NMBS code you received with your festival ticket. TThis code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB".

You can print the train ticket or save the PDF to your smartphone.

You can buy a Event Train Ticket Couleur Café:

• in conjunction with an international journey by Thalys or Eurostar: Event Train Ticket Couleur Café with Antwerpen-Centraal or Bruxelles-Midi as departure station.
• if you land at Brussels Airport: Event Train Ticket Couleur Café with Brussels Airport - Zaventem as departure station. You still need to buy two Brussels Airport Supplements: one for your outward journey and one for your homeward journey. These supplements will automatically be included in your purchase if you select Brussels Airport - Zaventem station as your departure station.
• if you land at Brussels South Charleroi Airport: Event Train Ticket Couleur Café with Charleroi-Central as departure station. You need a Bus TEC Charleroi Airport Ticket to and from Charleroi-Central station.
• in combination with a (return) transport ticket that is valid on the foreign railway network until the Belgian border. From there, your Event Train Ticket Couleur Café is valid to Bruxelles-Midi station. When buying your train ticket, enter one of the following first Belgian stations as departure station:
  • coming from The Netherlands: Essen (via Roosendaal), Noorderkempen (via Breda) or Visé (via Maastricht – Eijsden)
  • coming from Germany: Hergenrath
  • coming from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Arlon, Athus or Gouvy
  • coming from France: Mouscron, Froyennes, Quiévrain, Quévy or Erquelinnes

Yes, if you're departing from Brussels Airport - Zaventem station, you still need to buy two Brussels Airport Supplements: one for your outward journey and one for your homeward journey. These supplements will automatically be included in your purchase if you select Brussels Airport - Zaventem station as your departure station.

Event Train Tickets are nominative, so they cannot be passed on or sold.
These tickets cannot be exchanged, cancelled or refunded.

 

For more information, please contact our customer service directly via our webform.

With the SNCB-NMBS code sent by e-mail from 3/6 at the earliest after personalisation of the festival tickets, you can buy your Event Train Ticket to Couleur Café. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB-NMBS code to buy your Event Train Ticket Couleur Café from this page.

The SNCB-NMBS code to buy your train ticket is your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB-NMBS code to buy your Event Train Ticket Couleur Café from this page.

In order to avoid any problems, we invite you to encode the correct digits and letters of your code (for example: "0" instead of "o"), or to copy and paste it directly.

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The SNCB-NMBS code to buy your train ticket is your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB-NMBS code to buy your Event Train Ticket Couleur Café from this page.

If the festival organiser has not sent you this code, please contact them directly.

No, your festival ticket is not valid as a train ticket. You can buy a Event Train Ticket Couleur Café on this page as from 03/06 – 10 am by using the SNCB-NMBS code you received with your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB"

As Event Train Tickets Couleur Café are nominative, you must be able to present your train ticket together with your (photo) ID upon control on the train.

Yes.

With an Event Train Ticket:

• From Brussels-South, metro line 6 (towards King Baudouin) will take you to Couleur Café (Heizel stop) in no time.
• From Schaerbeek, take tram line 7 (from the Docks Bruxsel stop towards Heizel).
• You will need to purchase an MIVB ticket for the metro or tram.

With a Night Train Ticket:

• From Schaarbeek station, tram line 7 (from the Docks Bruxsel stop towards Heizel) will take you to Couleur Café. You will need to purchase an MIVB ticket for the metro or tram.
• After the event, tram shuttle A will take you back to Schaarbeek station (runs from 00:45 to 02:15) where you can catch your night train. This shuttle is free on presentation of your festival wristband.

Returning by night train to Brussels Airport - Zaventem is not possible, but by regular train with the Event Train Ticket Couleur Café that you’ve bought. If you’re travelling homewards with the Event Train Ticket Couleur Café to Brussels Airport - Zaventem station you will need to buy a Brussels Airport Supplement.

You can buy the Couleur Café Night train ticket only on this page from 3/06. You don’t need an SNCB-NMBS code for this.

You can print the train ticket or save the PDF to your smartphone.

The Couleur Café Night train ticket is valid both for your outward journey with the regular trains and for your return journey with a special night train.

Night trains run from Schaerbeek station. You can take a night train only with a Couleur Café Night train ticket. This ticket counts as a reservation. The code on your train ticket must therefore correspond to the night train you take.

There will be 3 night trains on 26, 27 and 28 June (check the timetable here (pdf)):

• Outbound on the regular train to Schaerbeek, return on the night train towards Ghent-Saint-Pieters
  The night train stops in Asse, Merchtem, Opwijk, Dendermonde, Wetteren, Merelbeke and Gent-Sint-Pieters.

• Outbound on the regular train to Schaerbeek, return on the night train towards Antwerpen-Centraal
  The night train stops in Mechelen, Mechelen-Nekkerspoel, Kontich-Lint, Mortsel, Antwerpen-Berchem and Antwerpen-Centraal.

• Outbound with the regular train to Schaerbeek, return with the night train towards Liège-Guillemins
  The night train stops in Zaventem, Kortenberg, Herent, Leuven, Tienen, Landen and Liège-Guillemins.

The offer of night trains is determined by a commercial agreement with the festival organizer. The origin of the visitors is the basis for this.

If you want to take your bike, you will need a Bike Supplement. For a folding bike, no supplement is necessary, so you don't have to pay anything extra. Of course, you must always have a Night Train Ticket for yourself.

Yes, children under 12 years old must also have their own Night Train Ticket.

Couleur Café Train tickets are nominative, so they cannot be passed on or sold.
These tickets cannot be exchanged, cancelled or refunded.

 

For more information, please contact our customer service directly via our webform.

Your Night Train ticket Couleur Café gives you free access (on 26, 27 and 28 June from 8:00 to 8:00 the following day each time) to a SNCB-NMBS-NMBS car park.

To access the SNCB-NMBS-NMBS car park before the festival:

• from your car, press the flashing button next to the yellow slot of the entrance terminal
• collect your entrance ticket
• enter the car park and take the train to Schaerbeek

After returning by night train:

• Insert your parking ticket, which you received when you entered the car park, into the pay station
• Scan the parking barcode on your train ticket
• The rate will be 0€ and your parking ticket will be validated