Paradise City Train ticket 2025

You can buy the Event Train Ticket Paradise City only on sncb.be as from 04/06/2025 – 10 am. The only thing you need for this, is the SNCB code on the Mobility Voucher of your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". 

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

Yes, if you're departing from Brussels Airport - Zaventem station, you will need to buy two stand-alone Brussels Airport Supplements on top of your train ticket: one for your outward journey and one for your homeward journey.

You can buy a Event Train Ticket Paradise City:

• in conjunction with an international journey by Thalys or Eurostar: select Antwerpen-Centraal or Bruxelles-Midi as departure station for your Event Train Ticket Paradise City.
• if you land at Brussels Airport: select Brussels Airport - Zaventem as departure station for your Event Train Ticket Paradise City. You will need to buy two stand-alone Brussels Airport Supplements on top of your train ticket: one for your outward journey and one for your homeward journey.
• if you land at Brussels South Charleroi Airport: select Charleroi-Sud as departure station for your Event Train Ticket Paradise City. You will also need a Bus TEC Charleroi Airport Ticket to and from Charleroi-Central station.
• in combination with a train ticket that is valid on a foreign railway network until the Belgian border. Your Event Train Ticket Paradise City is valid from the border to Vilvoorde station. When buying your train ticket, select 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

The SNCB code to buy your train ticket you find on the Mobility Voucher of your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB code to buy your Event Train Ticket Paradise City from this page.

The SNCB code to buy your train ticket you find on the Mobility Voucher of your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB code to buy your Event Train Ticket Paradise City 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.

Is your code not working or are you getting an error message? Contact an agent via Chatbot (Messenger or Whatsapp) to request a new code.

The SNCB code to buy your train ticket you find on the Mobility Voucher of your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB". Use this SNCB code to buy your Event Train Ticket Paradise City from this page

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

Paradise City 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.

No, your festival ticket is not valid as a train ticket. You can buy a Paradise City Train ticket on this page as from 04/06/2025 – 10 am by using the SNCB code listed on the Mobility Voucher of your festival ticket. This code starts with the number 0, and the capital letters "IFB".

No, the shuttle bus at Vilvoorde station running to the festival and campsite and back is for free for everyone with a festival ticket.

As Paradise City Train tickets are nominative, you must be able to present your train ticket together with a (photo) ID at the checks.

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

You can buy the Paradise City Night train ticket only on this page from 04/06. You don’t need an SNCB code for this.

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

The Night Train Ticket Paradise City is valid both for your outward journey with the regular trains and for your return journey with a special bus to Vilvoorde station and with a special night train.

As Paradise City Train tickets are nominative, you must be able to present your train ticket together with a (photo) ID at the checks.

Night trains run from VILVOORDE station after each festival day. You can take a night train only with a Night Train Ticket Paradise City. 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 June 27, 28 and 29:

• Outbound on the regular train to Vilvoorde, return on the night train towards Gent-Sint-Pieters
  The night train stops at Brussels North, Brussels Central, Brussels South and Gent-Sint-Pieters.
• Outbound with the regular train to Vilvoorde, return with the night train to Antwerp Central
  The night train stops in Mechelen, Mechelen-Nekkerspoel, Duffel, Kontich-Lint, Mortsel Oude God, Antwerpen-Berchem and Antwerpen-Centraal.
• Outbound with the regular train to Vilvoorde, return with the night train to Hasselt
  The night train stops in Leuven, Tienen, Landen, Sint-Truiden and Hasselt.

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.

Paradise City 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 Esperanzah! gives you free access (from 28/6 at 8am until 29/06 at 8am and from 29/6 at 8am until 30/06 at 8am) to a SNCB car park.

To access the NMBS car park before the concert:

• 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 Vilvoorde

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