Visiting Brussels

There are several excellent resources for visitors and tourists to Brussels. The visit.brussels website contains information on everything you need to know, including:

• ✈️ Traveling to and from the city
• 🏨 Where to stay
• 🍽️ Restaurants, bars, and cafes
• 💃 Things to do

The city of Brussels also provides helpful information for tourists including:

• 🗺️ City maps
• 👮 Police and emergency services info
• 🌍 Embassies and Consulates
• 💻 How to connect to free city-wide Wifi

You can also view a listing of events happening in Brussels during the week and weekend of FOSDEM.

Other Nearby Open Source Events

CHAOSScon is loosely co-located with FOSDEM but we encourage you to check out these other events happening in and around the area.

• FOSDEM Fringe - a comprehensive list of FOSDEM related events happening immediately before and after FOSDEM
• EU Open Source Week - these events are happening in Brussels between Jan 26, 2026 and Feb 1, 2026
• EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026 - happening in Brussels Jan 30, 2026

CHAOSScon is also a part of the Open Source Village a two week celebration of open source hosted by our friends at the Commons Hub. There are many events happening during this time, and you can purchase an all-inclusive ticket along with your CHAOSScon ticket. You can read more about this on the CHAOSScon EU page.