(Public) Transport

By bicycle

Fietspunt:

Genk is a great city to discover by bike. You can access pretty much everything with just a bicycle. 

At the trainstation in the heart of the city center, you can find Fietspunt ('Bicycle Point'). Here you can rent a bicycle, park your bicycle in a secured area. Need to get some small reparations done? Fietspunt can fix it in no time! 

Are you a student at UHasselt UC Leuven-Limburg or LUCA School of Arts? Thanks to the support of the city, you can rent a bike for free. However, you'll need to pay a guarantee of 70 euro. This will be refunded when you the return the bicycle.

You first have to register and apply for a bike. You can do that by filling out this form.

Contact & Info:
Europalaan 45
3600 Genk
T: +32 89 50 48 45
E: genk@fietspunten.be
W: fietsparadijslimburg.be

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 7 am – 18:30 pm
Weekends and holidays: 9:00 am – 13:00 pm (from March 15 - October 20)

Fietsnet:

Want to take a different route and discover the city whilst riding your bicycle? Genk offers at least 30 kilometers of bike lanes in the cycle route network.

With 'Fietsnet' we have a very easy way to show you how to get from point A to point B by bike. You can read this map as a subway map. Seven visible routes take you to all corners of Genk. The colors on the map are also visible on the bike path with arrows in the same color.

For more information and the digital map, go to https://www.genk.be/fietsnet.

Public transport

Bus

You can take the bus with 'De Lijn'. You can download their app for your smartphone, or go on their website to plan your route.

Buying tickets is fairly easy. You can pay on the bus, or you can order a ticket online. You can find the different price ranges here.

Do you plan on using the bus regularly? Then you should consider purchasing a Buzzy Pazz. With this travel pass, made for people under the age of 25, you can freely use the bus and tram in the Flanders region. The Buzzy Pazz is not valid in Brussels and Wallonia, these regions have different bus compagnies.

Check this page to see what you have to do in order to get a Buzzy Pazz.

Older than 25? Then you can go for an Omnipas.

Train

With the train (SNCB) you'll have a rather quick and easy access to the different cities in Belgium. You can find everything on their website: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en.

If you're younger than 26 you can buy a Go Pass-10 and travel for € 5,30 per journey! More info about the Go Pass-10: here.
26 or older? Consider a Standard Multi.