Europe Explored » astronauts https://europeexplored.com Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Euro Space Center – one of the major theme parks devoted to space and astronautics in Europe | Belgium https://europeexplored.com/2011/01/20/euro-space-center-one-of-the-major-theme-parks-devoted-to-space-and-astronautics-in-europe-belgium/ https://europeexplored.com/2011/01/20/euro-space-center-one-of-the-major-theme-parks-devoted-to-space-and-astronautics-in-europe-belgium/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:06:00 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=2375 Euro Space Center is a fun-educational park in Belgium, located in the village of Transinne, near Redu, where are the headquarters of the European Space Agency. Euro Space Center is devoted to space and astronautics and it is one from the few such theme parks in Europe. Visitors have the opportunity to learn and test […]

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Euro Space Center is a fun-educational park in Belgium, located in the village of Transinne, near Redu, where are the headquarters of the European Space Agency.

Euro Space Center is devoted to space and astronautics and it is one from the few such theme parks in Europe. Visitors have the opportunity to learn and test many devices and other things associated with flights or their preparations into the space. Euro Space Center offers the opportunity to try what kind of experience real astronauts enjoy, when they are going into space. The most popular attraction is about the spacecraft simulator and to try to walk on the moon. Euro Space Center aims to force young people to learn more about the space and various technologies associated with this industry. Therefore, they regularly organizes four-day camps for children from different countries of the European Union. They test here the various situations that may happen during space flight.

Euro Space Center is open from April to mid November, daily from 10:30 am to 17 pm. Tickets cost 11 EUR for adults and 10 euros for students. Children 6 to 12 years pay 8 EUR. Groups of at least 20 people paid 9.50 euros. There is an audio guide also in French, English, German and Flemish. There is free parking for cars and buses.


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