Waterloo, Belgium

Waterloo is a historic town in the Walloon province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium (close to Brussels). The town known mainly for the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 where Napoleon Bonaparte went down to his final defeat, leading to his second exile on Saint Helena.

The most convenient way to get to Waterloo from Brussels is the hourly bus to Charleroi operated by TEC. It starts at Bruxelles-Midi/Zuid station and, after about half an hour, has a stop that is just 300 meters away from the Lion's Mound.