Belgium eases lockdown with free train tickets for every citizen

Jun 10, 2020

Passengers wearing protective face masks walk to board a Thalys high-speed train to Paris at Zuid-Midi station on the first day of the easing of lockdown measures, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

The Belgium government has offered every citizens 10 free train tickets to encourage domestic tourism. Image: REUTERS/Yves Herman

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Jean, an employee at Inn R Green Restaurant hold dishes during the reopening after weeks of lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Cafes and restaurants have reopened in Brussels after lockdown restrictions were eased. Image: REUTERS/Yves Herman

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