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Belgium Country Guide | Guide to Belgium

Country Guide Belgium

Capital: Brussels

Population: 10,419,000

Currency: euro (EUR)

Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

Government: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch

Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

Phone Code: 32

Belgium photo

Photos of Belgium

Photos of Belgium by Paul Dodson, courtesy of Observations of an Unimportant Man.

Horse Drawn Coach - Brugges, Belgium Canals of Brugges - Brugges, Belgium The Buildings of Brugges - Brugges, Belgium The Big Umbrella - Brussels, Belgium Waterfront Brugges - Brugges, Belgium Belgian Lace - Brussels, Belgium

Festivals in Belgium

Ommegang [article]
International Regatta of Bathtubs - La Regate des Baignoires [article]
Brussels Jazz Marathon [snippet]
Laundry Day - Antwerp [photo gallery]
Laundry Day [photo gallery]
Procession of the Holy Blood [video]
International Kite Festival Oostende [video]
Fête de la Musique [web site]
Brussels Festival of the Arts [web site]

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Belgium Accommodation

hotels in Belgium from Hotel Club Hotels in Belgium

Belgium Flights

VLM Airlines (Belgium) - VLM offers a handful of routes through the UK, Benelux countries and Germany.
VLM Airlines


2camels has searched the web for airlines that fly to Belgium. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to VLM Airlines) through to airline sites that feature flights to Belgium.

Belgium Tours

Tours in Belgium

Belgian Reading

Lonely Planet: Belgium and Luxembourg

With Lonely Planet's new "Belgium and Luxembourg" in hand, you will wind your way to Brussels Grand Place, discover the country's finest baroque guild halls, popular pavement cafes and intimate cellar restaurants and admire the zany, intellectual comic-strip-art displayed with Art Nouveau at the Centre Belge de la Bande. Tour picturesque Bruges, one of Europe's best preserved medieval cities, glimpsing the famous relic of Christ's blood, or bring the house down at the "party city" port of Antwerp where one can find eclectic restaurants alongside a red-light district, right-wing politics next to cutting edge fashion, and baroque art and architecture flanking trendy nightclubs.

  • 39 detailed maps, including a full colour Brussels metro map
  • accommodations for all budgets, from gites d'etapes to five star hotels
  • comprehensive guide to the clubs and cafes of Brussels, Antwerp and Luxembourg City
  • cycling options throughout the region from the flat Flanders coast up into the scenic Ardennes
  • special sections on Belgian beer and chocolate

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Further Belgium Resources

Trabel [web site]

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