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Travel information, including air, rail and auto links, accommodations and attractions in Belgium, a Western European nation.

Belgium: Tourist Board Info - TripAdvisor

Inside Belgium: Tourist Board Info - Before you visit Belgium, visit TripAdvisor for the latest info and advice, written for travelers by travelers.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g188634-s207/Belgium:Tourist.Board.Info.html
Belgium Travel Guide - Fodor's Travel

Expert picks for your Belgium vacation, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, top attractions, and more.
http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/belgium
Belgium Travel Guide - Wikitravel

Open source travel guide to Belgium, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Belgium
Belgium - Lonely Planet

Self-deluding foreigners who've never been here often quip that nobody can name five famous Belgians. Or that Belgium is boring'.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/belgium
Belgium - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts several of the EU's official seats as well as the headquarters of many major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi) and has a population of about 11 million people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium
Belgium Travel Guide - Belgium

Belgium : prepare your Belgium holiday with Michelin Travel. Useful info, unmissable tourist sites, Belgium hotels and restaurants .
http://travel.michelin.com/web/destination/Belgium_Luxembourg-Belgium
Belgium Travel Guide and Travel Information - WorldTravelGuide

Expert Belgium travel guide including detailed information about everything you need to know about Belgium. Guides to planning your trip including travel and where to stay. Key things you should know before you go like passport & visa, money and duty free information. Also what to do while you're there, what to see, where to eat, drink, shop and party, and how to get around between all these places.
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/belgium
Belgium Travel Costs & Prices - BudgetYourTrip

Belgium is a low lying country located on the North Sea in the Benelux. It is split into two areas with a Germanic north and a Latin south.
http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/belgium
BeerTourism: Belgian Beer and Food Culture

Your guide to beer culture in Belgium. Join us on a Belgian beer and food adventure as we travel throughout Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
http://belgium.beertourism.com
Cheap Flights to Belgium - Kayak

Search prices for Delta, American Airlines, United, KLM, Air Canada, Aeroflot, Icelandair and more. Search and find deals on flights to Belgium.
https://www.kayak.com/flight-routes/United-States-US0/Belgium-BE0

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Kingdom of Belgium Koninkrijk België (Dutch) Royaume de Belgique (French) Königreich Belgien (German)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch) L'union fait la force (French) Einigkeit macht stark (German) (English: "Unity makes strength")
Anthem: La Brabançonne Dutch version: French version:
Show globe Show map of Europe Location of Belgium (dark green) – in Europe (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union (light green)
Capital	City of Brussels 50°51′N 4°21′E / 50.850°N 4.350°E / 50.850; 4.350
Largest city	Brussels-Capital Region
Official languages	Dutch French German
Ethnic groups (2024) ^[1]	64.8% Belgians 35.2% other
Religion (2021 ^[2])	49% Christianity 44% Catholicism 5% other Christian 40% no religion 7% Islam 3% other
Demonym(s)	Belgian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy^[3]

• Monarch	Philippe
• Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo

Legislature	Federal Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Representatives
Establishment

• Brabant Revolution	1789–1790
• United Belgian States	1790
• Provisional Government of Belgium	1814–1815
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands	1815–1839
• Belgian Revolution	25 August 1830
• Declared	4 October 1830
• Recognized	19 April 1839
• Federal state	1970

Area
• Total	30,689^[4] km² (11,849 sq mi) (136th)
• Water (%)	0.64 (2022)^[5]^[6]
Population
• 2024 census	11,763,650^[7]
• Density	383/km² (992.0/sq mi) (22nd)
GDP (PPP)	2024 estimate
• Total	$863.837 billion^[8] (37th)
• Per capita	$73,221^[8] (20th)
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	$662.183 billion^[8] (23rd)
• Per capita	$56,128^[8] (16th)
Gini (2022)	24.9^[9] low inequality
HDI (2022)	0.942^[10] very high (12th)
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Drives on	right
Calling code	+32
ISO 3166 code	BE
Internet TLD	.be and .eu
The flag's official proportions of 13:15 are rarely seen; proportions of 2:3 or similar are more common. The Brussels region is the de facto capital, but the City of Brussels municipality is the de jure capital.^[11] The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Belgium: Tourist Board Info - TripAdvisor

Inside Belgium: Tourist Board Info - Before you visit Belgium, visit TripAdvisor for the latest info and advice, written for travelers by travelers.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g188634-s207/Belgium:Tourist.Board.Info.html
Belgium Travel Guide - Fodor's Travel

Expert picks for your Belgium vacation, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, top attractions, and more.
http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/belgium
Belgium Travel Guide - Wikitravel

Open source travel guide to Belgium, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Belgium
Belgium - Lonely Planet

Self-deluding foreigners who've never been here often quip that nobody can name five famous Belgians. Or that Belgium is boring'.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/belgium
Belgium - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts several of the EU's official seats as well as the headquarters of many major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi) and has a population of about 11 million people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium
Belgium Travel Guide - Belgium

Belgium : prepare your Belgium holiday with Michelin Travel. Useful info, unmissable tourist sites, Belgium hotels and restaurants .
http://travel.michelin.com/web/destination/Belgium_Luxembourg-Belgium
Belgium Travel Guide and Travel Information - WorldTravelGuide

Expert Belgium travel guide including detailed information about everything you need to know about Belgium. Guides to planning your trip including travel and where to stay. Key things you should know before you go like passport & visa, money and duty free information. Also what to do while you're there, what to see, where to eat, drink, shop and party, and how to get around between all these places.
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/belgium
Belgium Travel Costs & Prices - BudgetYourTrip

Belgium is a low lying country located on the North Sea in the Benelux. It is split into two areas with a Germanic north and a Latin south.
http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/belgium
BeerTourism: Belgian Beer and Food Culture

Your guide to beer culture in Belgium. Join us on a Belgian beer and food adventure as we travel throughout Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
http://belgium.beertourism.com
Cheap Flights to Belgium - Kayak

Search prices for Delta, American Airlines, United, KLM, Air Canada, Aeroflot, Icelandair and more. Search and find deals on flights to Belgium.
https://www.kayak.com/flight-routes/United-States-US0/Belgium-BE0

Kingdom of Belgium Koninkrijk België (Dutch) Royaume de Belgique (French) Königreich Belgien (German)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch) L'union fait la force (French) Einigkeit macht stark (German) (English: "Unity makes strength")
Anthem: La Brabançonne Dutch version: French version:
Show globe Show map of Europe Location of Belgium (dark green) – in Europe (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union (light green)
Capital	City of Brussels 50°51′N 4°21′E / 50.850°N 4.350°E / 50.850; 4.350
Largest city	Brussels-Capital Region
Official languages	Dutch French German
Ethnic groups (2024) ^[1]	64.8% Belgians 35.2% other
Religion (2021 ^[2])	49% Christianity 44% Catholicism 5% other Christian 40% no religion 7% Islam 3% other
Demonym(s)	Belgian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy^[3]

• Monarch	Philippe
• Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo

Legislature	Federal Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Representatives
Establishment

• Brabant Revolution	1789–1790
• United Belgian States	1790
• Provisional Government of Belgium	1814–1815
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands	1815–1839
• Belgian Revolution	25 August 1830
• Declared	4 October 1830
• Recognized	19 April 1839
• Federal state	1970

Area
• Total	30,689^[4] km² (11,849 sq mi) (136th)
• Water (%)	0.64 (2022)^[5]^[6]
Population
• 2024 census	11,763,650^[7]
• Density	383/km² (992.0/sq mi) (22nd)
GDP (PPP)	2024 estimate
• Total	$863.837 billion^[8] (37th)
• Per capita	$73,221^[8] (20th)
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	$662.183 billion^[8] (23rd)
• Per capita	$56,128^[8] (16th)
Gini (2022)	24.9^[9] low inequality
HDI (2022)	0.942^[10] very high (12th)
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Drives on	right
Calling code	+32
ISO 3166 code	BE
Internet TLD	.be and .eu
The flag's official proportions of 13:15 are rarely seen; proportions of 2:3 or similar are more common. The Brussels region is the de facto capital, but the City of Brussels municipality is the de jure capital.^[11] The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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