10 reasons to visit Belgium.

What to see and do in Belgium?

Belgium is a small country in Northern Europe with 10 million Inhabitants. Belgium is surrounded by the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. Belgium is divided into three regions: the Flemish region where Flemish is spoken, The Walloon region, and the Capital region Brussels where they speak French. You can easily reach Belgium by train from neighbor countries, by plane with low cost companies, or by car.

Visit the Ardennes mountains (Ardennes) The Ardennes Mountains are in east Belgium. The green forest and mountains are a perfect holiday destination to go hiking, biking, canoeing or visit the caves of Han.

All aspects in one Because Belgium is so small you can easily get from one place to the other. You have the possibility to go to the mountains and go hiking, biking, canoeing etc or you can enjoy a day at the beach. And if you are more interested in culture and museums you can go visit its cities.

Come and see the famous “Manneken pis” You can find “Manneken pis” in Brussels.This is a famous landmark; a statue of a little boy peeing. There are several legends behind this statue, but the most common is that in the year 1142 two troops were battling against each other. They hung a little boy up in a tree and he peed down on the enemy. The peeing boy troop won and became a he became a famous landmark for the country.

Eat Belgian Chocolate, Belgian waffles, mussels and a bag a chips with mayonnaise (friet met) All you chocolate lovers know the brand Leonidas! Come to Belgium and eat some as they are made in Belgium. Also a famous Belgium waffle with sugar or chocolate is famous among the Belgians. If you go out for dinner you will find mussels is the traditional meal. As lunch or a snack a bag of chips with mayonnaise is common.

Come and see the “Vogeltjes markt” in Antwerp This market started in 1912 and was originally a market where animals such as: chickens, rabbits etc were sold. Nowadays you can still buy small animals like rabbits, birds and others but is now actually a market where you can find anything. The market is held every Sunday morning.

Visit the famous diamond centre of the world, Antwerp Did you know that 70% of all diamonds are sold in Antwerp? It is the place where diamonds are shown and sold. Antwerp is the perfect place, to visit when you want to shop for diamonds or just spend some time admiring them.

Bring a visit to the cities Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp The city Ghent, in the Flemish region, is one of the smaller cities in Belgium. Ghent is known as the flower city, every 5 year the famous 'Gentse Floraliën' (Ghent Flower Show) is held and attracts thousands of tourists. Each year a ten day festival is held named; 'Ghent Fests'.

Brussels the capital of Belgium also known as the capital of Europe because of the EU Headquarters. Brussels is known among students because of the late nights in the many hip night clubs. Besides clubbing is Brussels also known for shopping and of course “Manneke Pis”.

Antwerp famous for diamond shopping and shopping in general. Antwerp is a characteristic city with lots of arts, night life and nice restaurants.

Feel like being in three countries and speak Vlaams, German and French When being on Holiday in Belgium it could feel like you are in three countries at the same time. One part of the country speaks Vlaams (which sounds like the Dutch language), a small part of the country speaks German and the other part of speaks French. Throughout the whole country people can speak and understand French, as this is the country’s primary language.

Have a peek what the EU council and Nato in Brussels are doing The EU headquarters where all meetings considering the EU are held is located in Brussels. Brussels is also the head office for NATO. Interested to see what they are doing? Come to Brussels!

Drink a famous Belgium beer Belgian famous beers are: Pale lager, Lambric beer and Flemish Red Belgium has about 125 breweries throughout the country; you can also find one of a kind beer. There are breweries open to the public in several cities.

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