Traver to Belgia

Oldest shopping arcade
If you happen to be downtown in Brussels, the Galeries St Hubert is definitely worth a visit. It was one of the first shopping arcade ever built in Europe and still is a nice and lively place. You can find sublime chocolate shops, restaurants, and some really nice cafés.

Brussels is still a safe capital: give it a call!
Following the infamous ‘Brussels lockdown,’ the city of Brussels launched , a campaign which seeks to restore the city’s image by setting up yellow telephone boxes in three emblematic spots in Brussels. Passers-by were able to answer questions from tourists who can call via a website, and their conversations were broadcasted live on the Visit Brussels website.

Belgians love to party
Tomorrowland is the biggest and most sought-after electronic festival in the world. It takes place in the town of Boom, near Antwerp. However, Tomorrowland is only one of the many festivals held in Belgium; some other popular festivals include Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, and Couleur Café.

Belgians do it better!
Most people know that the Belgian flag and the German flag have the same three colours; black, yellow and red. However, Belgium’s flag has three vertical stripes, while Germany’s flag only manages to do things horizontally. Vertical stripes are slimming and sophisticated, obviously.

Buy some chocolate and fly away
The Zaventem airport sells the most chocolate in the world — about 1.6 kg of chocolate is sold per minut

Belgium can be divided into two geographical regions: French-speaking Wallonia in the south and a dialect of Dutch known as Flemish in the Flanders region in the North. Brussels sits right in between these two regions and therefore is bilingual: people there speak both French and Dutch. Interestingly, Belgium is a trilingual country, because there is a small part in the south of Wallonia that is dedicated to German speakers.