- Official name
- Kingdom of Belgium Koninkrijk België · Dutch
2 more names
Royaume de Belgique · FrenchKönigreich Belgien · German - Capital
- Brussels
- Region
- Western Europe
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 11 million
- Area
- 30,528 km²
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Neighbours
- France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
- Internet / phone
- .be · +32
Where it is
Notable facts
- Belgium holds the record for the longest a country has gone without an elected government: 541 days in 2010–2011, and 652 days counting from the election to a full government in 2019–2020.
- The country has three official languages and a federal structure of regions and language communities to match.
- Belgian comics gave the world Tintin and the Smurfs; Brussels has a comic-strip museum and painted walls throughout the city.
- It has more castles per square kilometre than any other country.
World Heritage 16 sites
- Flemish Béguinages
- La Grand-Place, Brussels
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
National dish
Moules-frites Mussels steamed in white wine, celery and onion, with a cone of twice-fried potatoes.
Carbonade flamande, beef braised in brown ale, has the better claim to being distinctly Belgian.