|
| Essential Info for Belgium |
|
|
| | |
|
|
Help reduce your risk of having your pockets picked by keeping wallets and purses in hard to access places. Equally, if you carry a bag then be sure to keep an eye on it at all times and where possible, wear straps about your body in a manner that would make it difficult for someone to snatch it. When to go: from a weather perspective, the summer period is the best time to take a holiday in Belgium and if it’s warmer temperatures you specifically seek then the months of July and August are the hottest with daily highs of around 22°C. Money: the Euro is Belgium’s official currency and is made up of 100 cents. Notes are available in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 Euro while coins come in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 euro cents and also in 1 and 2 euro coins. Emergency: 112
Ambulance: 112
Police: 112
Tourist police emergency hotline: non available English television stations are broadcast over the national network helping to increase the skills of non-native speakers while providing entertainment for native speakers. Recommended hospitals:
Antwerp: Clinique du Sud-Luxembourg
+32 6 323 1111
Brussels: Clinique Ste-Anne-St-Remi-St-Etienne
+32 2 556 5111
Brugge: Reseau Hospitalier de Medecine Sociale
+32 6 576 8111 As English is commonly spoken, there is little need for business visitors to learn French, German or Dutch but it might be useful in making first impressions if you can at least greet and exchange basic pleasantries in the language spoken by your Belgian business contacts. Typical business hours:
- Government departments: 09:00 - 17:00, Monday to Friday.
- Retail: 09:00 to 17:30 (or longer depending on the shop), Tuesday to Saturday. Some open on Mondays, almost all closed on Sundays.
- Banking: 09:00 to 16:00, Monday to Friday.
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
