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Photo: Grand-Place — VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Belgium at a glance

Belgium is a country in Western Europe; its capital is Brussels. People mainly speak Dutch, French and German. The currency is the Euro (EUR). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 8 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Brussels
Region
Western Europe
Languages
Dutch, French, German
Currency
Euro (EUR)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Belgium’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

Places to see in Belgium

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Grand-Place

    Grand-PlaceUNESCO

    Grand-Place - Grote Markt

    Park & nature · Brussels-Capital Region

    The Grand-Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Celuici (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Stoclet Palace

    Stoclet PalaceUNESCO

    Palais Stoclet - Stocletpaleis

    Fort · Brussels-Capital Region

    The Stoclet Palace, also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Busoni (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Cathedral of Our Lady

    Cathedral of Our LadyUNESCO

    Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal

    Museum · Flemish Region

    The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been fully completed.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rolf Kranz (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Tournai Cathedral

    Tournai CathedralUNESCO

    Cathédrale Notre-Dame

    Religious · Wallonia

    The Cathedral of Our Lady, or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: self-made composite, from photos taken by Jean-Pol Grandmont (CC BY 2.5). Map

  • Plantin–Moretus Museum

    Plantin–Moretus MuseumUNESCO

    Plantin-Moretusmuseum

    Museum · Flemish Region

    The Plantin–Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium which showcases the history of printing in Antwerp and the prominent role played in that history by the family of printers founded by Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Klaus Graf (CC BY 2.5). Map

  • Menin Gate

    Menin GateUNESCO

    Menenpoort

    Memorial · Flemish Region

    The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: IFFFC070 000016.jpg (CC0). Map

  • Hôtel Solvay

    Hôtel SolvayUNESCO

    Museum · Brussels-Capital Region

    The Hôtel Solvay, also known as the Solvay House, is a large historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Horta for Armand Solvay, the son of the chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay, and built between 1895 and 1900, in Art Nouveau style.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Zinneke (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes

    Neolithic flint mines of SpiennesUNESCO

    Minières néolithiques de Petit-Spiennes

    Heritage site · Hainaut

    The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. The mines were active during the mid and late Neolithic between 4,300 and 2,200 BC.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • City of Brussels

    City of Brussels

    Bruxelles - Brussel

    City · Brussels-Capital Region

    The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of Belgium. It is additionally the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Community, and the Flemish Region.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ank Kumar (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Antwerp

    Antwerp

    Antwerpen

    City · Flemish Region

    Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest municipality in Belgium by area at 208.22 km2 (80.39 sq mi).

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Ghent

    Ghent

    Gent

    City · Flemish Region

    Ghent is a city and a municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Ghent - centre.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Bruges

    Bruges

    Brugge

    City · Flemish Region

    Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in Belgium. The predominant language is Dutch.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST (CC BY 2.5). Map

Keep exploring

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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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