Belgium: population and cities Population According to Countryaah website, Belgium has around 11 million residents. Ethnic composition Flemings 59%, Walloons 40% Germans around 1% (60,000) Others under 1% (mostly Europeans) Religious affiliation Catholics approx. 8 million Protestants about 75,000 Orthodox about 40,000 Muslims about 400,000 Jews about 35,000 National language The language dispute between the… Read More »
VISAS, ENTRY RULES, CUSTOMS REGULATIONS in Belgium To visit Belgium for business, tourism or private purposes (to visit relatives or friends), you need to obtain a short stay visa, which is a Schengen visa allowing you to travel to both Belgium and the Schengen countries. If the main country of residence is Belgium, the Schengen… Read More »
In addition to all this magnificent series of industries, which behind the call of the fossil treasure have nestled almost entirely inside the open corridor of the Haine-Sambre-Meuse, the textile industries, ancient glory of the Belgium. The famous cloth factories, which made the glory and wealth of Bruges, Ghent, Ypres (Yperen) in the 10th century.… Read More »
Belgium, as a political state, only exists since 1830, when, following the revolt of Brussels and some provinces against Dutch domination, an independent nation was established under the name of Kingdom of the Belgians. The study of the country’s history, however, concerns the region bounded by the Seine, Marne and Rhine rivers, as well as… Read More »