BELGIUM
30518 km², 11500000 inhabitants (375 inh. / km²)
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PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY
1830: the revolution, the secession from
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Chamber Of Representatives Of
Belgium
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FEDERAL STATE
Flanders (Dutch) , Wallonia (French, German),
Brussels-Capital (French, Dutch)
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AIRPORT
regional: Antwerp, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend
MARITIME PORT
Ghent, Ostend, Zeebrugge
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CLIMATE
annual rainfall: 880 mm
hottest month: July (21,6°C > 13,1°C)
coldest month: January (5,1°C > -0,3°C)
Royal Meteorological Institute
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king Albert 2, Adamo, Ingrid Berghmans,
chocolate, Willy Claes, Kim Clijsters,
comics, fries, Dirk Frimout, René Magritte,
Mercator, Eddy Merckx, Jacques Rogge (IOC),
Adolphe Sax, Stella Artois, Toots Thielemans, ...
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Fries ![]() Football ![]() Stella Artois ![]() Olympic Committee ![]() |
MY REGION
FLANDERS, LIMBURG
![]() Limburg boasts some fascinating crowd-pullers, such as the Japanese Garden (Hasselt), the Open-air Museum (Bokrijk), the racetrack (Zolder) and the oldest city of Belgium (Tongeren). |
Limburg has a fully signposted network of cycle routes, which leads you along the finest spots of the province. |
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The economy chooses, the nature loses!