To speak of Belgium is to speak of streets taken from fairy tales, medieval houses and painters ready to make you dream of it’s beautiful landscapes. It is a great country, with a wide cultural heritage and buildings that are imposed from a distance.

Apart from all the above, there is something that very few know and that is, Belgium is also renowned for it’s canals, for it’s delicious craft beer, dense fogs and for the manufacture of chocolates. It is a country full of bicycles, the preferred transport of each region.

Knowing every corner of this country is not possible in a single trip, it will be necessary to repeat at some other time of the year. Therefore, it is necessary that you have time, disposition and eagerness to go to Belgium for a long period of time, there are outstanding cities that you cannot miss.

The first advice before traveling to Belgium

You may be very excited about the trip, but you need to know the (real) names of cities and public spaces very well before leaving.

Many mistake the Amusement park Bobbejaaland and end up going elsewhere. So, make sure you have a true list of the sites you want to visit.

For this reason, below we leave you a small list with real names of places that many people who have already traveled to Belgium recommend knowing. Also keep in mind that the country’s orientation posters tend to differ greatly in their translation into English from the original Flemish or French.

Bruxelles (or better known as Brussels)

If you like modernism, this is the city for you. It has quite large spaces, there are very iconic and emblematic places, such as the well-known Grand Place, or the Mannaken Pis sculpture.

It is the most cosmopolitan city in the entire country, which has a Gothic cathedral, modern shopping centers, old squares and streets with thousands of picturesque terraces.

Brugge or also called Bruges

It is one of the enchanted cities in all of Europe, with temples and decorations from medieval times, as taken from stories of princesses and princes. All the streets in Brugge are lined with canals, making visitors feel like they were in an old movie.

Gent or also known as Ghent

It is one of the first cities that tourists love to visit in Belgium, very little is known about it’s origins, but it is certainly a pleasant surprise to visit it. It is a place full of churches, each one more perfect than the last. Gent has tours in Spanish so that you have a more pleasant tour.

It is a city with thousands of small spaces to observe, such as the panoramic view from the San Miguel bridge, for example.

Reach the most unnoticed cities in Belgium

One of the cities that is not as popular as the previous ones is Antwerpen, which would be Antwerp for most. It goes unnoticed because it is overshadowed by the cities of Brussels and Ghent.

Antwerp is a great surprise, it is the diamond capital of the world because it is the birthplace of the most renowned Flemish painters in history, such as the extraordinary Rubens.

It is a city without waste and with nothing to envy it’s peers, it is undoubtedly at the height of the most demanding. In Antwerp you can hire a guide in Spanish, and with it you can reach the most remote places of this beautiful city in Belgium.

Languages ​​spoken in Belgium

The official language of the country is Flemish, but the vast majority of the natives are bilingual and have adopted French as an alternative language. There is no opposition that you can move around all cities, it is a civilized country that is used to tourism.

Each of the hotels in Belgium are prepared to receive travelers, even to communicate in their native language. In fact, the establishments have staff who welcome you in Spanish and English.

And in relation to the weather, it is not very cold. But if you move away from the coasts, temperatures can rise.