The country of Belgium is divided into three regions. Two of these regions, the Flemish Region or Flanders, and Walloon Region, or Wallonia, are each subdivided into five provinces. The third region, the Brussels Capital Region, is not divided into provinces, as it was originally only a small part of a province itself.

Tram and metro are the ideal means to get around in the city. They encounter little or no hindrance from other forms of traffic and bring you safely and quickly to numerous destinations in the city. You can travel by tram in the cities of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

In 2020, the population of Belgium numbered around 11.5 million. Most of these inhabitants lived in the Dutch-speaking Flemish Region, which was home to nearly half of Belgium’s population.

In addition, Belgium is divided into three Regions: the Flemish and Walloon Regions and the Brussels-Capital Region.

• The Flemish Region is made up of the territory of the five Flemish provinces.
• The Walloon Region encompasses the territory of the five Walloon provinces.

The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. The city is also known for its diamond industry and trade. In 2020, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network rated Antwerp as a Gamma + level Global City.

What is Belgium famous for? Belgium is world-famous for its chocolate, waffles, beer, and its national football team, the Red Devils. Belgium is also home to NATO headquarters and also to the European Parliament. Brussels is often referred to as the ‘capital of the EU’.26

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Dutch

Meeting Etiquette A brief handshake is the common greeting among people who do not know each other. Once a relationship is developed, three kisses on the cheek may replace the handshake. This is more a kissing of the air near the person’s cheek. Start with the left cheek and alternate.

Saying Thank You in Dutch

In Flanders, it is “Goeiemorgen”, which is a Flemish-dialect version of the Dutch “Goede Morgen”. In French, it us not common to say good morning, so in Wallonia you would just go with “Bonjour” which means good day.

There is no difference between Dutch or Flemish (Belgium) to say “I miss you”. Just “Ik mis je/jou”. In the Netherlands people say Ik mis je/jou. In Flanders people say Ik mis U.

Even though I’m not sure you really want to hear how they pronounce it ;-)…Flemish translation: goedemorgen/goedemiddag.

Good Morning: “goedemorgen”.31

Officially dutch and flemish are the same. Flemish is just the dutch spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium. Together the citizens of Flanders and The Netherlands have a load of dialects. These dialects differ in two ways.

The (written) standard-language in Flanders is the same as in the Netherlands : Dutch. As a native speaker of Dutch (from the south of the Netherlands) I would dtrongly suggest that my Dutch-speaking neighbours from Flanders would say : “Welkom !”, in order to translate the English (cognate) word “welcome”…

congratulation

1. felicitatie, de ~ (v) Noun.
2. gelukwens, de ~ (m) Noun.

In Belgium Dutch/Flemish Happy/Merry Christmas is ‘Vrolijk Kerstfeest’, French it’s ‘Joyeux Noël’, in German it’s ‘Frohe Weihnachten’ and in the Walloon language (spoken by some people in the Walloon Region) it’s ‘djoyeus Noyé’.

Flemish translation: Gelukkig nieuwjaar (sometimes Nieuwjaar)

When the New Year finally arrives, Dutch people yell out Happy New Year, or [Gelukkig Nieuwjaar].

Ways to say “Happy New Year” in such languages as Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), French, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish, Vietnamese, and more….Saying “Happy New Year!” Around the World.

Deweneti, the Wolof word for “Happy New Year,” is a short film about a seven-year-old talibé or Koranic school student named Ousmane, whose teacher sends him out daily to beg in the streets of Dakar.

Greetings and essentials

1. Salaam aleekum (Sa-laam-a-ley-kum): hello;
2. Respond with malekum salaam (mal-ay-kum-sal-aam): hello to you.
3. Respond with maa ngi fi (man-gi-fi): I’m fine, thanks.
4. Jërejëf (je-re-jef): thank you.
5. Waaw / déedéyt (wao / dey-dey): yes / no.