Visit Belgium - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate about Belgium

From service without a smile to architecture and spires that will turn your gaze to the sky, Belgium has much you will enjoy and a few things you may not. Here we look at what tourists may or may not like about visiting Belgium.
Filmed in Ghent, Belgium
Copyright Mark Wolters 2014
Photos: Ghent, Brussels, Leuven, Bruges

[latestdubstepforyou]

The reason they don't come to help too often is that you have to raise your hand to get them to come. They don't want to keep coming unannounced at your table in case it might bother you. If you raise your hand they'll be with you in no time.
The history of Belgium is very fascinating indeed.
"Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae." (Julius Caesar)

[Bbrothers]

lol I live in Belgium and the public transportation is not a "love", we hate it with a passion ;)

[ellis]

Fries are not French they're Belgian

[aerobee]

You have to know where the good restaurants are. If you go to 1 restaurant with bad service doesn't mean Beglium has bad service.

[borisjanssens]

'It's a bit slower here'
*kid running in the background*

[hervelouon]

Food is not that expensive... Tourists just don't go where they should.

[dv]

Remember that it is considered rude in belgium for a waiter to ask you if you want something else if you haven't called him to your table. I noticed that in the US the waiter comes by regularly to ask if you want something ; here that is considered pushy and rude ; you are left alone unless you signal the waiter that you want something. I have seen Americans stare for 15 minutes before they figured out they are supposed to call the waiter to their table

[LizzLifeStyle]

wait, he thinks Hoegaarden is a strong beer, It's actually a pretty light beer I think

[kodazan]

it's really weird that an american likes the transport and we belgians hate it

[wanneske]

Not to forget there are the most concerts and festivals per 10.000 inhabitants of whole Europe !

[zerzer]

2% beers ?
That's what i had at school when i was 5....

[huidhoofd]

From a Belgian.. Indeed, stay away from restaurants near tourists attractions.. We don't go to eat there either.. Besides from those, I don't think you'll ever think service was bad.. Just don't be too American though.. Find a local and you won't know what hit you.. Fantastic food with much better beers than are advertised in this clip (you can find Stella Artois and Hoegaerden worldwide), just ask for "streekbieren" (regional beers) and get to taste some of the three thousand other ones.. Enjoy..He's right though, they will hurt you the next morning .. Hey, no pain, no gain..

[SilkeDirectioner]

Wait, if Belgian beer of like 5-6% is strong, what's the beer in the US like? Can you even get drunk from drinking US beer? Or is it just because I'm used to the strong Belgian beer haha

[smokhles]

It's funny how you're amazed by our public transports when we Belgians keep complaining that busses or trains are always too late and expensive 😂

[danielschlett]

I spent 2 years in Belgium in the mid 80s and i loved it so much im thinking and researching a way to go back and live there. A great thing about Belgium is you can go anywhere (other countries) in a very reasonable time with the exception of the UK. I found in my experience that by trying hard to speak their language and adapt to their way of living they truely appreciate that and will be more helpful

[Manuel]

Calling Stella heaven... You ought to try at least a Leffe, Duvel, Chimay, Westmalle, ... Those are heavenly beers!

[arriesone]

Nothing wrong with a quiet, slow relaxing vacation! The world should slow down! You'll be healthier!

[ramonzzari]

"Belgium". It isn't only about Flemish cities and Brussels, foreigners always forget about it. Wallonia hasn't got beautiful old cities as in Flanders, but the nature there is beautiful. Belgium isn't just about Flanders, Belgium is 3 communities with quite different ways of living that just stand together. 3 different cultures. French-speakers from the southern part of the country are warmer than the northern, for example. You can't experiment Belgium without taking a dip into at least 2 communities and then the capital. It´s not like the us, you see? We are a small country with lots of inhabitants. Thanks for this video anyways

[TheSunWillRise]

there are lots of festivals in belgium in summer, there are quite a lot of things to do

[DJSamsonofficial]

"It's not a 2 or 3% Bud Light, this is a 6 (or 5%) Hoegaarden." I found that funny because Hoegaarden is one of the lightest beers there are :D