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Belgium travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Belgium: travel advice level, plug type C/E, 230V, emergency 112, currency EUR.

📷 Brussels · Ank Kumar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-10-17

Latest change (original, English)
Additional information on demonstrations and strikes (Safety and security).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalBrussels
CurrencyEUR
LanguagesFrench, German, Dutch
Calling code+32
Emergency numbers112 · 100 · 101 · 102
Plug typesType C, Type E
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population12M
Type CType E

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📷 Photos

William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Akinom · Public domain · Commons
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
Michielverbeek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
EmDee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Marie-Claire · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
Ejk81 · Public domain · Commons
Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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