INCREDIBLE STUFF THAT BELGIUM IS KNOWN FOR

MOST BELGIANS LIVE IN CITIES AND URBAN AREAS.

IN FACT, ALONG WITH THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM

IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED

REGIONS OF EUROPE

THE HIGHEST POINT IN BELGIUM IS THE SIGNAL

DE BOTRANGE AT 694 METRES. THIS IS LOWER

THAN THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD

(DUBAI'S BURJ KHALIFA AT 828 METRES)

BELGIUM'S BORDER WITH THE NETHERLANDS

IS EXTREMELY CONVOLUTED. IN THE TOWN OF

BAARLE-HERTOG, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE

EVEN SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN

THE TWO COUNTRIES

BELGIUM HAS THE WORLD'S DENSEST RAIL NETWORK

ANOTHER NOT-SO-COOL THING BELGIUM IS KNOWN

FOR – TAXES. BY SOME CALCULATIONS YOU CAN

BE TAXED UP TO 64% OF YOUR INCOME. THAT'S

MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

BELGIUM HAS THREE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, ONE

IN EACH REGION. FLANDERS SPEAKS FLEMISH

(DUTCH), WALLONIA SPEAKS FRENCH AND THE

GERMAN REGION SPEAKS…YOU GUESSED IT…GERMAN

IN MARCH 2003 IT WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY ON

EARTH TO INTRODUCE ELECTRONIC ID CARDS

BRUSSELS AIRPORT IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE

LARGEST CHOCOLATE SELLING POINT IN THE WORLD