7 Things To Know Before Visiting Belgium

first thing that I wish I knew is just how easy it is to do day trips in this country normally I move to a country and I'm there for a full month so I do like one home base and I go from there but in Belgium I only had a few days so I decided to spend a few nights in different cities that was a mistake I could have easily treated Brussels as my base and then done the day trips to places like Bruges again and anywhere else that I wanted to go the places are just so close and accessible it takes like 40 minutes to get again in just under an hour to get to Bruges all from Brussels so rather than carrying all my bags to each place there was no need I could have just actually gone from Brussels would have made my life a lot easier the second thing that I wish I knew will actually help you out with those day trips and it's how the train Network actually works in most European cities there's like one main train station and Brussels that's not the case Brussels Central you would think that that's the main one wrong Brussels midi is actually the biggest one a lot of people don't know that walk all the way to Central just to find out they need to be in MIDI and they're not particularly close together so if you're taking some of those day trips to Bruges again you're probably going out of midi now again the third thing that I wish I knew is just how much time to actually spend in Belgium all the tourist lists will say go to France go to Italy go to Germany go to Amsterdam and the Netherlands right but Belgium has kind of slept on so you don't have high expectations going in I think that was a mistake because I think there was a lot that surprised us and a positive way about Belgium and I would have loved to have spent more time in some of the other cities including Ghent gent gets often overlooked because Bruges only 20 minutes away from it and Bruges obviously there's a movie In Bruges and Brussels is the capital so people don't do it again I wish I would have spent some time again so I wish I would have known that Belgium well it's not one of the biggest countries in Europe it still has plenty to offer and I should have given it a little bit more time the fourth thing that I wish I knew is which chocolates to actually try in Belgium there are so many to choose from and uh I did I tried basically all of them here's my list of favorites Mary's they're the best pure marcoloni it's apparently the new kid on the Block and for good reason they should maybe head off the block not good people say they're good I did not like them not for me and get this they required that you buy at least eight pieces of chocolate you can't just go in and buy one piece like basically everywhere else why why would you do it it's a money grab and guess what I know why you're doing it your chocolate's not that good and you're trying to stay in business if you're a pure marcelloni fan cool you can eat all the chocolate because I won't be anymore I'll be at Mary's and if you make it to Bruges you have to check out a place called the old hot chocolate house it's incredible it's the best hot chocolate I've ever tried really different type of hot chocolate I had one that I think was like mango jalapeno or something I don't know it was wonderful they bring you like these hot chocolate balls which is basically a ball of chocolate that you drop into a steaming pot of milk and you drink it it's kind of crazy it's a fun experience you will not regret it definitely go there but yeah pure Martini not impressed oh by the way if you're new here hi my name is Camden I moved to a new country every single month and I try to bring you a practical travel tip so if you want more content like this feel free to subscribe the fifth thing that I wish I knew is just how different the scenery and feel is between cities well Brussels and Bruges are just an hour apart they could not be more different Brussels is awesome it's really artistic more modern to traditional European city Bruges is gonna throw you back like I don't know how many hundred years it feels like you're entering a fairy tale absolutely stunning the canals are beautiful such a Charming Town wish I would have spent some more time there just don't make the mistake of thinking that you can visit one or two towns and get the feel for the whole country there are just so many different towns with different cultures within them so I definitely recommend spending time in Belgium go to each of those and learn about it because they are all absolutely wonderful and do your research before your trip the sixth thing that I wish I knew was I wish I knew about the comic book route in Brussels it is an incredibly artistic City so many art galleries but they also have this thing called the comic book route that basically you can wander through the city and there's this route where you have these incredible murals I've also never seen a town with so many actual comic book stores and like figurines if you're somebody who's into that world they're gonna love Brussels I recommend doing your research ahead of time so you know where all that artwork is in case you want to see it and the last thing that I wish I knew before visiting Belgium is just how late things stay open some European cities have late night options Belgium is just not one of them in Brussels and Bruges doesn't matter things close pretty early if it's a Sunday basically forget about it and in a place like Bruges you've got to get your stuff done by like six o'clock because after that the stores close restaurants kind of shut early there's not a lot of late night entertainment options so just be aware of that make sure to get your sightseeing in early in the day if there's anything you should take away from this know that it's Belgium is definitely worth visiting and probably worth spending more time than you thought you need to there

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Length: 4min 37sec (277 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 21 2022