Moving to Belgium

Why Belgium, you may ask?

Expatriates planning to move to the Kingdom of Belgium will be in one of Europe’s most diverse and fascinating countries. Located in the heart of Europe and housing the Head of the European Union and NATO in its capital, Brussels, Belgium is a melting pot of influences from other countries, especially when it comes to the arts.

With one of the world’s highest standards of living and a great quality of life, expats moving to Belgium can take full advantage of its housing, healthcare, education and infrastructure. There is a price to pay for all this, however, evident in the high cost of living in Brussels.

Belgium is rich in cultural history and its prominence within Western Europe makes this country quite unique and expats will not find anything else like it in Europe. What wine is to France, beer is to Belgium and with a reputation for gastronomy and the greatest selection of the world’s finest beer, this multicultural nation is warm and welcoming to anyone planning to settle here.

Brussels is the political powerhouse of Europe with its historic Gothic buildings and European Union office blocks, but outside this thriving capital lie a beautifully picturesque countryside, the wooded gorges of the Ardennes, and a plethora of undiscovered lazy seaside towns.

 

Belgium boasts a highly developed and incredibly dense motorway network, which is also part of European routes and facilitates access to neighbouring countries. The Belgian rail network was the first of its kind in Europe and is the densest in the world, making another easy and affordable way for expats to access not only Belgium and its cities, but also neighbouring countries.