1. Climate:
Belgium has a temperate maritime climate with mild, cool and rainy temperatures of 25°C in summer and 7°C in winter2°c。The minimum and maximum temperatures of the year are generally -122°C and 32Around 2°C. Due to the large temperature changes, you need clothes for all seasons, especially a warm coat or down jacket to accompany you through the cold winter. Spring is the most enchanting, the earth is revived, everything is thriving and full of life, but it is still colder in the early spring.
2. Time difference: The time difference between Belgium and China is 7 hours. Belgium is 7 hours late to China. Daylight saving time is 6 hours. European Daylight Saving Time is calculated by 1 hour each year on the last Sunday in March at 1:00 GMT and ends on the last Sunday in October.
3. Power supply: Belgium adopts European standard power socket and European standard power plug. When going to Belgium, you should bring a European standard conversion socket. The power cord in China cannot be plugged directly into an electrical outlet in Belgium.
4. Drinking water:
Belgian water treatment is world-class, and Belgian tap water is drinkable. Belgian locals don't drink hot water and drink tap water. Bottled mineral water is also sold in supermarkets, and many families also buy large barrels of mineral water.
5. Tipping: Belgium, like all European countries, does not have mobile phone payments, and pays by bank card or cash. When you pay for your meal at a restaurant, the waiter places it at your table with your bill, you put the cash euros on the plate, the waiter brings it back to you, and puts it on the plate along with the invoice to bring it back to you. At this time, the average customer will take the invoice and change, put a few euros in the tip of the plate, and the waiter will bring the plate back. If you pay by bank card, the waiter will bring the POS machine, and when the waiter brings you the invoice back with a plate, the general customer will also put a few euros in the dish to tip, usually 2 euros is fine, and it doesn't matter if you don't put it.
A taxi: because of the high labor cost, so the Belgian taxi is more expensive, very few people take a taxi, and there are not many taxis, taxis are fixed parking spaces, generally at the airport, railway station there are taxis, taxis are queued, can only be called in the front of the car, the back of the car will not be gunned. There are no taxis on the street, so you can only call a taxi ** explain your location and send a car over. Because cars are cheap to buy in Belgium and almost everyone has their own car, it is rare for people to hail a taxi, unless there is no one to drop them off at the airport, or there are special circumstances.
If you don't have a car, you can rent a car and drive it, which is much cheaper than calling a taxi. If you go to IKEA to buy furniture, you can rent a van or call for goods. There are also no ride-hailing services in Europe.
b Restaurants: There are local Western restaurants and Chinese restaurants owned by Chinese. Due to the high cost of labor in Belgium, restaurant meals are more expensive than in China.
c Hotels: European hotels are generally higher than those in China, and travel hotels should be booked online in advance, otherwise it is likely that you will not be able to find a hotel that can be checked. It can generally be found in bookingReservations made on com must be guaranteed with a credit card, Visa and Mastercard
The logo is accepted in Belgium and other European countries, but not UnionPay cards. If you change your itinerary and do not check in, you must cancel online within the specified time, otherwise your credit card will be charged.
6. Public security and trouble:
Belgian security is relatively good in Europe, with occasional thefts. For example, at railway stations, especially at Brussels' South Railway Station, there are also thefts in some black and Arab quarters in Brussels, while there is good social security in white neighborhoods.
a Country code for Belgium: 0032
b Bandits: 101
c Ambulance: 100
d Fire: 100
e General emergency: 112
7. Business hours:
Banks 9:00 16:00 (Weeks 1 to 5), Supermarkets 9:00 to 20:00 (closed on Sundays), Restaurants 10:00 to 23:00
8. Taxes (about tax refund):
If you have a type C visa and need a tax refund invoice when shopping, you can get a tax refund before leaving the airport with the boarding pass of the outbound ticket, passport, and tax refund invoice.
9. Currency: 1 euro = 100 euro cents, travel ready change and 2 dual currency credit cards, visa and mastercard, American Express card are available in Europe.
10. Mobile phone:
Make sure your phone is activated for international roaming before you travel, and buy a temporary SIM card with a Belgian number when you arrive there.
11. Driver's license: Please bring your Chinese driver's license before traveling, because there is a mutual recognition agreement between China and Belgium and Belgium is also driving left and right, so the Chinese driver's license can be directly exchanged for a Belgian EU driver's license with a residence card after being translated and certified in Belgium, without a driving test. As a reminder, you can't turn right while driving in Belgium!