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  1. TRAVEL TO
  2. BELGIUM
  3.  
  4. Capital:Brussels
  5.  
  6. Pop: 9,925,000
  7.  
  8. Languages:
  9. French,Flemish
  10. and German
  11.  
  12. Currency:Franc
  13.  
  14. Other main
  15. towns:Antwerp
  16. Liege,Bruges.
  17.  
  18. National Airline:
  19. Sabena
  20.  
  21. Major airport:
  22. Brussels
  23.  
  24. Main ports:
  25. Zeebrugge,Ostend
  26.  
  27. From the UK:
  28. By Air with BA
  29. from Heathrow
  30. to Brussels and
  31. also Sabena.
  32. Also check many
  33. provincial deps.
  34. Very regular
  35. services made
  36. more important
  37. by EEC connection
  38. of Brussels.
  39.  
  40. By sea:
  41. North Sea Ferries
  42. Hull to Zeebrugge
  43. - daily sailing.
  44. Sealink to Ostend
  45. daily sailing.
  46.  
  47. Passport:UK Visitors
  48. passport is ok.
  49. No visa required by
  50. UK citizens.
  51.  
  52. Main UK tour
  53. companies:
  54. Cosmos,Belgium Travel
  55. Service,North Sea
  56. Ferries(Inclusive
  57. tours),Leger Travel,
  58. Wallace Arnold/many
  59. local coach operators
  60. often feature Belgium
  61. for special trips.
  62.  
  63.  
  64. Travel to Belgium is
  65. often transit travel
  66. wether going through
  67. the country as part of
  68. a coach tour or as
  69. part of a motoring
  70. holiday.Brussels makes
  71. a good city break all
  72. year but otherwise
  73. Summer is the best time
  74. to visit.Ostend and the
  75. coast - Blankenberg etc
  76. are good traditional
  77. seaside towns and were
  78. one of the first places
  79. visited by the UK
  80. mass package market as
  81. far back as the 1930s.
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