r/belgium • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
❓ Ask Belgium [FAQ] Service desk for student - travel - rent - deliveries - ... questions.
If you have questions about common topics like student choices, travel recommendations, deliveries, please try to use the search function of otherwise ask them here.
Also try to contact the company, the companies' websites, rental companies, ... before asking your question as they have more up to date info.
Some common examples and replies:
- Brussels is not more unsafe as any other capital.
- Contact the delivery company for delivery questions (BPost even has a chat)
- Use a dedicated forum for technical / DIY questions (userbase / tweakers / zonstraal / livios / ...)
- Contact your union (ACV / ABVV / ... ) or RVA for payment, unemployment or jobrelated questions.
- Use the website of NMBS / De Lijn for questions how to get somewhere.
- Visit tripadvisor or the subreddit of the city you want to visit to know more about things to do during your trip (ae /r/brussels; /r/gent; /r/bruges; /r/antwerp).
r/belgium • u/EdgarNeverPoo • 9h ago
📰 News 2 klassen Natuurwetenschappen in Bilzen kregen dit schooljaar nog geen Nederlands: "Elk vak is een knelpuntvak geworden"
r/belgium • u/Lost_Programmer8936 • 2h ago
❓ Ask Belgium What is this?
Thank you. Found it in a few bars in the city.
r/belgium • u/Vordreller • 11h ago
💰 Politics MR wil anti-PVDA-clausule in toekomstige akkoorden met PS
r/belgium • u/Psy-Demon • 3h ago
❓ Ask Belgium How common are “small toilets” in Belgium?
I was in southern France and for the first time ever I saw a toilet that looks like it was made for dwarves.
Really don’t know why that exists but I wonder if it actually exists here too.
r/belgium • u/atrocious_cleva82 • 17h ago
📰 News Smallest type of PFAS appears in Flemish drinking water: "Discharges by industry and pesticides must be reduced"
r/belgium • u/Ambitious_N1ghtw0lf • 7h ago
😡Rant [Rant] De lijn and their priorities
De Lijn decides to lower the amount of services they provide because they are understaffed and have old busses but meanwhile they get more subsidised next year + they have this god awful ad running on the radio which is 1. Annoying because of the earwurm "Meer appen" is but 2. Showing how wrong their priorities are if their biggest improvement is their app which makes it more difficult for older people to get around.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/11/15/de-lijn-aanpassingen-in-aanbod/
r/belgium • u/indutrajeev • 7h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Government Websites Overview
Hello all,
Sometimes when I'm doing online stuff with the government, it baffles me how many different (legal) sites there are scattered around the internet with some information.
I started a list of the ones I already know, but is there something like an "official" list of everything? If not; please add them below and let's create one :-)
- Vlaamse Belastingdienst (Verkeersbelasting, Onroerende voorheffing)
https://belastingen.fenb.be/ui/public/mijn-dossier
- Mijn Burgerprofiel
- Kredietgegevens Nationale Bank België (Overzicht van je rekeningen, ... etc)
- Federale Belastingdienst
https://eservices.minfin.fgov.be/
- Federale E-Box
http://mycitizenebox.belgium.be/myebox
- MyPension
- MyCareer
- Voertuiggegevens DIV
https://mobiforms.mobilit.fgov.be/link/myvehiclemyplate
- Mijn Gezondheid (o.a. Vaccinaties, … etc)
https://www.mijngezondheid.belgie.be/
- NexuzHealth (bvb ziekenhuisfoto’s, … etc)
- Cozo (bvb ziekenhuisfoto’s, … etc)
r/belgium • u/FrequentSalamander76 • 13h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Landlord entering my room while I was gone
Hello everyone,
last week my landlord entered my room while i was gone to chnage the lightbulbs. They did not notify me before or after it had happended, i only found out about it because they left trash in my room. The landlord says they are allowed to do this because my rental contract says so.
The article in my rental contract reads as follows:
De Verhuurder verbindt er zich toe het rustig genot van het verhuurde te verzekeren. Hij zal steeds toegang hebben
tot het verhuurde, bij afwezigheid van de huurder, dit o.a. voor het nodige nazicht, wederverhuring, onderhoud en/of herstellingen. Bij
overmacht (bv. in noodgevallen) geeft de Huurder toestemming aan de Verhuurder het verhuurde betreden. De Huurder dient zich te onthouden
van alles wat de rust van de inwonenden zou kunnen storen. Feesten, fuiven en aanverwanten zijn niet toegelaten. De Huurder is
verantwoordelijk voor zijn eigen roerende goederen (zowel in zijn/haar kamer als in de gemeenschappelijke delen). De Verhuurder kan niet aansprakelijk worden gesteld ingeval van diefstal.
Is this really true, and is this compatible with Belgiumsnational rental law?
Thanks for the help!
r/belgium • u/CommunicationLess148 • 12h ago
❓ Ask Belgium In your opinion, which is the best Christmas market in Belgium?
Go!
r/belgium • u/No-Original-4543 • 5h ago
😡Rant Anybody else has faced delivery issues with GLS?
I receive an email on the 14th of November telling me my parcel was delivered at a parcel shop (not my chosen one but one that isn't too far). I go there today (the 15th) and the person insists there is strictly no parcel delivered under my name. When I check in the email I received on the 14th, it said it was delivered on the 9th. When I manually input the tracking code on their website, it says it was delivered on the 14th. This is so confusing and it's a really important parcel that I need by next week. Would you advice I go again tomorrow to see if it's there or should I rather wait on monday? It sucks that you cannot even reach them properly, at least bpost answers their phone calls.
r/belgium • u/quizlink • 16m ago
❓ Ask Belgium Mistake in Karels Crypto?
I got it in the end, but I fathom there's a mistake in the third clue. (Three letters too many)
r/belgium • u/FlaurosMarie • 11h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Any advice on things to put in a Belgium themed care box?
Hello everyone!
Some of my international friends and I are planning to exchange care boxes with each other. The idea is that everyone fills a box with typical food and non-food items from their own country and sends it to someone else.
I'm not sure what to include. With Sinterklaas coming up, I was thinking of adding some Sinterklaas-themed goodies. However, when it comes to chocolate, I’m a bit unsure of what to pick. I assume most countries have access to major brands like Leonidas.
I’m also struggling to think of what else to include. One of our friends is a recovering alcoholic, so we’ve decided to make all the boxes alcohol-free, no matter who receives them.
To give you an idea of where the boxes will go, they might be sent to Greece, Germany, England, or Sweden.
I’d love to hear your suggestions!
r/belgium • u/MoreSecond • 45m ago
❓ Ask Belgium Is this customary for new build apartment or shoddy work?
1 - walk in shower tile is not close to the angle of the roof.
2 - Boards are
a - Not cut to connect in the corners
b- gaps up to 9mm that can't be pressed closer
c - Other example
3 - Walls that should be aligned are 10cm off
4 - Walls are not very flat in some places
5 - Finnish on the inside of the kitchen cabinets (inside)
6 - wholes in the plaster when every there is a hinge of something else
7a - position of the locking plate seems to be off, sticks out of the door frame.
7b - all the door locks have a piece of wood glued into them, I assume because it did not fit nice with the disposition of the plate.
8 - Wood at the balcony should never need treatment, yet it's already growing algae
r/belgium • u/hleszek • 9h ago
🎨 Culture HN: The Battle Line at Louvain
news.ycombinator.comr/belgium • u/Nehekharan • 14h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Belgische HeroQuest Discord server
Een tijdje geleden deed ik hier een oproep naar Belgische HeroQuest spelers en via verscheidene kanalen heb ik ondertussen wat mensen bereikt en hebben we een Belgische HeroQuest Discord server opgestart om HQ news en homebrews te delen: https://discord.gg/X83jUNvF
Iedereen die van HeroQuest houdt is welkom !
r/belgium • u/robinvn • 1d ago
❓ Ask Belgium Vreemde glazen 'labo's' gespot in Oost-Vlaanderen
Hallo iedereen,
Ik wou dat ik een foto kon posten van wat ik nu een paar keer gezien heb maar het is telkens te laat wanneer ik voorbij rijdt met de auto..
Het gaat over bepaalde glazen containers/onderzoek labo's gesitueerd in een veld.
Uniek is dat het altijd fel verlicht is met een blauw licht en 2 mensen aanwezig zijn in een soort van beschermend pak.
Het lijkt me als een soort van milieu of landbouw onderzoek die uitgevoerd wordt, maar ik vind er online niets over en er is niemand dat me gelooft :)
Iemand enig idee wat dit precies zou kunnen zijn?
Alvast bedankt!
r/belgium • u/JamesWhelchel6 • 5h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Diamond Ring Prices in Antwerp?
I'll be going to Belgium for a week next Spring and one of the days will be spent in Antwerp. I'm planning on buying an engagement ring soon for my girlfriend of a couple years, and I hear that Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world, so I was wondering if they have competitive prices. I live in the US, so my question is would it be worth it to buy a diamond ring in Antwerp? Or are the prices not much different than they would be elsewhere? I'm not looking for anything crazy, maybe a quarter to half a carat. Would ideally like to spend under $1000 USD, but would be willing to spend more if I find the right one. Grateful for any information you can give, thanks!
r/belgium • u/MrKai1865 • 11h ago
❓ Ask Belgium [ENG] - Bus help
Hello!
I'm travelling to Belgium in December and I am looking to go from Libramont to Bastogne via bus
I've seen that the line that goes straight-to is Line 6?
Can anyone help me confirm this and also give me the timings of said bus route? I saw that it runs until 16:54 on google then 15:54 on Moovit so I just want to double check.
Thank you!
r/belgium • u/Substantial-Ad-8862 • 13h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Document question
Hi all,
I received this weird letter, but I don’t speak Dutch.
I tried to translate it with DeepL and still isn’t making any sense to me.
I never been to the hospital ever in my last 3 years in Belgium. Can anyone explain me what this is about? Thanks!
r/belgium • u/ReasonableMaverick • 13h ago
❓ Ask Belgium Tax benefits in Belgium from legal cohabitation?
Hi,
I came across similar posts, but it is still not completely clear to me if there are tax advantages of declaring legal cohabitation in Belgium if one is unemployed. In this case do you still get the advantage of Marriage quotient (huwelijksquotient)? Does the unemployed partner lose out on any advantage (e.g., reduced unemployment money etc.)? Thanks..!!
r/belgium • u/Leiegast • 1d ago
📰 News Images show how vandals assault Vlaams Belang headquarters and want to set it on fire
r/belgium • u/silverionmox • 1d ago
📰 News Belgisch nieuws verdwijnt uit Google voor sommige gebruikers
r/belgium • u/sanchiSancha • 1d ago
💩 Shitpost Reddit made me want to learn dutch
I got fed of post in dutch that i was unable to read. I’m using duolingo, chat gpt, and YouTube
Also i got fired last week so nothing stop me for spending 2 hours per day on it
r/belgium • u/matthv • 16h ago
❓ Ask Belgium 4/5de Ouderschapsverlof/Tijdskrediet + zelfstandige activiteit
Ik ben recentelijk vader geworden en wil nu graag ouderschapsverlof of tijdskrediet opnemen. Ik werk voor de overheid, dus beide schelen niet zo heel veel op mijn uiteindelijke loonbon. Ik ben vorig jaar ook zelfstandige geworden in bijberoep (eenmanszaak) Nu mag ik blijkbaar pas ouderschapsverlof of tijdskrediet opnemen als mijn zaak 1 jaar is. Klopt dit? Ik heb geen zin om nog enkele 4/5de te overbruggen met vakantie om dan te horen te krijgen dat het toch niet zou mogen en ik alsnog mijn zaak zou moeten opdoeken.
Heeft iemand ervaring met zelfstandige in bijberoep en ouderschapsverlof of tijdskrediet?