The
Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België, French: Royaume
de Belgique, German: Königreich Belgien) is a in North-Western Europe
bordered by The Netherlands,
Germany,
Luxembourg,
France.
Belgium has a population of over ten million people in only thirty thousand
square kilometres.
Belgium has two main languages: Dutch (Flemish) in Flanders to the north and
French in Wallonia to the south. To the east is an officially recognised
minority of German speakers; the capital of Belgium, the Brussels-Capital
Region, is legally French-Dutch bilingual.
Belgium is host to many international organisations, including NATO and the
European Union.
conventional long form: Kingdom of Belgium
conventional short form: Belgium
local long form: Royaume de Belgique / Koninkrijk Belgie
local short form: Belgique / Belgie
Does
Belgium observe Daylight Saving / Summer Time?
Like most states in Europe, Summer
(Daylight-Saving) Time is observed in
Belgium, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour; 2 hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+2).
After the Summer months the time in
Belgium is shifted
back by 1 hour to
Central European Time (CET) or (GMT+1)