It depends!
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[[Your question is really well constructed and hard, you should also post it in many places. ]]
In Belgium, people are simply divided, Flamish(Dutch) and Wallonio(French), and they spend most of their life finding fault of each other, you may understand how they think of a foreigner!
It is really tough to find local friend, they wont accept you to get mixed with them. But, Antwerp is a big city, you will sure find a lot of foreigners, who are also not mixing with the Belg.. so you can find friend.
If you need any service, like if you have locked you phone mistakenly, or anything.. please try all the other thing before going to the service center! You will not get any service at all, and you are foreigner!
People are educated and polite... so you will not face harsh face to face racism, but if you are sensitive and friendly person (and you have other way of surviving)you may not want to come to Belgium.
It is a tiny piece of land, high living cost and low quality(comparing to price) of life. You may not be able to compare with a local ppl, coz they are happy themselves, at least infront of foreigner (if u have not seen better place Greece is best, simple?). And all the tv are kind of limited to show bad thing around the world to make sure ppl here feel happy!
There is no visible culture embedded into social life, so they mainly feel proud of material thing like beer, chocolate... if you are from a culture reach country ... you will suffer to stay in a place without reach culture.
Enormous political problem, there has been no government since a year!
Internet speed is too slow, and quota system, you can use 1/2/3 GB per month, if you download or watch movie, it will finish in one day.
Mobile cost 25euro cent per call..
Oh, it is one of the most populated countries in the world, you may get preparation by looking at related problem.
It is a Beautiful country, only exception it is full of Belgians.
**It is my personal opinion, you must verify yourself, and you can discard my opinion without verifying **
I wish and hope, you will have a nice stay! And you are not emotional like meI do not like to get exposed 26 Nov 2008, 02:01 - Report