Culture Briefing: Belgium

Your guide to Belgian culture, customs and traditions

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Culture Briefing Belgium gives you current, in-depth information to help you understand Belgian culture, customs, traditions and beliefs of the Belgian people.

Whether traveling to Belgium, working on a class paper or doing business with the Belgians, you'll find Culture Briefing: Belgium an invaluable resource.

If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: Belgium. It will let you enrich your trip, gaining more knowledge, enjoyment and insight — and more financial success when traveling on business.

You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment. You’ll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the Belgians, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave.

No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with a Belgian because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of the Belgian form of government.

Culture Briefing: Belgium helps you figure out the Belgians by penetrating below their society’s surface to reveal the customs and established ways of life in Belgium.

With Culture Briefing: Belgium you’ll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the Belgians. You’ll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You’ll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Plus, you'll get insight into doing business with the Belgians.

You’ll also discover the problems the Belgian people face and see how they handle them.


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In today’s increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the earth’s other peoples is an essential skill. And Culture Briefing: Belgium can aid you in gaining that expertise.


Get insight into the Belgian way of life

With Culture Briefing: Belgium you'll learn:

  • what you generally need to do to develop a friendship with a Belgian

  • proper etiquette for dining with Belgians

  • what Belgians consider to be the main ingredients for a happy life

  • guidelines to follow when visiting a Belgian's home

  • what topics of conversation to avoid when talking with a Belgian

  • why Belgians generally do not have national pride

  • what quality beverage — and their are 400 types of it — is produced in Belgium

  • what language NOT to use when speaking to a Flemish Belgian who doesn't speak English

  • what problem is tearing at the very seams of the country

  • what unusual type of racing is popular with rural Belgians — they bet on the races

  • what remedy Belgium's king sees as being able to reduce ethnic tensions

  • what Belgian philosophy has given the country the world's lowest percentage of poor people

  • what Belgians put on their French fries in place of ketchup

  • the main focus of Belgian pastimes

  • what medium Belgium's master artists developed

  • the one main factor affecting Belgian politics, religion and education

  • and much, much more.


Contents of Culture Briefing: Belgium


INTRODUCTION
Fast Facts

HISTORY

THE BELGIAN PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language

HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
The Role of Women
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining


EDUCATING THE CHILDREN

RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

MAKING A LIVING

PASSING LEISURE TIME
Festivals
Sports

THE ARTS
Literature
Painting

POLITICAL WAYS
Parties

USEFUL CONTACTS


Who will benefit from Culture Briefing: Belgium


Culture Briefing: Belgium
is an essential tool for:
  • Travelers, whether on a tour or traveling independently, who are curious about the ways of life of the people they will meet in Belgium.

  • Business travelers seeking success in their business travel through knowledge of the character, values, beliefs and business ways of their contacts in Belgium.

  • Researchers needing current information on the customs, ways of life and lifestyle of the Belgians.

  • Teachers requiring up-to-date data on Belgian culture.

  • Students wanting to learn about the character, customs, values, lifestyle and beliefs of the Belgium.

  • Study-abroad students desiring in-depth information on the customs and ways of life where they will live and study.

  • Military personnel requiring knowledge of the people's customs and lifestyle for an assignment in Belgium.

  • Travel agents needing insight into the issues, culture and customs in the country to which they are sending travelers.

  • Anyone striving to understand Belgian culture.


Frequent updates assure current information


Research is ongoing and Culture Briefing: Belgium is frequently updated, assuring you it contains current information.



Special features improve usefulness

Culture Briefing: Belgium contains special features that increase its usefulness:

  • A complete table of contents lets you find information quickly.

  • A “Do's and Don’ts” list helps keep you on the right foot.

  • A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of Belgium's current heads of state and government as well as quality-of-life statistics

  • Two maps show: 1) Belgium's position in Europe, 2) Belgium's major features, areas, rivers and cities.

Experts prepare your Culture Briefing

Culture Briefing: Belgium
offers solid, authoritative information. It is produced by a team that brings together backgrounds in cultural geography and cultural anthropology as well as extensive experience living for extended periods in a variety of foreign cultures and writing about travel, geography and culture for both the popular press and college-level textbooks.


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