Belgium

 

Laces in Bruges

Designer fashions in Antwerp

Jewelry in one of Antwerps many jewelry shops

Beer

Belgian comic books and related merchandising, especially in Brussels

chocolate

Belgian chocolate: A long tradition has given Belgian chocolate a superior refinement process that is recognized worldwide.

currency

Belgium has the euro EUR, € as its currency. Therewith, Belgium belongs to the 23 European countries that use the common European money. These 23 countries are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain official euro members which are all European Union member states as well as Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and Vatican which use it without having a say in eurozone affairs and without being European Union members. These countries together have a population of 327 million.

One euro is divided into 100 cents. While each official euro member as well as Monaco, San Marino and Vatican issues its own coins with a unique obverse, the reverse as well as all bills look the same throughout the eurozone. Nonetheless, every coin is legal tender in any of the eurozone countries.