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Recently moved to Brussels, Belgium

by mark on October 22, 2009

Life in Brussels

Life in Brussels

In order to widen the subject matter on the expat forum blog, today we will be covering a country which seems to attract its fair share of expats while not perhaps attracted as much attention on the forums as you might expect. Belgium, and in particular Brussels, is a country which many of us are fully aware of but few of us know any significant details about with regards to life in the country and exactly what it has to offer.

It is no surprise to see that the person who began the thread is in the financial industry and has moved to Brussels with a financial company. One of the first problems which will hit you when you move to Brussels, and in fact Belgium as a whole, is the fact that French and Dutch are very popular languages and those who only speak English may well feel a little isolated in the early days.

However, it would seem that Brussels has much going for it and could be one of the more prominent untapped potential expat destinations of the world.
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