The low down on Belgium

Tucked between the Netherlands and France on the north coast of Europe, Belgium is home to more than 11.4 million people. A bilingual country, it is divided into two regions with radically different styles and heritage: the French-speaking Wallonia in the south, and the Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north. The capital, Brussels, is considered a separate region but largely speaks French, while around 1% of the population, in the east of the country, speak German.