Belgium

Addressing formats
Cities in addresses should be written in Flemish or French, but not English, even though they are often better known by their English names (see Business Considerations).

Always write the 4-digit postcode to the left of the town or city.

If you are writing a Brussels address and you know the postcode, you need only write the name of the district of Brussels (or communes as they are known).

If a city or town's name has an abbreviation written in brackets after it, this denotes which town it is, because there is another place with the same name. Using the postcode removes the need for using the abbreviation.

Spring Global Mail
De heer Bart Leroche 
Woluwe Garden
Woluwedal 30
1932 ST-STEVENS-WOLUWE
BELGIUM

Undeliverable mail terms

• Unknown
  Inconnue
  Onbekend

• Deceased
  Decédé
  Overleden
   
• Not called for
  Non réclame
  Niet afgehaald
   
• Address incomplete
  Adresse insufficient
  Ontoereikend adres
   
• Refused
  Refusé
  Geweigerd
   
• Gone away
  Parti
  Vertrokken
   
• Return to sender
  Retour Envoyeur
  Retour afzender

National Holidays 2011

New Year's Day ♦ 1 January
Easter ♦ 24 and 25 April
Labour Day ♦ 1 May
Ascension Day ♦ 2 June
Pentecost ♦ 12 and 13 June
National Holiday ♦ 21 July
Assumption Day ♦ 15 August
All Saints ♦ 1 November
All Souls ♦ 2 November
National Holiday ♦ 11 November
Saint Nicolas ♦ 6 December
Chirstmas ♦ 25 December