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14  INTRODUCING BRUSSELS

Putting Brussels on the Map Amsterdam

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the centre of govern ment
for the European Union. Although one of Europe’s smallest Schiphol
countries, covering 30,500 sq km (11,580 sq miles), Belgium
has one of the highest population densities, with 11 million Leiden
inhabitants (360 people for every square kilometre). Belgium Harwich Den Haag
is a trilingual country (Dutch, French and German). Although Hoek van
Brussels falls geographically in the Flemish (Dutch-speaking) Holland Rotterdam Gouda
half, it is largely French-speaking. It is Belgium’s largest city,
with more than one million inhabiting the region, and is also Nor th Rotterdam
the most visited, with around seven million visitors a year,
although many of these come for business. Brussels’ excellent Sea Dordrecht
transport links make it an ideal place from which to explore NETHERLANDS
Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp.
Key Breda
Motorway
Major road Hull Bergen op
Zoom Eindhoven Eindhoven
Railway Vlissingen
Regional border Venlo
Knokke-Heist Turnhout
Zeebrugge Krefeld
0 km 20 Weert
0 miles 20 Oostende Zelzate Antwerp Mönchengladbach
Dover, Bruges Maldegem St-Niklaas Antwerpen Herentals
Ramsgate Scheldt
Lier Erkelenz
Veurne FLANDERS
Ghent Dendermonde
Dunkerque Mechelen GERMANY
IJzer
Dover Aalst See inset map Demer Genk
above
Calais Roeselare Leie Scheldt Hasselt Maastricht
IJzer Brussels
Leuven Maastricht
Ypres Kortrijk Oudenaarde BRUSSELS St-Truiden Aachen
Menen Tongeren
Boulogne Longuenesse Roubaix Escaut Geraardsbergen Halle Wavre
FRANCE Waterloo Liège Liège Eupen
Lille Ath Méhai Vesdre
Lille Tournai BELGIUM Verviers
Béthune Namur Meuse Huy Spa
Western Europe NORWAY Brussels South
Mons Charleroi Amblève Malmedy
SWEDEN Charleroi
Lens Binche
Douai W ALLONIA
Nor th Arras Valenciennes St-Vith
Sea DENMARK Dinant Prüm
Maubeuge Ciney Ourthe
La Roche-en-
REP. OF UNITED Ardenne
IRELAND Cambrai Philippeville Sûre
KINGDOM NETHERLANDS
Caudry
Brussels GERMANY
BELGIUM Chimay Bastogne Alzette
CZECH Couvin Moselle
REPUBLIC
Wiltz Vianden
Libramont-
FRANCE Chevigny
Lesse
SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA Ettelbrück
Atlantic Péronne Hirson
Ocean ITALY Saint-Quentin Bouillon LUXEMBOURG
Charleville- Semois Grevenmacher
Méziéres
SP AIN Sedan Arlon
FRANCE
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Virton
For keys to symbols see back flap
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