Things nobody tells you when you move to BELGIUM! Sharing my best tips for EXPATS living in Belgium

In this video I share my secrets to save money and my best tips for Expats who are either already living in Belgium or are going to move to Belgium very soon.
Watch my Top 10 tips for Expats in Belgium and hopefully you will find this information useful.
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Intro : (0:00)
Taking Advantage of 2nd Hand Culture : (0:56)
Investing in Bicycle: (2:32)
Buying 3rd Party Housing Insurance: (4:33)
Garbage Segregation: (5:30)
Preparing for Unpredictable Weather: (7:09)
Knowing the Car Parking Rules: (8:34)
50% Discounted Train Tickets: (10:31)
Buying the Museum Pass: (11:16)
Joining Expat Groups: (12:10)
Importance of Time & Planning: (13:04)
Outro: (14:10)
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[@hotsaucecing]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing the insights!

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@naveen6355]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing these insights!

[@qianhuisun814]

Very useful helpful advice. Thanks a lot!

[@edwinvandenbossche2430]

very interesting video ! As a Belgian (Fleming) it's always interesting to see how foreigners look to Belgians. I didn't know that a lot of things are considered to be expensive in this country, such as public transport. But I guess you're right, I almost never take public transport because it is not very convenient, it takes you 2,5 hours to get to the coast while the coast is only like a 75 km. away... And yet still expensive. Not the ideal situation. I would advise expats to buy a car with several persons to cut on expenses, hopefully the group can then efficiently use that car, I've seen Chinese students do that in order to get their food from a Brussels big Chinese foodstore. And investing in a bike is not my piece of cake since this year in 2021 it rained like more than 300 days out of the 365. It just doesn't stop raining. We experience climate change as 3 years ago there was a drought lasting for 5 months and we were one of the driest regions in Europe ! The weather really is unpredictable and seems on the border of several continental influences (warm influence from the south against humid influence from the Atlantic Ocean against arctic cold from Siberia...) Bye

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts as well 😁

[@Mrtribru69]

As an Indian man living in Belgium past many years, I find public transport in Belgium convenient than driving through all those traffic jams. Many cities here have enough buses, trams, metros, and trains to travel throughout the country. Though public transport is quite expensive it would be economical to take an abonnement . True, weather is unpredictable here.....but many in West Flanders ( I live here in Brugge) brave, rains and wind and bike to work, shop etc and back

[@GraceFidel]

😂 very honest and smart input

[@fellowyoutubecommenter4665]

Hi there good sir i am gonna be moving in belgium with my mom ( im 15 ) and i need a lil part time job to help them do u guys have any tips?

[@TwoGirlsTales]

Good to see somebody jotting down few importants tips and tricks to live life in Belgium.

[@renble928]

Such a helpful video, thanks!

[@muthukumarselvaraj8753]

Such valuable information was delivered and I look forward to settling in Belgium 🇧🇪

[@honeychillistories]

Thanks 😊

[@GraceFidel]

I didn’t know how hard it is looking for accommodation in Belqium till I started looking. I actually assumed it was so easy and straight forward

[@akanshanaithani7742]

Thank you soo much for your valuable videos

[@rabi6797]

Loved your video!!

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@VeganLuggage]

Thank you so much for your video.. It has some very valuable tips.

[@queridavandersan1809]

Thank you your info is helping me to find my way in this move to Belgium

[@honeychillistories]

I am glad 😁

[@hemlataparihar9125]

Thanks a ton dear, very useful

[@shantanurathod2463]

Super Informative!

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@keithbaynham387]

Very Helpful - thank you.

[@honeychillistories]

😁

[@leenasarode5615]

Such an concise and informative video.. really everyone has to watch this if they want to settle in Belgium... Awesome content delivered flawless 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you so very much 😁

[@sharadpal89]

Really excellent work,will meet you for sure as I'm planning to go in 2 months

[@dudeshi1]

Very informative video. 👏 I am sure it's going to be really helpful for the expats.

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@anusharampally4621]

Flawless video! You have really grown and learnt so much, keep up the good work ❤️ it’s funny how particular they are about their calendars and punctuality 😄

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you so much 😁 we should learn from the dutch about respecting time 😂

[@anointed_one2228]

I love love love ur channel

[@user-jb5ro8yh3z]

Exactly what i was looking for. You saved me lots of Google research time. Thank very munch.

[@honeychillistories]

I am glad I could help 😀

[@ashakora]

Thank you!

[@payelkarmakar9539]

Hey, thank you for this very informative video. I have seen a few of your videos before, but never realized that you live in Gent. The places from your bike plot and the Kringwinkel shot did look similar this time. Good to know that, I am also living in Gent for more than a year now. And thanks for the Expat group idea, it is helpful.

[@antrikshbhatnagar]

Subscribed after just 1 min into this video. This channel deserves more subs. Cheers...

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@WahidAzizi1]

Very useful information.

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@pdawg2023]

Great video!

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@rajucs9584]

Very informative 👍

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@abhishekaswar8507]

Very infmative Ashmi :) Keep it up

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@Mrtribru69]

Very good information for the new comers or expats in Belgium. I am from India living here past many years. Yes, public transport is expensive here, but if you take a year ticket ( to use buses, trams and metros with same ticket), it is cheaper. But still...it is expensive. Belgium, like you mentioned is bicycle friendly nation, encourage its use, or even walking...and discourage cars or vehicles, especially in the center of town, where parking charges are much to pay per hour. In my city of Brugge, they even close roads in the center in weekends or other festival days...allowing pedestrians to walk or bike on the road. Year after year, in many cities and towns they are making it difficult for car drivers to drive in the city center. Some of the streets here are called " Fietsstraat" means Bicycle street. That means, cars are allowed but have to keep behind the bicycles. Any small traffic violation....big fines here! Yes, most of people here give importance to time keeping, punctuality especially at workplaces, meeting each other mostly with prior appointments is a norm. But at small villages, people do visit each other spontaneous. I do sometimes go to meet few close Belgian friends , just calling them few minutes before ( I am always welcome there). Sometimes my Belgian neighbours come over, which I dont mind. But people prefer to make concrete plans with friends or relatives ( Including me).

[@TeamXanders]

Hi Ashmee nice to meet you soon i am moving with my husband to Belgium Antwerpen. so I am happy to see your videos! thx for the tips!

[@pragmaticpragati7877]

Same here

[@mromer3052]

Nice one Love from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@deepaksharma-nn1qw]

Quite informative

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😀

[@priyaj8700]

Informative video 🥰👌👌👌thanku sis

[@honeychillistories]

I am glad 😁

[@edwinvandenbossche2430]

also interesting for foreigners I think (and based upon my foreign travels abroad comparing other countries to my native country Belgium): you might want to consider exporting chocolate abroad as a family gift since we are very cheap when it comes to chocolate. I compared the price of a large Milka tablet (chocolate + nuts) and in Belgium it would cost you around 3,4€ while the same tablet will cost up to e.g. 15€ in South America !! Although Belgium does not produce the cocoa beans we do process them into chocolate and we are at the base of it !! A "praline" here in Belgium has a mean price of 0,5€/piece while in Japan one pays up to 8€ each !! Calculate the difference... In South America they chopped my given chocolate up like a salami (because of its price) = totally crazy behaviour...I had to stop them "raping" that nice chocolate... And chocolate is healthy !! But then you have to buy the dark chocolate called 'fondant' which has at least 50€ or more in cacao butter mass...

[@Proman.Offbeat.Traveller]

Nice and valuable information thanks for sharing it with us 😊 you have earned a new subscriber!!

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@gauravpahlajani1781]

Thank you for the information. Please do share other useful tips for travelling , food ,etc. Already subscribed

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@stijnvanderveken]

very nice video, really useful tips. I even didn't know the half priced train tickets was for long weekends as well so hey I learned something today 😊 I have one tip for you, saw you put your beer glasses in the dishwasher. It's best to clean them by hand, the print on the glasses will fade if you put them in the dishwasher.

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@jesie_ray9852]

Pls keep going updating this kindda videos I'm so blessed to find your channel thanks for sharing this ifo 🙏

[@vaishnavianumala7708]

thanks for sharing wonderful useful tips in Belgium. it would be great if you could share the food culture , gym ,sports ans activities like yoga and zhumba ,dance and other free activities as well.

[@gauravcrazykumar]

Oh my god. You are savior. Thank you Thank You Thank you.

[@honeychillistories]

😊

[@notrejardin3052]

Interesting✨

[@abarnagunasekar2027]

Randomly on KZbin when I was searching for Belgium related things I came across ur channel and the content you do is very useful as I will be moving to Brussels soon. I got a lot of idea from most of ur Cost of living , renting apartment n lot more that’s useful for expats. I just wanna know about the day care in Brussels , I am having 1 year old baby. If u can cover about this topic in your upcoming videos it will be lot more useful for me. TIA and Thanks for the helpful content Ashmee Pawar

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you so much and thank you for the video suggestion. I will surely make soon in future

[@vjoy88]

I'm living in Belgium.. Interesting

[@Hulkeq2]

The free KMI app with it's included rain radar is pretty good.

[@Londronable]

Father worked in construction, it's priceless.

[@debaleenasain5056]

Very informative video. I have one question. Which category does the bathroom waste (for example hair, periods waste) belong to?

[@sumant2000]

Nice

[@honeychillistories]

Thanks 😊

[@kapilsathe7084]

Great video as usual. Continue using the same backdrop. It's classy 💯😊

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@DayvidEti]

I want to come to Belgium as a student next year

[@davidcollier6520]

Thanks so much for posting this informative video. We live in UK and will now struggle to move to the EU because of Brexit 🙁. We recently cycled around Belgium and liked Ghent a lot - the canals are amazing. The tips were really good but one question I have is do you have know of any good rental agency websites? I've subscribed to honey chilli stories and may be the answer is in your other videos, if so sorry for the question.

[@Londronable]

Parenst have a lot of money(sold their business for over 4 million.) They still won't buy a new car, only buy second hand. Their full option BMW X5 was like 30k cheaper because it had driven a few 100 kilometers as a test vehicle. And we were taught to generally be a bit cheap. We don't save money on things we do want, but it's really about not wasting money. It doesn't matter how much you have, waste is waste. I like that general attitude honestly. It's better for the planet as well. Moved house this year and most of the furniture there we sold online for an apple and an egg(cheaply). If you keep an eye open for good deals there's is plenty to grab.

[@mohammadrasheeduddin9636]

Very informative video. Thanks alot. Can you please comment on the medical treatment on Belgium for someone joining software company?

[@flitsertheo]

Medical treatment in Belgium is not linked to the company you are working for.

[@dhimanashish]

really cool facts about Belgium 🇧🇪. recommend watch before going to Belgium

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@sprcomeidies7449]

GOOD

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😊

[@gerriehensen7475]

die derde tip doen we zelf ook gewoon uit voorzorg dat je ook kan zeggen tegen de huurbaas dat jij het bijvoorbeeld niet heb stuk gemaakt. 😀

[@mommychrissy]

Looking to move to Belgium

[@TheMotivationZone888]

Could you discuss about finance for example how much income tax do you have to pay there? Thanks.

[@mansoorahmad8969]

Thanks for your useful information, please assist for education system and what would be required if returned to India for children study

[@honeychillistories]

Already made a video. Check on my channel

[@cometobrussels3462]

Hi Ashmee I'm nisa from India Hyderabad I'm in Belgium for my masters Your videos are very helpful 😊

[@honeychillistories]

Thank you 😁

[@kaladharnaidusompalyam851]

What course are you undergoing ?

[@seethugiju327]

Very useful videos. I am an Indian from Kerala. Now I am working in brugge. I am only 3 months. What all shops nearby me can purchase indian foods??

[@saadnazir13]

Dear ma'am I have applied for master program in Ghent university. When I need to legalized copies of my educational documents and send it to the registrar of the university. Please answer this question. Thank you.

[@dinadinashi1064]

👌🏻🍀

[@vishnubalasankar]

Hi Folks, How hard is to find a business analyst job at Brussels?

[@mamadouaw3129]

what about internet cost ?

[@christinepettis3514]

Hello my name is Christine love your videos very informative I have a ? If I obtain a relocation agency will that make my transition easier to move to Belgium I’m an EXPAT could you tell me what region Hasselt is in? Can you please reply greatly appreciated 😁

[@saivamsikrishna6033]

Good evening mam, I'm planning to do my masters at KU LEUVEN Or ghent university, how is the medical research field at BELIGUM????? Is it booming?

[@graphicdesigner5707]

thank you for that informations, please do you think that buying a car in belgium is a good idea as international student ?

[@honeychillistories]

I am not sure. I don't own one. But if you buy, be ready to pay lot of insurance money and also fuel money

[@graphicdesigner5707]

@@honeychillistories exactly thats why i dont want to because there are so many fees

[@sanjaysukumaran4248]

What is the price of a second hand bicycle ?

[@akanshanaithani7742]

Could you please confirm if we can take razor ,trimmer during airport time

[@honeychillistories]

In check in luggage you can, not in the cabin bag which you take with yourself inside plane

[@akanshanaithani7742]

@@honeychillistories I will be flying around March so your videos were very useful ☺️

[@honeychillistories]

@@akanshanaithani7742 I am glad 😁

[@cometobrussels3462]

Can you please share store names of second-hand stuff?

[@flitsertheo]

Best known is the "Kringwinkel". They have shops all over Flanders. Don't know if they have a counterpart in Wallonia.

[@win2024king]

What is your monthly rent Miss?

[@asharafjogiya4136]

Hello di can u tell me how to get admission in mbbs in Belgium plzz

[@MGSartmehndi]

I saw your lots of video, thank you for sharing didi, I am from India, next month I am coming to Belgium,I have to question please replay first I am little worried because my English language is very week, Second I have two small sons can you please share school information, which is based on English language,

[@Mrtribru69]

There are only Dutch and French schools for children here. English is understood here by many people, but most of them are Dutch or French speaking people

[@aliobeid3953]

Hello beauty🤍🙋🏻‍♂️ I am from lebanon and i want to go to belgium to study civil engineering in ulb Any advices please 😀😄

[@pnr555]

is there a bicycle in which 2 person can go with it..like an adult and a child of 3 to 4 yrs..is it allowed there

[@honeychillistories]

Yes 😀

[@pnr555]

thanks 4 ur quick rply👍

[@SuperAyaz83]

What's the easiest way to migrate to Belgium. With wife n kids? Plz advise

[@sumanthkumar2177]

Through study visa.

[@LgnoteNote]

Hello i would like to request you that please inform me on student Visa how much can earn

[@roelbevers]

Don’t confuse residual waste (restafval) with KGA or BEBAT. Never throw batteries or electronic waste away along with residual waste, because it’s a crime.

[@krugerfuchs]

No bicycle car

[@allamrakesh2257]

Akka..pls make a video on student studying ms in belgium

[@honeychillistories]

Already made. Please check the video on my channel

[@anointed_one2228]

Do you have a email? So i can ask u a question. Thank u miss

[@deepakkumarprajapati8823]

again audio is too low

[@unal8699]

Country of taxes

[@grahamlees4394]

Hate the expression "expat". I'm British and have lived in France for 15 years and much prefer to be regarded/referred to as an immigrant - that is, after all, what I am!

[@peterboil4064]

your "r" is brrrrroken ;-)

[@filitsaroca2436]

please could you speak slowly? I cannot understand what you are saying

[@dirkgonthier101]

The Belgian government doesn't invest 1 euro in bikelanes. Nor promotes it using a bike. The Flemish government does that in Flanders. I don't which government takes care of that for the Frencophones, but I know it isn't the Belgian government.

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