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Money & duty free for Belgium

Currency information: 

Euro (EUR; symbol €) = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of €500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5. Coins are in denominations of €2, 1 and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents.

Credit cards: 

American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are widely accepted. ATMs are widespread.

ATM: 

ATMs are widespread.

Travellers cheques: 

Widely accepted. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, visitors are advised to take traveller's cheques in Euros, Pounds Sterling or US Dollars.

Banking hours: 

Mon-Fri 0900-1600.

Currency restriction: 

There are no restrictions on the import or export of local or foreign currency. However, amounts exceeding €10,000 or equivalent must be declared if travelling from or to a country outside the European Union.

Belgium duty free

Belgium is within the European Union. If you are travelling from the UK, you are entitled to buy fragance, skincare, cosmetics, Champagne, wine, selected spirits, fashion accessories, gifts and souvenirs - all at tax-free equivalent prices. There are no longer any allowance restrictions on these tax-free items.

If you are arriving from a non-EU country, the following goods may be imported into Belgium by persons over 17 years of age without incurring customs duty:

• 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
• 2L of wine, 1L of spirits or 2L of sparkling wine or 2L of non-sparkling wine or 2L of fortified wine.
• 50g of perfume and 250mL of eau de toilette.
• Other goods up to €64.45 or €24.79 for nationals under 15 years (subject to change - contact the embassy for up-to-date information).
• 500g of coffee or 200g of coffee extract.
• 100g of tea or 40g of tea extract.

Banned imports: 

Unpreserved meat products. Other unpreserved foodstuffs must be declared.

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