 | Time Out Brussels: Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges (Time Out Guides) by Time Out
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $10.50 time out has been recommended by many avid travellers. According to them, it not only gives out supple info on touristy spots, but also has info and tips for escaping the generic tourists and delving into true (in the case) Belgium culture.
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 | Time Out Brussels & Antwerp Eating & Drinking Guide ("Time Out" Guides) by Time Out
Buy new: $11.95 / Used from: $0.01 Everyone needs to eat and drink, right?
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 | Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg by Geert Cole; Leanne Logan
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $7.37 This is another guide that has been recommended by avid travellers . . .It's along the same lines as Time Out
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 | Best of Brussels Bruges Antwerp and Ghent by Terry Carter
Buy used from: $0.75 This is another Lonely Planet product
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 | The Rough Guide to Belgium and Luxembourg 4th Edition(Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Martin Dunford
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | The Rough Guide to Brussels 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Martin Dunford
Buy new: $4.21 / Used from: $1.67 |
 | The Rough Guide to Brussels Map (Rough Guide City Maps) by Rough Guides
Buy used from: $3.75 Note this: Maps are a necessity!!
Also, make sure the maps calls the cities what native Belgians (sp?) call them (e.g. Brussels may be called Bruxelles and Antwerp is Antwerpen, etc. . .)
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 | Laminated Brussels Map by Borch (English Edition) by Borch
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $8.48 you can never have enough maps . . .especially if you're like me and loose them almost imediately after getting them . . .I'm still upset at myself for loosing my fancy map (not by Borch) of Montreal and never being able to find the "huge underground mall" that I heard so much about . . .
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 | Streetwise Brussels Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Brussels, Belgium - Folding pocket size travel map with metro map by Streetwise Maps
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $5.50 |
 | Berlitz Belgium (Berlitz Pocket Guides) by George McDonald
Buy new: $7.87 / Used from: $2.44 |
 | Michelin Map No. 714 Benelux (French Edition)
Buy new: $14.78 |
 | Michelin Map No. 716 Belgium and Luxembourg, Scale 1:350,000 (Michelin Guides and Maps) (French Edition)
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $4.00 A map for the "blind" (e.g. Me)
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 | Michelin Map Belgium Luxembourg
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $11.88 |
 | Belgium - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette by Mandy Macdonald
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.13 KNOW YOUR BELGIAN CULTURE! It's always good to impress the locals. You never know who you may meet. I'd also suggest looking up the laws of Belgium . .. You don't want to be locked up abroad . ..It gets very complicated after that.
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 | French: Lonely Planet Phrasebook by Michael Janes
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.93 French is the most widely spoken language in Belgium (especially in Brussels). .. followed by Dutch . .then German (however german isn't nearly as widely spoken as French or Dutch).
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 | Emergency French (Hippocrene Emergency Phrasebooks) by Christine Arthur
Buy new: $2.98 / Used from: $1.85 continuing from my last comment, be forewarned: English is not commonly spoken in Belgium (at least not in Brussels) so be prepared for an "emergency"! (yeah . .I know . .corny . .sometimes I just can't help myself)
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 | Rick Steves' French Phrase Book and Dictionary by Rick Steves
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $4.52 |
 | Dutch: Lonely Planet Phrasebook by Annelies Mertens
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $9.10 I'd guess that Dutch is spoken more and more as you get closer to The Netherlands (e.g. Antwerp) so knowing a little Dutch can't hurt, right?
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 | Collins Dutch Phrasebook CD Pack: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem) by Collins UK
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $9.27 |
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