Belgium lies in northwest Europe. It has borders with France to the west and south, Luxembourg to the southeast and Germany to the east. The Netherlands and the North Sea mark its northern border.
Plugs are continental two-pin round.
The major commercial rivers Scheldt and Meuse trisect the country. The north of Belgium, including the provinces of West and East Flanders, is mainly flat like the Netherlands. The North Sea coast, site of Belgium's popular holiday resorts, is lined with sandy beaches, dunes and salt marshes. To the southeast, in the Ardennes provinces of Namur, Li ge and Luxembourg, the land becomes hilly and forested with deeply wooded valleys and high plateaux. Brussels itself is situated upon several hills along the Senne, a small tributary of the Scheldt river During the past century the river has been completely built over within the centre of the city.