To and from Belgium cheap international calls, calling cards and country code info

This post explains the cheapest way to make phone calls to and from Belgium. If you simply want to pay a cheap rate when making calls to Belgium, use a so called calling card or prepaid phone card.

It really couldn't be simpler to save yourself a fortune on your overseas calls. With a calling card, all you do is dial the access number (local or toll free number) before you dial your overseas number.

Too good to be true?

It sounds almost too good to be true, doesn’t it? Perhaps you’re thinking “Where’s the catch?” Well, there’s a small detail, a quick search on Google will get you hundred of sites selling calling cards. So how do you find a reputable online retailer that won’t rip you off with cards that do not work, or won’t give you any support in case of a problem?

After doing some research, I finally found that Cloncom is a reputable retailer with good rating from the Better Business Bureau that sells prepaid phone cards for Belgium.

SpeedyPin is another BBB good rated retailer you may want to look at, although I can’t give you any opinion on this one because I never tried it myself.

As I always recommend better to start small, first with a $5 or $10 card to see how it works for you. In my experience it worked really well.

Calling instructions for calls to Belgium

The Prefix, or calling code, or routing number, or country code (this goes by many names) for calling Belgium, is +32.

Individual area codes for Belgium are:

Area Name	Area Code
Aalst	53
Antwerp	3
Arlon	63
Ath	68
Bastogne	62
Blankenberge	50
Brugge	50
Brussels	2
Charleroi	71
Chimay	60
Ciney	83
Dendermonde	52
Diest	13
Dinant	82
Durbuy	86
Ghent	9
Hasselt	11 and 89
Herentals	14
Huy	85
Ieper	57
Jemelle	84
Kortrijk	56
La Louviere	64
Leuven	16
Libramont	61
Liege	4
Mechelen	15
Mobile	452-4,458-9,473-9
Mons	65
Namur	81
Ninove	54
Nivelles	67
Ostende	59
Roeselare	51
Ronse-Renaix	55
St. Niklaas	3
Stavelot	80
Tienen	16
Tongeren	12
Tournai	69
Tournhout	14
Verviers	87
Veurne	58
Waremme	19
Wavre	10
Zeebruggre	50

Here's how to make a phone call direct to Belgium from America:

You have to dial 011 + 32 + AREA CODE + NUMBER.

But don't call Belgium direct unless you want to spend a lot of money. Use a calling card or a prepaid phone service instead.

Some great prepaid phone cards for calling from Belgium to the USA can also be found through Cloncom calling card search.