>>4347888Most "big" cities are pretty welcoming of strangers and English speakers are pretty common, especially in the capital northern half of the country.
Also, it's really easy to just get into a bar and just make friends on the spot, I recommend you try it for yourself.
Just force yourself not to diss things we're known for in public (the beer, the chocolate, the EU, all the cliches) and force yourself to learn the difference between the Vlamishes who speak Dutch and live up north and the Walloons who speak French and live in the south, that's a really touchy subject, something akin to the Aussies and the Kiwis.
Villages are a gamble, you find more xenophobia in small communities.
