Belgium, press rank #15 · 
~$2,150/mo
Can you live unwatched in Bruges?
Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.
The privacy scorecard
The six marked ° below are read for Bruges itself. The rest are set by Belgium’s national law, the same across every city in the country.
press rank #15 (Belgium) ~$2,150/mo, this city
safety 5/5
geopolitical stability 5/5
Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law1 in total
Belgium makes exactly one vaccine compulsory, polio, by a royal decree of 1966, and recommends all the others.
If you skip them: For polio, a fine and, on the books, eight days to a month in jail. Nobody serves it.
Exemptions: Medical only.
Source: Vaccines 2024;12:1296, European survey
Legal & financial exposure
Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.
Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)
Extradition treaty with the US
Crypto gains tax-free after a holding period
Exempt as "normal management of private assets"; taxed at 33% if deemed speculative or professional.
4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.
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