The 3 Best Online Dating Sites in Belgium

Belgium’s dating scene reminds me a lot of the online dating scene in Switzerland. There are a lot of good sites and apps out there with ample chances to meet your perfect match, especially if you live in one of the larger cities such as Brussels, Charleroi, Antwerp, or Ghent which have a larger pool of online daters to choose from compared to the more rural areas of the country.

The best online dating sites and apps in Belgium are full of members and have the latest and greatest features that you would expect from the best dating sites and apps around the world.

As I mention in my online dating e-book, should you decide to sign up for the dating sites and apps I recommend below, be sure to read member profiles carefully as you might come across a lot of fake profiles and women looking for “clients.” Usually, I can spot these profiles pretty easily. A woman who has only one picture posted, is wearing a tight bikini and making an overly suggestive pose are usually clear signals to steer clear. Another clue of a pretender is a woman who has a poorly written profile. As a general rule of thumb, the more boring the profile, the more boring the person.

Without further ado, here is the quick list of the top three dating sites and apps in Belgium. I’ll go into more detail in my reviews below.

1. Hinge
2. Bumble
3. Meetic.be

1. Hinge

Hinge is the first dating app I recommend you try. I did a full review of this dating app here.

2. Bumble

As a second option, I recommend you sign up for Bumble. I did a full review of Bumble here.

3. Meetic.be

Meetic.be is based out of Boulogne-Billancourt, Belgium and has been around since 2001. From its meager beginnings, Meetic.be has continually grown until it is now the most expansive online dating site in all of Europe.

Sign up Process

When you first go to sign up you’ll need to provide your gender, along with your match gender and your birthday. Once that’s done you’ll be asked to answer some questions about the type of personality you have, what you look like, the lifestyle you live and the criteria for your ideal match.

While setting up your profile you’ll need to upload a photo and write a brief paragraph about yourself. Overall, this part only took me 10 to 15 minutes to get through.

To actually complete everything on your profile, you will need to answer more questions about yourself. The site also allows you to create a little quiz that your visitors can take. You do this by selecting specific questions from a list they provide, or you can make up questions of your own.

How to Locate Potential Matches

First, you have a choice of going with a Basic search or using the Advanced one. A Basic search consists of: it’s their birthday, born the same day I was, perfect matches, mutual matches and reverse matches.

With an Advanced search, you can customize it to suit your wants with filters that narrow the search for you. The filters consist of: member’s age, level of education, location, smoker or not, etc. One of my favorite features is #LoveYourImperfections tags, which you select when you sign up. You can save all these searches for later use for your convenience.

Another feature I like is the Shuffle, which is like Tinder, in that you are randomly given profiles to view, and you either Like or Dislike them. When a mutual match is found, both parties get notified. There is also a feature that allows you to place profiles in your Favorites.

How to Communicate with Other Members

At some point you’re going to find a match you like. When this happens, you are allowed to send a Flash, which is a way of flirting or winking at someone. Unfortunately, you won’t be allowed to contact them directly unless you upgrade your membership to Premium.

Once upgraded, you’ll see that the features set up to communicate with other members are quite basic. If members are online at the same time, you can send text messages and have IM chats with one another.

Unique Site Features

I found two outstanding features on Meetic.be to help users:

1. Their blog called Mag – This is jam-packed with articles offering tips on relationships, online dating, dating in general and a whole lot more.

2. Great Customer Support – Allows members to phone their hotline and actually speak to a live person in real-time. I found this to be incredible, which makes it worthwhile to upgrade to a Premium membership just to have this available.

What is Included in Each Membership Level

• Free – Create a profile, upload a photo, search/browse/watch profiles, receive messages, send messages to Connect members, use Shuffle limited
• Premium – Unrestricted use of Shuffle, see who has visited or favorited you, start live chats and message with anyone, customer support
• Extras:
  • Incognito Mode – Invisible browsing
  • Boost – Boost your profile, advanced placement in search results, extended communication options

Online Dating Strategy: 

• A lot of what I learned while dating online was through trial and error, planting a lot of seeds in order to get success…learning what works and doesn’t work and refining my approach along the way. You might have your own online dating strategy, and that is cool, but if you don’t and need a starting point, go and buy my e-book, Online Dating Success: How to Find Love Anywhere in the World. In the book I go into detail about how to set up a profile, what I recommend writing for your initial and follow up messages, when to ask the woman/man you’re interested in to go offline for a date, and more.

Further Reading

• Worldwide Online Dating Site Reviews: Be sure to check out my country-by-country reviews of the best online dating sites in the world.

• Worldwide Moving Guide: Everything you need to know in order to plan your move to 65+ countries around the world.

• Worldwide Jobs Guide: If you are interested in working in this country, be sure to check out my posts on how to find jobs in this country and other countries around the world.

• Worldwide Apartments Guide: If you are interested in renting an apartment in another country, take a look at my articles on how to find an apartment in various countries around the world.

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