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The best Instagram hashtags for traveling Belgium
Nov
2020 is the year in which traveling within our own country became increasingly popular. Of course not due to the best reasons. During the lockdown I also searched for the best places in my small but beautiful country, Belgium. This resulted in a lot of Belgium content on my instagram feed. For every new instagram photo that appeared on my feed, I kept looking for appropriate and strategic hashtags. After all this research I had quite a list. And because there will be a lot of Belgium content the next few months during the second lockdown, and in the future as well because Belgium is a great country to explore, I would like to share the best instagram hashtags for Belgium with you right here.
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What are instagram hashtags and how to use them?
Why use instagram hashtags?
Besides, it is now also possible to follow hashtags. That way, your content can also end up in the newsfeed of non-followers, because they follow the hashtag you used.
So in that sense, the hashtag not only increases the reach and engagement of your content. If you use hashtags strategically, you will also reach more people within the field of interest of your niche.
How do I use instagram hashtags?
You can add up to 30 instagram hashtags in your post. If use 30 or not is up to you. However, some find 30 hashtags a bit too spammy. A solution to that is that you devide your hashtags. You can choose to include some in the caption, place some behind the caption and post some in a response to your own content. But it’s also possible to collect them all in one place. I’ve read so many different articles about where the best place to put your hashtags would be, but they all contradict each other. I just put my hashtags behind my caption. I guess the place doesn’t really matter but it’s more important to use good hashtags.
How do you find the best hashtag?
Where do I look for hashtags?
I always assume that you use hashtags that tell a bit more about your content and your niche. As a travel blogger, I often use place-related hashtags and hashtags that are linked to travel, such as travel blogger or travel photography hashtags. But how do you find good quality hashtags?
You can use the search function on your instagram account. Then you just enter your subject, like here “Belgium”. Then you hit tags and a whole list of potential hashtags will appear. You can see how many times these hashtags have already been used and this is an important factor in selecting your hashtags.
Another way to find relevant hashtags is to take a peek at your audience. See which hashtags they use or follow.
Here are some free tools to look up instagram hashtags:
Which hashtag do I use and which not?
Very popular hashtags: 300000 – 1 000000 posts
Average popular hashtags: 80 000 – 300 000 posts
Niche specific hashtags: hashtags that tell a bit more about your niche
Personal hashtags: hashtags you make to promote your brand
Instagram feature accounts
Feature accounts can also help in expanding your content reach. You can tag up to 20 accounts in your post. I usually tag feature accounts. These are niche accounts that publish content from others. Tagging them allows you to be noticed by their followers. But that is not everything. When these accounts really like your content, they can contact you to ask if they can share your content. This means extra visibility for your content and instagram account. I have marked the hashtags linked to a feature account below with a * and noted the account you can tag next to it.
The best instagram hashtags for Belgium
General Belgium hashtags
#Belgium
#Belgium??
#België
#Belgie
#Belgique
#Belgique??
#Thisisbelgium
#travelbelgium* / @travel_belgium
#visitbelgium* / @visitbelgium
#Belgiumtrip
#discoverbelgium*/ @discover.belgium
#explorebelgium
#Ilovebelgium
#lovebelgium
#loving_belgium
#wheninbelgium
#Ig_belgium*/ @ig_belgium_
#Igersbelgium*/ @igersbelgiumofficial
#instabelgium
#beautifulbelgium* / @visitbelgium_be
#beautfulbelgiumbe* /@beautifulbelgiumbe
#Theplaceto_ be
#Belphenomenal*/ @belphenomenal
#belgiumphotography
#toerismeineigenland
You can find a hashtag of every place in Belgium via the search function in instagram. Check with the tips above whether the hashtags are useful for your content. Below I will also list hashtags of the most visited places in Belgium.
Wallonia
#wallonie* /@toerismebelge
#walloniemabelle
#visitwallonia*/ @visitwallonia
#wallonietoerisme
#ardennes* /@ardennestourisme
#ardennesbelge
#ardennestourisme
#visitnamur
#dinant* /@visit_dinant
#dinantourisme
#durbuy
Flanders general
#vlaanderen
#vlaanderenvakantieland
#toerismevlaanderen
#visitflanders
#oostvlaanderen
#westvlaanderen
#vlaamseardennen
#noordzee
#noordzeestrand
#noordzeekust
Antwerp
#antwerp
#antwerpen
#visitantwerp /@antwerpen
#visitantwerpen
#thisisantwerp/ @thisisantwerp
#stadantwerpen
#antwerpcity
#antwerpencity
#intstantwerpen
#igersantwerp
#antwerptoday
Bruges
#brugge
#bruges
#brugges
#bruggebelgium
#brugesbelgium
#inbruges
#visitbrugge
#visitbruges* / @visitbruges
#igbrugge
#igersbrugge
#brugescanal
Brussels
#brussel
#brussels
#brussels vlagje
#brusselsbelgium
#visitbrussels* / @visitbrussels
#brusselscity
#brusselslife
#brusselsworld* /@brusselsworld
#welovebrussels* / @welovebrussels
#igersbrussels
#igbrussels
#instabrussels
#grandplacebrussels
Ghent
#gent
#ghent
#gentbelgium
#ghentebelgium
#visitgent* / @visitgent
#visitghent*/@visitghent
#stadgent* / @stadgent
#ghentcity
#Instagent* /@stadgent
#instaghent* /@instaghent
Limburg
#limburg
#visitlimburg* /@visitlimburg
#toerismelimburg
#inlimburg*/@inlimburg
#limburglandschap
#limburginbeeld
#altijdlimburg*/limburg.be
#liefdevoorlimburg
#ilovelimburg
#iglimburg* / @iglimburg
#borgloon
#hasselt
#visithasselt*/@visithasselt
#hasseltcity
#Genk
#visitgenk*/@visitgenk
Other popular Belgium hashtags
Lifestyle
#belgiumbased
#belgiumlife
#belgiumbeer
#belgiumbeers
#belgiumfood
#belgiumchocolate
#belgiumwaffle
#belgiumwaffles
#belgiumart
#belgiumartist
#belgiumtattoo
#belgiumgraffiti
#belgiumdesign
#belgiumfashion
#belgiumfootball
#belgiumsouvenir
Content creation
#belgiumblogger
#belgianblogger
#belgiumphotographer
#belgiumphotography
#belgianshooters* /@belgianshooters
Which hashtags for Belgium do you often use? Or do you have any good Belgium hashtags that I have not mentioned yet? Let me know in the comments below and I will continue to complete the lists.
Thank your for reading
Yours truly,
Sarah
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What a helpful article. I love the extra tips about general hashtag use and some resources to find them so helpful!
Thank you Emmy! So glad to hear you find my article helpful.
Amazing blog post! Love the information you gave about hashtags and it’s really helpful for anyone who tries to grow on Instagram.
Thanks Shany! So happy I could help out.