Is Ans safe? Belgium travel risk
Is Ans safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ans scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Belgium Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 23 Jul 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ans scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Belgium (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ans: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (51/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Belgium travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Ans belongs to Wallonia (Belgium), centered at coordinates 50.6625° N, 5.5200° E (181 m above sea level). Distance to Brussels is 84.6 km towards the WNW.
Wallonia
50.6625° N, 5.5200° E
181 m
Europe/Brussels
28,238
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Belgium)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ans happened in May and June (8 of 19 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Belgium travel advice & laws.
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