Belgium Consulate Bremen

Before your visit

• Emergencies outside office hours: +49 151 190 55300.

The Belgian honorary consul in Bremen

Honorary consul Axel Bartsch represents Belgium in the state of Bremen. With afternoon hours on four days and a late opening on Thursday, the office is easier to reach than most honorary consulates.

Passports and visas: who is responsible?

The responsible career office for all of Germany is the Belgian Embassy in Berlin. Belgians abroad can register there for Belgian elections and apply for identity documents.

Contact details of the Belgian Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Belgium Embassy in Berlin, Jägerstraße 52-53, 10117 Berlin, Germany
• Telephone: +49 30 20 64 20
• Email: berlin@diplobel.fed.be
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–12:30 and 13:30–17:00
• Website: https://germany.diplomatie.belgium.be/de

What can an honorary consul do?

An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Belgium and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Belgian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.

Other consulates and embassies in Bremen

31 other countries are represented in Bremen, among them: Chile (honorary), Colombia (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Ethiopia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Italy (honorary), Latvia (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Malta (honorary), Mongolia (honorary), Morocco (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Norway (honorary), Panama (honorary), Peru (honorary). The full list of all 32 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Belgian missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Bremen, the nearest other Belgian office is the Honorary Consulate in Hamburg (about 95 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Berlin (about 310 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Bremen.

• Berlin (310 km) – Embassy of Belgium
• Langerwehe-Merode (300 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen, Düren, Heinsberg)
• Bremen – Honorary Consulate (Bremen) (this page)
• Düsseldorf (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Düsseldorf and Münster regions)
• Frankfurt am Main (330 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hesse)
• Hamburg (95 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Hanover (100 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony)
• Cologne (270 km) – Honorary Consulate (Cologne, Arnsberg and Detmold regions)
• Munich (580 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bavaria)
• Stuttgart (480 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)