As an honorary office, the Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Zurich (honorary consul Urs Heinrich Brunner) supports Belgian nationals and promotes contacts with Belgium in Zurich and Schaffhausen. For passports and visas, the Belgian Embassy in Bern is responsible.
Contact Details
| Address | Mühlebachstrasse 6, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Telephone | +41 44 212 11 55 |
| Fax | +41 44 254 55 99 |
| consulat.belgique.zh@bluewin.ch | |
| Head of Mission | Urs Heinrich Brunner, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Zurich and Schaffhausen |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
The Belgian honorary consul in Zurich
The honorary consulate – led by Urs Heinrich Brunner since 2014 – covers Zurich and Schaffhausen. Contact details: call +41 44 212 11 55 and e-mail consulat.belgique.zh@bluewin.ch – replies may take a few days.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
Passports and other formal consular services for Belgian citizens are handled by the consular section of the Belgian Embassy in Bern.
Contact details of the Belgian Embassy in Bern, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Weltpoststrasse 4, 3015 Bern, Switzerland
- Telephone: +41 31 350 01 50
- Email: bern@diplobel.fed.be
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00
- Website: switzerland.diplomatie.belgium.be
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 Zurich
50 other countries are represented in Zurich, among them: Brazil (consulate general), Cambodia (honorary), Chile (honorary), China (consulate general), Croatia (consulate general), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Dominican Republic (consulate general), Ecuador (honorary), Eritrea (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consulate general), Gambia (honorary), Germany (honorary), Greece (honorary), Grenada (consulate general), Hungary (honorary), Iceland (honorary), Ireland (honorary). The full list of all 51 missions is on the overview page for Switzerland.
Belgian missions in Switzerland
Measured in a straight line from Zurich, the nearest other Belgian office is the Honorary Consulate in St. Gallen (about 49 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Bern (about 110 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Zurich.
- Bern (110 km) – Embassy of Belgium
- Basel (86 km) – Honorary Consulate (Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Aargau and Jura)
- Geneva (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (Vaud and Geneva)
- Lugano (170 km) – Honorary Consulate (Ticino)
- St. Gallen (49 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Zurich – Honorary Consulate (Zurich and Schaffhausen) (this page)
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Details checked on 8 October 2026. Sources: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) – list of the diplomatic and consular corps in Switzerland. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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