BELGIUM
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is an EU country in Western Europe.It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.
Belgium is one of the six founding countries of the European Union, and Brussels hosts the official seats of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, and the European Council, as well as one of two seats of the European Parliament (the other being Strasbourg). Belgium is also a founding member of the Eurozone, NATO, OECD, and WTO, and a part of the trilateral Benelux Union and the Schengen Area. Brussels hosts several of the EU's official seats as well as the headquarters of many major international organizations such as NATO.
Belgium is a developed country, with an advanced high-income economy. It has very high standards of living, quality of life, healthcare, education, and is categorized as "very high" in the Human Development Index. It also ranks as one of the safest or most peaceful countries in the world, according to the 2017 Global Peace Index.
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NOTE: The BELGIUM cache is not at the posted coordinates.
To find BELGIUM, you need to learn a bit about Belgian beer culture.
Belgium produces over 1100 different types of beer, and Belgian beer culture has been inscribed on the UNESCO list of "intangible cultural heritage of humanity." Although the world's largest beer company is based in Belgium, perhaps the most storied beer is the beer brewed by the monks of the Trappist Monasteries.
"Trappist beer", which is an "appellation d'origine contrôlée (or controlled term of origin, like "scotch" or "champagne")is brewed by monks who reside in Trappist monasteries. Some suggest that beer brewed by the monks of the trappist monasteries is the best beer in the world. To make things more complicated, it can often only be purchased directly from the monastery where it is brewed, and may only be called "trappist beer" if it is brewed by, or under the supervision of, the monks themselves.
The questions to help you find Belgium are as follows
How many official Trappist breweries currently exist in Belgium? This number is A.
What is the name given to the beer that is brewed at the Trappist Abbey of St. Sixtus? The number of letters in this word is BC.
The cache can be found at N 53° 36.1A4' W 113° 2B.C05'
This cache has been placed for CARW2020
1. This CARW2020 cache will be published about 6pm on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
2. This cache has been placed for the CARW event with the intention that it not be located prior to 9:00 a.m. Saturday February 22, 2020. The caches for the CARW event are released early so that the geocaching community has an opportunity to plan their routes and strategies prior to the event start.
3. Should you hunt and find this cache before the event start, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid as of 9AM February 22nd.