# Hello from Belgium! **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Created:** [10 July 2018 20:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593 "2018-07-10T20:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ania](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/ania/32/3486_2.png) [@ania](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ania)\ **Post date:** [10 July 2018 20:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/1 "2018-07-10T20:51:16Z")
Hi! My name is Ania and I moved to Belgium from Poland over 1,5 years ago. I am philologist by education, but 4 years ago I decided to try something new and I liked it - I’ve been manual software tester, first in Poland, then in Belgium. I’m preparing to take an ISTQB FL exam in August in Brussels; if it goes well, I’ll try to tackle the Agile one some time after that. 😊 I’ve also been trying to learn new things - ATM I’m using courses by @friendlytester 😊, to maybe automate my tests one day. I’ve been following this amazing community for a while; I hope, that soon I will be able to help someone the way you guys helped me 😊 PS. Are there any software testers here from Belgium? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![berenvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/berenvd/32/9772_2.png) [@berenvd](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/berenvd)\ **Post date:** [11 July 2018 11:03 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/2 "2018-07-11T11:03:11Z")
Hey Ania! Welcome. 🙂 If you’re looking for Belgian testers, I can definitely help you out. I’m a Belgian tester myself, though I’m rarely ever there. As a matter of fact, I’m in Poland right now. 😂 (about 50 km from Krakow) However, if you’re interested in joining some quality meetups, there’s BREWT (Belgium Research & Exploratory Workshop on Testing). [https://www.meetup.com/Software-Testers-in-Belgium/](https://www.meetup.com/Software-Testers-in-Belgium/) There you’ll find plenty of enthusiastic Belgian Testers with a variety of experiences and backgrounds. Apart from that, get on the MoT slack Belgium channel and get the discussion going. 🙂 … and keep on studying the good courses of @friendlytester and all the good stuff from the Dojo. Hope to meet you in Belgium someday. Gin Dobre! ---
**Author:** ![ania](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/ania/32/3486_2.png) [@ania](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ania)\ **Post date:** [11 July 2018 12:21 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/3 "2018-07-11T12:21:07Z")
Thanks 😊 Any meet-up planned during the summer maybe? I lived about 150km away from Krakow (in Rzeszów, good luck pronouncing that) 😀 ---
**Author:** ![berenvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/berenvd/32/9772_2.png) [@berenvd](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/berenvd)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 12:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/4 "2018-08-14T12:01:49Z")
Hey Ania, There’s a BREWT meetup planned at Tomtom in Ghent on the 6th of September. A meetup page will be created soon. 😉 Also, my 1000 km cycle trip from Warsaw \> Zakopane \> Berlin has ended, so by now I can pronounce Rzeszów quite reasonable. 🙂 Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![ania](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/ania/32/3486_2.png) [@ania](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ania)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 12:23 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/5 "2018-08-14T12:23:47Z")
It’s a shame that on 6 September I will be traveling to Poland 😞 but, next time 😊 I participated in a meet up of SoCraTes in Ghent; don’t know if you know them? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![berenvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/berenvd/32/9772_2.png) [@berenvd](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/berenvd)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2018 20:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/6 "2018-08-22T20:09:17Z")
Sure do! It’s a good group too. There’s been quite a bit of cross-over from them to us and us to them. 😃 Have fun in Poland! ---
**Author:** ![ania](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/ania/32/3486_2.png) [@ania](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ania)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2019 13:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-belgium/16593/7 "2019-02-22T13:01:31Z")
@berenvd I went to BREWT yesterday for the first time and it was definitely not the last! 🙂