The following legal minimum ages apply in Belgium: Legal age to purchase beer and wine: 16 Legal age to purchase spirits: 18 Legal age to buy tobacco products: 18 Legal age to enter a dance without PG: 16 Legal age to book a room: 18 Legal age to fly an airplane: 16 Legal age to drive a car: 18 Legal age to have sex: 16 (there is a close-in-age exemption of 2 years if at least one of the partners is 14 or 15 years old) Legal age to prostitute yourself: 18 (pimping is illegal) Legal age to marry: 18 Compulsory education until the age of 18 Voting is mandatory for all Belgians 18 and above. Army duty is not mandatory anymore. Legal age to enter a casino to gamble: 21 Legal age to get a radioamateur license: 13 References Law of Belgium Society of Belgium Juvenile law Belgium