(VOVworld) - Belgium's beer culture has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

At a Belgian beer shop in Brussels on 30 November. (Archive photo: AP/VNA)

The UN agency made the announcement at a meeting in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Abeba on Wednesday.

Belgium's German-speaking community with the support of Belgium’s beer production industry submitted the application to the UNESCO one and a half years ago.

With the listing, UNESCO has recognized that beer is part of the living heritage of a range of communities throughout Belgium. It plays a role in daily life and festive occasions.