twiggers

Are they all the same size for the three countries? Is it just the simple two prong? The thinner one, correct?

Dukey

The "thinner" one???? They all use the Continental plug..two round pins.

hetismij

In theory they are the same, but they may be slightly different when it comes to earthed sockets.

Basically as Dukey says you need a two round pin adapter.

There are oodles of websites which will show the sockets/plugs in detail.

ribeirasacra

Pick the country you are interested in. it will open up a page with facts about supplies plugs and phones.
http://countrycode.org/

twiggers

Thanks all!

Dukey: On wikipedia they show two different kinds of 2 prong adapters...one is thinner than the other (same with my Apple adapters).

twiggers

Just looked on ribeirasacra's website:

Belgium: type E
Netherlands: type C and type F
Luxembourg: type C and type F

But it does say that a type C plug can be used in an E and F.

Thanks all!

hetismij

It depends on the shape of the C plug whether it can be used in an F socket - it must be able to accommodate the earth. So either be narrow - just the two pins or better still have two semi circles cut out to avoid the earth.

I have used both C and F in an E socket in France with no problems.

lavandula

There may be some confusion because I have heard that in southern Europe they use a similar type of round 2-prong plug but with slightly thinner prongs. In fact, I have in my possession the southern Europe version as well as the northern Europe version, and it is sometimes a pain to keep the southern version in the wall as it's loose in the adapter plug. I don't think this cancels out what you have found out above, just maybe explains a little further.

Lavandula