Breweries in a country

A country is just another area. Its boundary carries the ISO 3166-1 code, which is a reliable way to select it regardless of language.

The query

[out:json][timeout:60];
area["ISO3166-1"="BE"][admin_level=2]->.be;
nwr["craft"="brewery"](area.be);
out center;

Run it

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How it works

1. area["ISO3166-1"="BE"][admin_level=2] is Belgium. The admin_level avoids other areas that carry the same code.
2. craft=brewery marks places where beer is brewed. Brewpubs are often tagged microbrewery=yes on the pub instead.

Variations

• Include brewpubs: add nwr["microbrewery"="yes"](area.be); in a union.
• Country-wide queries take longer. Give them a [timeout:] of 60 or more.

Run it from your code

curl https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter \
  --data-urlencode 'data@query.overpassql'

import requests

query = open("query.overpassql").read()
r = requests.post("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter",
                  data={"data": query}, timeout=120)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["elements"][:3])

const res = await fetch("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter", {
  method: "POST",
  body: new URLSearchParams({ data: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
console.log(await res.json());

Save the query as query.overpassql. It works the same in Overpass Turbo, QGIS and JOSM.