Goals from Ashley Williams, a sublime effort from Hal Robson-Kanu - a striker who doesn't even have a club after being released by Reading two weeks ago - and substitute Sam Vokes saw them beat the team ranked second in the world.
A performance of resolve, quality and composure sets up a semi-final against Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday.
The result was greeted with delight among the 10,000 or so Welsh fans inside the stadium, heavily outnumbered by Belgian supporters.
Wales had not lost to Belgium in their last three meetings and won their last game, in qualifying for this tournament, so there was little danger of them being intimidated.
Belgium's starting 11 had an average age of just 24 but contained a number of familiar and established Premier League players including Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne of Manchester City.
Within minutes, Belgium led courtesy of a goal from Radja Nainggolan, and Wales were briefly rocked.
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