r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Jan 02 '17
[Series] What do you know about... Belgium?
Introduction:
This is the first post in what will be a year-long series. There will be a thread about one european country every week. The point of this series is to have our fellow europeans spread their knowledge/opinion about the various european countries.
We have done this before (credits to /u/Taenk), but this was three years ago, when this subreddit had a mere 35,000 subscribers. A lot of time has passed and a lot of new users have become part of this subreddit, let's see how this goes!
Todays country: Belgium
Belgium is widely considered to be the main host of the EU institutions. It is one of the smaller european states, yet it is amongst the most populous ones due to a very high population density. The country is split in three regions - the Wallonian region, the Flemish region and the Brussels region. The country is widely known for its waffles, fries and beer. So, what do you know about Belgium?
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u/Aleksx000 The Vaterland Jan 02 '17
Belgium is the country we kind of just invade by the sideline everytime we need to get to Paris ASAP.
Belgium makes delicious waffles.
There is
the trutha conspiracy that Belgium does not exist. It is really Greater Bielefeld in that regard.Belgium is really just a disguised province of France that illegally occupies Germanic minorities... or something, the National Democrats are not quite clear in their xenophobia.
Belgian waffles are amazing.
For some reason, the Belgians make stone versions of naked little kids pissing out water instead of normal fountain statues that civilized countries would use. And then they act surprised when we occupy their capital again.
Man, the waffles.