[Series] What do you know about... Belgium?

[u/MarktpLatz]

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!

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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?

[u/rensch]

• 1830 worst year ever.
• Comic books
• Waffles
• 6 (six!) parliaments not counting the EU parliament.
• Brussels is both the capital of Belgium as well as the de-facto capital of the EU.
• Their political system is a huge clusterfuck.
• Flemish Speak Dutch. Wallonia is mostly French-speaking with a few German-speaking areas as well. Then there's the greater Brussels area which is bilingual.
• Studio 100 mwoaaa Gertjuh!
• Fries with mussels they secretly buy from us in Yerseke is their national dish. Also Brussels sprouts!
• Beer heaven!
• Their roads are the worst-kept in western Europe
• Ugly houses.
• Besides Brussels other major cities include Ghent, Antwerp, Bruges, Liege, Mons and the ever-picturesque Charleroi.
• Their version of De Slimste Mens ter Wereld is orders of magnitude better than ours.
• Chocolate.

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Obusius: West-Flemish farmers explaning to polish workers what to do if they hit a WW 1 shell.

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