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Just a few other ideas: Diamonds, beer (variations)!, wafels, comic books (example: tin tin but much more) Origin of fries (not France ;-))
i don't really agree with the wafels tho. thats sominghting that seems more like somthing that fourgeneirs like. if you ask someone in belgium about food and drinks mostly we will leave it at beer, fries and choclat
It's all in the wrong order! :P
Diamonds are more linked to Antwerpen.
I'd say fries, beer and chocolate are the most associated with Belgium.
Yeah, we like to eat and have fun ahah! :P
At last a movie about Belgium that does not mention the cliché fries, waffles, beer and Bruges.
Mum Blic it's "tintin"
Why don’t u? We love wafels! We have the liege one, the bruxxelses one, the suzy one, the sucrewaffle,....
Fries were created in Belgium and not france what many people think
Belgium Fries!
*Belgian fries!
Phoenix Power fannly
The name "french fries" comes from the verbe "to french"they are NOT from France. Fries are from BELGIUM. #viva BELGIUM 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
fries created in belgium 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good one
I’m from Belgium and I even learned new facts! Some more things about Belgium:
- we have ALOT of smaller groceryshops instead of big shops like Walmart.
- we have great universities
- in the holidayseason we organise big christmas events: a lot of different little chalet kind of things sell waffles, hats, hot chocolat, scarfs, ... basically EVERYTHING!
- Côte d’Or is the best chocolate you can buy in Belgium. In Brussels there is a Côte d’Or factory. You can actually visit the factory ( I did with school 4 years ago) and we could pour our own chocolate, make a label for it and take it home.
- Cuberdons is a famous candy (from Gent) and its also called ‘neuzen’ which means noses (because of the shape).
- We have a lot of different types of waffles, but the two most famous are: the ‘Luikse waffle’ and the ‘Brusselse waffle’. The difference between those two waffles is that the Luikse had bits of sugar in it and it is more filling for the stomach. Usually not eaten with any toppings. The Brusselse waffle is way more airy and lighter to eat. Most of the times topped with whipped cream, powdered sugar and strawberries. In almost every city you can buy the Luikse in different stalls but not as fast in restaurants except for in Luik itself. The Brusselse waffle is mostly sold in restaurants, except for in Brussels. Over there you can buy it from a stall as well as eat it in a restaurant. Though there are exceptions in every city.
- Cool tv programs are: Wie is de mol (Who is the mole) and Expeditie Robinson (Expedition Robinson). Wie is de mol is about a trip people make and on that trip, they have to do challenges. But there is one saboteur which has to stay undercover and still sabotage the challenge (the mole). The other people have to answer questions at the end of the day about the mole. The one who had the most questions wrong has to go home. It’s hard to explain though. Expeditie robinson is when people are dropped on an island and they have to do challenges in 2 groups and 1 of the people from the losing group can be elimintated and so on. Again, I didn’t explain it that well!
- Belgium is very expensive.
- Thanksgiving doesn’t exist here. We have christmas eve, christmas day, newyear, new years eve... We also have Sinterklaas instead of Santa. It’s on the 6th of December. A man in a white beard rides on a horse and gives presents to good kids. His helpers go through the chimney of every house to drop the presents off inside. The helpers have a black on there body because of the soot in the chimney. Kids usually place a their shoe somewhere around the house with a carrot in it for the horse.
- People speak French and Flemish (Dutch) and a little German in the east
- School is on a very high level
- Stereotypes which are true most of the times: Belgians love football, we eat a lot of fries
1. German is also spoken in Belgium. They're often forgotten..
2. Luik, Lüttich, Lîdje but maybe we should name the city Liège (as its inhabitants say) while speaking in English ?
3. The lacquemant, a culinary specialty of Liège (although created in Antwerp) : a wafer topped with a orange blossom flavoured sugar syrop. Yum !
romain morales I don’t believe that is a real neccesary thing because it is still the same, but if you feel more comfortable saying it that way, then that’s completely fine! 😊
Powerful Belgium. Strong Belgian Fries.
We have a few shops like Colruyt,Carrefour and Delhaize soooo its kinda like walmart but mostly for food.
Hi
It’s funny in one of the drone shots I can literally see my house 😂
Silas Martens ua-cam.com/video/n4NXD-rUdA4/v-deo.html
Where at what minute and what second 😂
@@scape8yearsago487 yes and when are you not home and what type of security is installed in your house
@@nissemeys4766 sshhh keep your mouth shut🤐
@@scape8yearsago487 shit Just shit
- Next to chocolate Belgium is also known for its beer, jenever, pralines, waffles, fries, endive, brussels sprouts and is renowned for its bakeries
- The Body Mass Index (BMI) was devised by the Belgian mathematician and astronomer Adolphe Quetelet
- The name of the euro currency was first proposed by a Belgian to the European Commission in 1992. The design of euro sign (€) was created by the Belgian Alain Billiet.
- There are three official languages: Dutch, French and German
- Nearly 80% of the world's billiard balls are made in Belgium
- Antwerp has been the diamond capital of the world since the 1400s
- The Law Courts of Brussels is the largest court of justice in the world with a built land area of 26,000 m² (bigger than Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome)
- Belgium produces the greatest variety of bricks in the world
- Although a small country it's also known for its production of firearms (FN SCAR, P90...)
- Belgium has one of the highest divorce rates in Europe. It is only surpassed by Lithuania and Latvia
- The Belgian Coast Tram is the world's longest tramway at 68 km
- The first railway line on the European continent (and first in the world outside the UK) opened between Brussels and Mechelen in 1835. Belgium also has the world's densest rail network
- The Big Bang Theory was devised by the Belgian priest and phycisist Georges Lemaitre who came up with the idea in 1927
- Belgium has compulsory voting and thus maintains one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world
- Belgium has compulsory education up to the age of 18 (highest in the world)
- Europe's first modern health resort opened in Spa in the 18th century
- Europe's first casino, Lla Redoute, opened in 1763 in Spa
- Neanderthal skulls were first discovered in the Belgian village of Engis in 1829
- Belgium has more comic makers per square kilometer than any other country in the world (even Japan). Well known are Tin Tin, Lucky Luke, The Smurfs, Thorgal, Boule et Bill...
- Belgium's border with the Netherlands is extremely convoluted. In the town of Baarle-Hertog, some of the buildings are even split right down the middle between the two countries
- The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax
- Physicist and mathematician Ingrid Daubechies developed the mathematical model used by the FBI to stock finger prints. She's also known for her work with wavelets in image compression resulting in the invention of JPG images.
- Europe's first skyscraper was built in Antwerp in 1928
- Belgium provided the uranium for the A-Bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. It came from the colony of Belgian Congo.
- World's second deepest swimming pool is located in Ukkel (Brussels), reaching 35 metres in depth. it was the deepest until the opening of Y-40 (Padua, Italy) in 2014)
- First country in the world to introduce electronic ID cards (2003)
- Belgium became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia (2002)
- First country in the world to ban cluster bombs, and second to ban forced marriages (2006)
- Belgium is lit up more brightly at night than almost any other country due its dense highway network being nearly 100% illuminated. NASA astronauts even call it the 'Belgian Window' because of how it looks from space
- Tax levels in Belgium are among the highest in the world
- Only 12% of trucks and lorries using Belgian roads are immatriculated in Belgium
- The world's largest ship lift is the counterweighted lift of Strepy-Thieu in the Belgian province of Hainaut
- Belgium has the highest density of art collectors of any country
- 15% of the population are immigrants or children or grandchildren of immigrants
- Karl Marx (1818-1883) wrote his famous Manifesto while in exile in Brussels in the mid 19th century
- Clovis (466-511), considered to be the first king of France, was born and raised in Tournai
- Charles Martel (686-741) saved Europe from islamization by defeating the invading Muslims at the Battle of Poitiers in 732. He was born in Herstal, near Liege
- Charlemagne (742-814), founder of the Holy Roman Empire, was born and raised near Liege in Wallonia
- Belgian painters are credited to have invented oil painting in the 15th century (probably Jan van Eyck)
- Charles V of Habsburg (known as Charles Quint in French), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain (and colonies), Naples and Sicily, and ruler of the Burgundian territories, was born and raised in Ghent
- The last Emperess of Mexico was Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927), daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium
- Although the birth control pill was first produced in the United States in 1957, it wasn't until the Belgian obstetrician and gynecologist Ferdinand Peeters developed an improved version that wasn't riddled with side effects in 1961, that the pill could be widely used by women
- plastic was invented by plastics pioneer Leo Henricus Baekeland, who created the first commercial version of plastic called Bakelite
- Roller Skates were invented by Belgian horologist John Joseph Merlin in 1760
- When you check an online map for directions or browse the location of a new restaurant, you’re likely using one of the most-famous Belgian innovations ever created: the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator
- Chemist Edward de Smedt paved the way for the creation of modern roads with his invention of asphalt concrete (1870)
- The internal combusting engine had a profound impact on society, enabling the movement of automobiles, trucks, airplanes and buses. Invented by engineer Étienne Lenoir in 1858
- Neoprene, a sythetic rubber used in mousepads, wetsuits, masks... invented by Julius Nieuwland (1920)
- America’s first operational ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) was created by Belgian pioneer rocket designer Karl Jan Bossart, born in Antwerp
- Belgium holds the world record for the longest time a democratic country has gone without an elected government. It took Belgium 541 days to form a federal government in 2010-2011
- Despite being a small country, we have (officialy) 6 governments (And people wonder why we have to pay so much goddamn taxes...)
Holy shit why didn't we learn all this in school? We should know everthing about our country xo
I knew a lot of those facts but still I just realized how awesome my country is
Snake's Raven I feel much better now
it's a dumphole, a collapsing castle.
Ronald McDonald *big cri*
Wie komt er ook uit België?
Kwak Gaming sorry ik kom uit vlaenderen
Ik kom van België in Vlaams-Brabant
Kwak Gaming ikke
West Vlaanderen
Ik kom uit Oost-Vlaanderen
Nothing about beer? Maybe a part 2 that talks about that for the future. Beer culture in Belgium is amazing
True... Not to mention we have more then 1000 different kinds of beer, and have thousands of old breweries that have existed for many generations. And we are also the largest export of beer. It's quite impressive for such a small country.
Yes indeed and we still got beaten by germany just bcs they drink their beer in larger quantities at a time🤦♂️🤦♂️
in belgium beer is far more importand then chocolade
Best beer in the world
Beer, Cheese, ... so many in belgium ;-)
Belgium is a trilingual country. Dutch, French, and German are the official languages from Belgium. and we learn a 4th language that's English
something to point out is most people say its dutch but there was a time (and still seen today) that the region og flanders spoe other verions kind of close to dutch and like said still is around (like west-flanders and regions around it people speak a combination of dutch, german and fernch and haves a diffrent writing to it)
@@03creeperboy umm yeah but thats all dialect. 'standard dutch' is the official dutch in Belgium. All the other ones are just dialects that aren't official, just common in specific regions.
That’s wonderful. I wish here in the US they should at least encourage people to speak another language without people having to feel like they are less American because they are bilingual. Anyway I speak two, Spanish and English but I understand a little Italian.
@@Maddie9185 i like what you said and currently i speak flemish (diffrent then dutch because of sub accents mine being from the west), dutch, french, english and a bit of: russian, italian, indonesian, german,spanish, danish, finlands, and more
@@amelieenyerf4089 have you seen the diffrents
I would have included the incredible festival culture: Belgium organises many of the best and biggest festivals in Europe (and even the world) like Tomorrowland, Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop,...
Zeno D I live in Werchter!
and the beer culture where i live almost evryone thats 16 has already been drunk and can legally drink beer ofcourse they dont keep it with beer
Zeno D gat maak ons bekent please laat onze festivals nog groeie . Laat ze zo hard groeien dat belgie het bekentste land ter wereld wordt
Grasspop also recieves people from all around the world, its a rock/metal festival
Graspop (GMM) is probably best know internationally
King Philippe is ruling since 2013, not 2017..
Strange not to have heard something about belgian beers, we have more than 2500 local beers in our small country.. No word about our delicous french fries, neither about the people and the fact we have three different languages spoken throughout the country.
However, nice of you not to have talked about our shitty politic stuff :D
KraequhoS It are actually Flemish fries haha
Cyka Cyka sure.. Sure..
Yeah thank god he didn't talk about the political system here.. altho if he wants to mindfuck his viewers then i'd really suggest TRYING to explain our political system cause to be honest literally no-one here understands it. We claim to understand it but literally when ever a law comes up that no-one remembers then they're like oh shit.. that is still a thing.. huh well better keep it that way and add 250 pages to that law so that people don't even realise it is a law 😂😂😂😂😂
belgen 4 ever
and don't forget our bad roads
fries are from Belgium not from France (i am from Belgium)
And you studied the subject thoroughly? The fact that you're Belgian means less than nothing in this case.
@@bernarddelafontaine6747 are you from French??
@@piedro_osu7910 Ba ningk hie, woar oale hie da nu ammettekjèr uut? Derbie, 'Are you from French?' is 't zelfste glik 'Ben je van Frans?' Dus: 't noaste kjèr: 'Are you from France?' En, a propoo, mienen èchte noame is 'de la Fuentes', mo in dien tied stak da zo nauwe nie en maktigen ze der Delafontaine van. I can't understand why hundreds of people repeat the same things over and over again: why repeat 1000 times that fries are Belgian? Where did you get that info? Who says it wasn't a British invention?
@@bernarddelafontaine6747 maybe she hasn't but I have dug a bit deeper. French fries started existing during WW2 when French soldiers posted in Belgium were given fries as meals. The people giving them these fries spoke french, but were actually belgians, thus people thought that the dish came from French people. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong tho :D)
@@louiselemmens4224 Honestly, I have other cats to torture right now than looking up the way fries got their epitheton ornans 'French'
Belgium:
*Good food 50%*
*Rain 50%*
EuropeanChopChop *good treats our food is pretty generic but the sweets are legendary
I used to work outside and it's exceptional that it rains longer than 20 minutes more than twice a day.
Bernard Delafontaine not in the autumn. I don’t know where you live but here in Antwerp it rains about every day for at least 6 hours. Of course the spring and summer have way less rain than people think
So true tho
😂
80% of the world's diamond trade passes through Antwerp, Belgium.
Kris Baeyens 84%*
Ilegal diamonds ?
António Fernandes no just 84% off all diamonds have passed thru antwerp
and how much of the cocaine circulating in Europe ?
roughly estimated? About 90% :-)
Dont forget about the wafels and the BELGAIN fries not French Fries
Remi De Keukeleire heay man i love BELGIUM FRIES and my country belgium 😍😍
Joao Pedro Da Eira Fuck Belgium make Vlaanderen great again
The difference between Belgian fries and French fries is that Belgian fries are much thicker whilst French fries are much thinner. By the way, here in the Netherlands we call them Flanders fries (Vlaamse frieten).
Patrick Zonneveld ok goed om te weten ;)
Rik Lauwers belgië ook maat
*EEEY WAAR ZIJN DIE BELGEEEEEH GEEF EEN LIKE ALS JE EEN BELG BENT*
Edit: Godverdomt zo veel likes 👁👄👁
Ja sorry k’was een like bedelaar
Jeeeeeps matje van mien landje 😂😂
Belgieeeeeeeee
@@cashout._jelle yaaasss
voor vooooorst voor vrijheid en voor reeeeecht
Ik ben van Lokeren
I’m a Belgian living in the US and videos like this make me miss my country ❤️
come back to the belgian shi t hole and pay 60% tax so you can miss the states.
Belgium has more beer per square KM than any other place on earth. It's also BETTER than any other beer.
Vincent Haegebaert Belgen zijn gewoon bezopen
Duvel for life
BlueDuofan123 bier is gwn lekker
schol
rusland vergeten
Oh yeah, The smurfs were from us as well.
Ik ben opgegroeid met de smurfe
Wouldn't "us" mean Peyo?
I love Smurf pie, so yummy!😋
Yes, from a French speaker among us...
🙏
The French fries are actually from Belgium
True omg im from belgum and that is so annoing cause its not french like oof
They are Belgium fries
That's true i am also from belgium and i am proud off it
It was the english who started called them "frenched" fries, and thus, creating an ironic misunderstanding, because french fries are terrible.
nexus solaris it was the Americans who called them like that
this video makes me proud to live in Belgium :)
softgraysxn you should be even without the video imagine living in a corrupt place like America where we massacre Indians and take there land.
Nothing to be proud of here
Same shit here
Hi. How r u
Nice to see u
🌷☺👌🙏
you forgot to mention beer, wafels, cuberdons, mayonaise, the languages, our crazzy political system, our art and our archetecture
he forgot to mention that the saxophones origine lays in Belgium
+Eyou Daar I'm not 10 years old. And beeing a teenager doesn't mean I don't know a thing about politics. I go to school. You know the place where you learn how to write in english.
+Eyou Daar I' m not a freaking 10 year old you moronic old sot. And the fact that you're in college doesn't mean that you know everything about belgium politics. Al I meant with the original post was that the belgium political system is really complicated not that I am an expert seeing as I am a miner -NOT A 10 YEAR OLD- nothing more.
Yellana Aili and import of weed from the Netherlands 😉
+stasfan123 also
Being Belgian myself, watching this makes me so proud of my country. With the political and administrative landscape being a total mess, we often forget the beauty of all other things in our little country! Thank you for this video!
I also come from Belgium
I just discovered Im belgian descendant this week. Wanna learn about it
@@cyberquasar2267 thats cool
I'm also proud of our little country
echt he
i'm from Belgium and "french" fries are actualy from belgium just a fact
Because back then people thougt that is were “French” fries because they ate it in our French part! ☝🏻 sorry da moest er gwn effe bij 😂
@@rani_dh_9364 It's because it comes from the verb to french (cut) in english, nothing to do with France, Fries in France are terrible, they don't know about double dip (lol those ignorants) but yeah historically it came from Namur I think
@@bertrandronge9019 yes i know that
Belgium is beautiful i was there in 2016
Im happy to hear that i hope you hade a good time there
Ha ha ha: you mean 'it could've been beautiful'
im in belgium now, i live there
@@Niels_De_Rocker wow I'm here too, I love the country, luckily cuz i live here
We're all just Belgian here, discussing Belgium on our own, aren't we? :p
WHY IS GAMORA?! Jep
haha ik denk dat Begien willen meer weten over de Belgie ,
jaaaaaaaa! belgie represent
Ja
Natuurlijk
Philip has been King of Belgium since 2013, not 2017 as you mention.
Could you add his job description, please?
And what has he done since 2013?
Who cares? Leopold II at least DID something for his country. Philips wife is a logopedist and after 30 years she can't even pronounce the language of 60% of the country. SHE SHOULD VISIT A LOGOPEDIST. Listen to Maxima: it took her 6 months to speak Dutch as if she were born here.
True
@@bernarddelafontaine6747 But can Maxima speak French and German ? It's funny that our king and queen speak french if you know that the first king came from Germany
Damn i am from belgium myself and this vid is really well put together! I’ve even learned some stuff myself like the fact about the castles... like the vid a lot! Much love from Belgium 🖤💛❤️
I’m here because I found out I have ancestry dating back to the mid 1400s that hail from Belgium. I wish I knew more about my family and country! 🇧🇪
Belgium didn't exist then though. Only Flanders. (Wallonia wasn't really seen as a region but more France and Luxemburg)
Good luck
@Sam Van Noyen Why doing misinformation to someone trying to search his roots ? Here a video about the history of the belgian territory showing that Belgium don't belong to the frenchs or the dutchs because Belgians stayed longer in the Joly Roman Empire ("Germany") than with other countries : ua-cam.com/video/V24Nyee0Ey8/v-deo.html
I am a direct descendant of Basques who organised a very successful genocide in Belgium. Survivors fled to Holland and made a very wealthy nation of it.
If you know the location, it's easy to find what you want to know about them. Most communities have registers of births and deaths since the 1200s
Alle belgische mensen laat een like achter
strijder
Helaas ben nederlands
Helaas ben geen nationalist
Helaas, ben een Vlaming.
Kent er hier iemand Gabriël van België?
I am Belgian, 64 percent christian, i very much doubt that, there are almost no Christians left, most people are atheist, infact i can say there is a strong anti-Catholic group in Belgium the second biggest group are Muslims mainly because of the large Turkish and Moroccan communities we have here and king Philip (who is not very popular) is in power since 2013 not 2017, some other facts, Antwerp has the largest in land port in the world, its also the world's Diamond center, Belgium is the second county after the UK, to undergo the industrial revolution, making it the 3th largest world power in the period before world war 1, in the 1100' - 1500's Belgian cities like Brugge and Antwerp where the center of the entire international economy, belgian inventors invented a wide range of things like plastic, Asphalt, Mercator projection, the World Wide Web, JPEG conversion, Electric tram, Internal combustion engine, synthetic rubber, the Stock exchange, of course French fries and many other things, the first leader of the crusades and first king of concurred Jerusalem was a Belgian (Godfrey of Bullion) and in the The Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302), is the first time in history that a militia of (Belgian) farmers and civilians manage to defeat the most powerful and prominent professionally trained military army in Europe at the time (France) we have among the worlds greatest painters and artworks like Pieter Paul Rubens, van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Dieric Bouts, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes and Hieronymus Bosch, and so on, i can keep going, its a small country but with a very big history
they probably used the baptism count for the religious data. I for example am baptized but I am an atheïst.
me to, and where can u get statistics of this kind of things? the church i don't think so, they can hardly operate a computer
DEEP SPACE TV lol kwil die hun bronnen wel keer te weten komen ze als ze echt denken dat64% hier Christen is
ik denk dat deze cijfers wel aanleunen bij de correcte cijfers, als je nagaat hoe groot de vergrijzing in België is. en veel oudjes zijn Christen.
64% is gedoopt en dus christen. een groot aantal daarvan heeft in de laatste 10 jaar misschien geen kerk meer binnen gestapt maar volgens het christendom ben je christen na je doopsel, en blijf je dat tot je sterft. Ontdopen kan, maar is een formaliteit... je stuurt een brief naar het bisdom en dan stekn ze die brief ergens in hun registers. an sich blijf je in het grote boek genoteerd als gedoopt :p (en voor de kerk dus christen)
WHERE ARE MY BELGIUM BROTHERS?
DangerZone YT brothers*
@@ianleadsford812 xd
Aw yissss
Hallo
@The Canadian Crusader oof
Hi from Ireland. I hope to visit Belgium when this covid takes a hike and lets us all get on with our lives. ☺️
Hi Jackie fagan
@@johnstonlynn3338 👋
French fries are auctually Belgian fries!
Gert Aerssens ja kweet man tis erg deze dagen
No man ahahh
Damn right
Gert Aerssens just like the greeks stole the yoghurt from the bulgarians, the french stole the fries from the belgian.
Gert we zegge toch geen belgische frieten ma toch gewoon vlaamse frieten
heyo i’m Belgian
and i’m pretty sure not 60% of the population identifies as christian. it’s true that most are officially christian, got baptised and that stuff, but most choose do that because “it’s what everyone does”, without having religious beliefs. you can find proof of this in churches, there aren’t many Belgians at all who go to church!
Lien we're more like anti religious people tbh
AXEL VISSERS anti-religious?? like against religion? i wouldn‘t say so really, i‘d say most people are agnostic or atheists
It depends what you call "indentify" as, but it is true that a lot of Belgians are passively Christian, in the way that they pursue some traditions, mostly because older people feel more of a relation with it. Being battised often occurs by means of pressure in a family circle, and should we mention : you get baptised when you are just born, so there's no real choice. But more and more people abandon this culture, luckily, since one of the side effects is pedofile priests. We must have a world record on that, or at least a medal.
Lien yeah, that's what i mean. I have the feeling most people just go with the flow and don't really care about christianity that much. They are by law christian but actually they don't really believe in that stuff.
10% peoples live in Belgium are muslim
Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae (literally "Of those the bravest are the Belgians", often translated literally into French by "Of all the peoples of Gaul, the Belgians are the bravest.)
- Julius Caesar
If only you knew that he said that to have Rome send more troops and weapons as well as to add a little salt and pepper to his story. Funny how easily you accept the written word at face value. Caesar had a career to think of as well...
This only makes it crystal clear that you don't have the slightest idea of the reason why Caesar mentioned 'the brave Belgians'. Not only did he urgently need more troops and weaponry, but by exaggerating the bravery of the Belgians, he indirectly praised his own military skills. The aim of his positive comments on the Belgians was to convince those in power back in Rome that he, Julius Gaius Caesar, by eventually beating them, was the right man to become the next Roman Emperor.
Moreover, the first 'Belgians' Caesar met lived in Paris. The number of inhabitants of what's now Flanders was approx. 50,000. There he had some trouble to locate his opponents who lived in an ever-changing swampy coastal region. However, they couldn't possibly stop Caesar's army from easily crossing the English Channel to conquer a large part of Brittannia.
He had far more trouble to reach the Rhine, which was meant to become the border between the now extended Roman Empire and Germania. He was met with the same problem as in Belgicas coastal area: his enemies were hard to find in the densely forested Ardennes and the woods forced him to request an additional 30,000 men to cut a broad corridor leading to the Rhine river.
Bernard Delafontaine great of you to give us a history lesson, but the original poster probably just found it cool that of all people the Romans fought, they said that the Belgians were the bravest. I know that may not be meant in the way everyone thinks but it’s cool nonetheless.
@@don_p7546 Given our lack of patriotic pride and willingness to die for our country, it's indeed the best sales pitch we have.
Bernard Delafontaine that’s true, but although I wouldn’t really fight for our country, I’m still proud to be a Belgian and there’s enough to be proud of believe me. I’m just glad to be born here.
Belgium 1814
The Peace of Ghent was concluded on December 24, 1814 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, after the War of 1812. The treaty was signed in Ghent, in the mirror room of the former Carthusian Monastery on the Fratersplein in Ghent, at the time the home van Lieven Bauwens where the English delegation stayed. The American delegation stayed in the Hof van Lovendeghem, also called Hotel Schamp, in the Veldstraat; a commemorative plaque has been attached to the facade of that building to commemorate this
Hi. As a Belgian, pretty good piece you clearly did some fact checking. A lot of people don't bother with that anymore. Thanks for pointing out that the Belgian identity is a lot older that the country. A lot of my american friends don't really understand that cities in my country are a lot older than the country itself going back to roman times in some cases. (Tongeren)
It's strange that they don't understand that cities are a older than the country. Their own history include famous cities like Boston (tea party), Baltimore (second continental congress), Philadelphia (declaration of independance) that were there way (like 140 years) before USA existed.
@BertrandRongé That's true. I feel like I have to defend my friends in question though. I would think that most americans consider those cities and the founding of "them the birth of the USA". It's kinda fitting that today is the 4th of July. In Belgium cities like Bruges, Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven were entities in there own right before anyone could have even imagined Belgium as a nation. A 140 years isn't that long of a time compared to cities more than a 1000 years old. I do regret calling it a Belgian identity. That is a difficult thing to explain but it sure as hell is alive during the World Cup.
Waarschijnlijk weten uw AM-vrienden ook niet dat New York vroeger Nieuw Amsterdam was voor dat de US bestond.
Dat is zo waar en de gulden spooren slag???
Small correction: there is no "Belgian Identity". We have more of a Flemish identify: the various provinces that were part of hertogdommen. And Walloon and German identities.
Germany’s favorite flanking route to France
to early mate to early :)) lol
lol true, but you guys do not come so much anymore, you would discover beer here :p
willied88m yeah but we still kicked german bud in ww1
HAHAHAHA LOL INDEED 10 GERMANS VS 1 BELGIAN HAHAHAHAHA LOL
"butt" not Bud. German Bud would be a sort of Teutonic Weed.
Did you guys now that frenchfries are from Belgium 🇧🇪
Thank you so much for being such a good person, not offending me and not saying bad things about Belgium, this video means a lot to me. Because a lot of others say that Belgium is a bad nation : ) ,but, to me it's not, i will always thank people for saying cheerful things about Belgium, i will make sure nobody says bad things about my home land. And again, thank you so much.
edit: please talk about Oostende because i live that beautiful city the beach is amazing you can meet a lot of nice people in the shops near the beach, you can make lots of friends, and best of all, make your own opinion about it.
edit 2: please also talk about Antwerp because my dad lives there and i would love to hear somebody talk about this beautiful city (is the head city of the province Antwerp)
Please mention the importance of Scouting in Belgian culture. About every city or village has one or several scouting groups belonging to several different organizations.
Every Belgian child has spent at least a trial day in Scouting.
Scouting has been incredibly popular in Belgium since its founding and its popularity was further boosted by the late King Boudewijn who was very fond of his experiences at scouting.
Also Belgian not only founded the European Union, but also the modern Olympics. Which we hosted in 1920, 2 years after WWI during which our country had been occupied for over 90%.
The Olympics had been canceled during the war and Belgian was so committed to seeing its initiative continue that we organized it 2 years after the most destructive war the world had ever seen.
We do not talk about it much, but founding the modern Olympics and subsequently keeping them alive after WWI should be considered the single greatest diplomatic victory of my country. Well that and the EU ofcourse.
you forgot the beer of belgium!
Belgium is also famous for the best diamonds, lace/lace makers,and beer..also the Clydesdale horses. It was a Belgian artist who painted many of the paintings for King Henry the Vlll's Tudor household during his reign. My mother is from Brugge, and it is considered one of the most Gothic cities in the world.
Hello beautiful lady how are you I hope you good 🌹?
Er Ward...tried to respond to you, but can't seem too. Just wanted to say hello, and thank you for noticing me, and leaving such a wonderful compliment. Hope all is well for you in Korea Sir :)
Zet ons kleine landje in een heel mooi daglicht! België is misschien niet heel groot maar heeft zoveel moois te bieden en heeft een heel rijke geschiedenis!
As someone who is from Belgium, I'm really impressed and suprised to see someone actually make a video about it. But if i may you forgot a few things not only chocolate is important in our economy we also have a lot of different beers each with their own unique taste and way of being made, also diamond cutting is a big thing, if i'm not mistaken Belgium cuts and and pollishes the most rough diamonds in europe maybe even the world
it misses the Festival and Fries ^^
we in belgium have over 20 festivals in less then 3 months and there arealway fries vending shops at the festivals
He means those aren't included in the video
Tomorrowland!!
Tomorrowland was my backyard sort of speak. I lived in Terhagen, which is 20 minutes by foot from Boom, where the festival is ;D.
Fun fact; did you know every house in Boom gets a free ticket to the festival in their mailbox to make up for the loud noise and many tourist. (Which they can sell) ;D
FL00DZ yeah
I'm so proud that I'm from Belgium
en dan de F.N plant in Herstal, wereld beroemd
@@robertneven7563 Juist, echt iets om fier op te zijn. Maar we hebben nog wel meer records op onze naam om "fier" op te zijn : het meeste aantal regeringen pro capita, de grootste begrotingsschuld van de EU, 2 koningen, 2 koninginnen, waar ter wereld wringt de 40% minderheid de 60% meerderheid uit ? Het enige land ook dat het predikaat "democratisch" hoog in het vaandel draagt maar waar een Waalse stem meer waard is dan een Vlaamse stem.... Als constructie is dit land een RAMP. Wie zei er ook al weer : "la belgique sera francophone ou elle ne sera pas" ?
I'm traveling right now for over a year out of my home of Belgium. Thank you for this video, this made me emotional.
same here brother...
I'm from Belgium.
One thing i you guys need know it's that Antwerp had the 2nd most biggest port and Antwerp is called the capital of Antwerp.
You need to make a part two of this.
You guys do a amazing job 👌.
Athar Ahmad
How did you end up in belgium? Belgium is a beautiful country.
My parents came to Belgium.
I was born here in Antwerp.
Athar Ahmad
Youre from the middle east or pakistan?
Dee Gill I'm from Pakistan
Athar Ahmad
Belgium is a beautiful and peaceful country. Dont create trouble by trying to instill pakistan's ideology that is islam. All should be gratefull for peace that one obtained in a peaceful country. Where you have your bread you should respect and not disrespecting by putting sand in your bread plate. That is how musalmans in other europeans countries had been doing, trying to turn britain germany netherlands sweden etc into pakistan.
You didn't say anything about the people and languages, like Flemish Vs. French. Pretty important point.
And the German language;_)
Its still dutch not flamish, flamish is not really a language, even if it sounds better then in the netherlands. And also german
1) It's Flemish, not Flamish.
2) Alright, the Dutch spoken in Belgium is called Flemish.
3) German is indeed an official language in Belgium, but let's get real, it's only spoken by a tiny minority along the border with Germany and isn't really an influential part in Belgium. But sure, he could've mentioned it too.
Yes, as it may one day be the reason Belgium doesn't exist anymore. Just for reference: the Flanders region is partly supporting Catalonia, because it feels it is having the same struggle. It also supports Schotland's call to indepance, for the same reason. A detail for some, important for others.
Amghannam yes we German speaking Belgians represent just 1% of Belgium but you can't imagining how proud we are.😊
On the end of the 19th century, Belgium was the 3th industrial power in the world. And the country had only 70 years of existance.
I didnt even know we had chocolate festivals. Cool!
so you are called waffle and you dont mention belgian waffles? xD
the popularity of Belgian waffles in the US dates back to the 1964 NY World Fair. Have you ever eaten a BW in the USA? They add so much sugary liquid to it that it ruins all that's good about it.
The oldest city of Belgium is Tongeren. That's where ambiorix in the time of Caesar defended Belgium of the Romans
Karl Jans ambiorix didnt fight he flee
Blauwe_man 2912 He fought and then messed with Cesar by going into the woods and ambushing every attempt to attack him. Please educate yourself before saying nonsense.
Qazahar I am educated. If you attack Caesar and run away and still attack for your town. Then it's defence.
Then he flee
He fighted a smal group romains like 5 people or so it was a whole town against 5 people + ambiorix stole the trust 1nd he used That wrong
When I think of Belgium I think of good beer and delicious waffles, that's a must try when visiting this amazing country.
Belgium has no language of its own in Flanders they speak Dutch
In wallonia they speak French
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Zebn wel dialect ee mutn
Americans Call french fries french but they are actually belgian
The french in " french fries " comes from the verb " to french", wich means to cut in long thin strips. It has nothing to do with the country of France.
O i was thinking it was because of the French language a lot use. T I L
you make me triggered there are more flemisch speaking peopel then french speaking people
tsjarishe There are more people speaking Dutch. This makes me so mad.
The capital is 40% Dutch, 60% French.
But the whole country is 70% Dutch, 30% French.
Why do people who speak dutch get so mad when people say Belgium is French, because every foreigner says it, (and we hate to study it in school)
French is my worst class in school btw!
it actually does, it's because the french arent very well at english. they tried to say fresh. but the english understood french
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Don’t forget over 3000 varieties of beer :) Headquarters of NATO, upcoming wine country, Emperor Charles V was born in Ghent, Belgians invented fries, Tongeren is one of the oldest cities in Western Europe and looks like Antwerp could be too, the Cathedral of Antwerp is the highest point of the BeNeLux, Antwerp has the only intact Rococo palace in the BeNeLux, Belgium has famous painters: Rubens, Van Dyck, Matsijs, Van Eyck, Karel Appel, Ensor. Godfried of Bouillon was duke in the now Belgian borders, Jacques Brel and Adamo are Belgians. The Sax was invented by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian. All Royal palaces have Belgian tapestries on their walls. Val Saint-Lambert is Belgian. The first Belgian King served under Tsarina Catherine the Great and her grandson Alexander I and drove Napoleon out of Paris and was present at the Convention of Vienna. He was almost Prince consort of England and was invited as King of the Belgians after the death of his first wife Princes Charlotte. His Daughter became Empress of Mexico……. Ooh I can keep going
As a Belgian inhabitant, born and raised in Flanders, I say, there are so many things to learn about our country. Everebody is talking about our chocolat and beer and stuff.... But take a look at our deeper history. Take a look at the' PEOPLE' . We made Belgium! .
Festivals?! Like rockWerchter, Tomorrow Land?!
Don't forget about philippe geubels
AG trophy king of comedy
fuck no phillippe geubels sucks i preffer ALEX AGNEW he is the GOD OF COMEDY
just be honnest submit it that ALEX AGNEW is god of comedy and phillipe geubels is shit and for the rest SHUT THE FUCK UP
ey alex agnew is vele populijrder dan phillipe geubels alex is zowel comedy god als heavy metal god en ale agnew praat tenminste ni gelijk ne marginaal die een banaan in zen reet heefd steken waardoor zen stem op een dwerg lijkt en alex geeft tenminste waar voor zen geld zen shows duren tot wel 2U gemideld met special sound efects die hij zelf maakt da zie ik zo ne marginaal nog ni doen dus nu hou u bakes marginaal en ga terug op uw crocs en badjas naar tomy teleshopping kijken
AG trophy i think its The most importent person ik belgium his voice is The strongest and can speak without saying words...
But People understand they understand they Just laugh...
Its The language of The world and phillipe speaks it The best.
En Ja ik heb geen leven haha
Here's a fun fact: Belgium has 3 official languages: Dutch(Flemish), French and German. However in general we only learn 2 of them in school by default, Dutch and French. German is reserved for those studying languages. On top of this, we also learn English by default. So many people in Belgium are at least trilingual, speaking dutch, french and english after leaving school.
Ik hou van mijn land. J'aime mon pays. Ich liebe mein land. ❤❤❤
4:43 King Filip wasnt a King sinds 2017 it was 2013
True
belgium is the host of tomorrow land 😊
Giang Lý not anymore tho tomorrowland is going to ischll
Yes, but more importantly, music culture is big in this country. Many DJ's, many artists,
Geroen Verbruggen dude they go around the world but it’s from Belgium originally
not really. u could say it all started here. i was there when tomorowland was launched it was only 1 day then but what a blast
Geroen Verbruggen No it’s not. It started in Belgium and it will stay in Belgium
The biggest festival Tomorrowland is in Belgium. The best DJ’s Dimitri Vegas and like Mike are from Belgium. And Belgium is also known for there beer.
My dad corrected the Americans when they came to Belgium with the 1st computers..back in the 70's..they where stunned and amazed by my dad..
It are BELGIAN Fries , not french Fries, . A Belgian invented the smurfs. In Antwerp we cut the finest diamonds. The slogan there is : we speak diamond. Our king is ruling since 2013 not 2017 and just for fun: we say Hallo (= hello)
Anke De Cleer it's a belgian not a belg 😂😂
AXEL VISSERS i don't know English😂
Anke De Cleer dan moet ge da is leren 😂
“A Belg”LMFAO
SpONgEbOB SqUArEpaNts that that s what we say in belgium, english aint my language
Thank you for this great video on Belgium. I was always curious about this country and definitely have eaten chocolate from there. ALso thanks for doing a video on Austria!! Love it!
Miki Gross cool
Miki Gross greetings from a Belgian:-)
Try the beer, for real.
Facts about Belgium:
We invented the first plastic (Bakelite)
We're famous for beer
We have 4 governments
The first Neanderthal was found in Belgium, but not yet recognised as another species of human at the time
We had a thriving Coal industry in the 1800-1900s
We were the first country to get industrialised on the European continent
We invented the bolt-action rifle
The region of Flanders used to be famous for its wool in medieval times
English wool farmers in medieval times most often were Flemish people who moved to England to join the army
Thomas More tells about Antwerp in his Utopia
The Saxophone is Belgian
The Smurfs and Tintin are Belgian
Fries are Belgian, but are called French because of WW1 French soldiers
One of the most efficient and famous Transatlantic companies was Belgian: Red Star Line
The title 'Made in Belgium' was a sign of quality in the 90's
The Belgian army was the first to act successfully at the end of WW1 by starting the Liberation Offensive on 28 september 1918
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No mention of the fact that Belgium was the center of both world wars? I guess that this is one of the most important things about Belgium. Nearly 60% of Belgium has been destroyed in both wars. Millions of soldiers died here, not even speaking about the civilian losses.
Belgium is also a cycling country
kinda
And we hate it!
yhea always on the roats try to drive stupîd cycling tourists
true in belgium there are over 100 diferent cycling routes
Ik zag het restaurant waar ik altijd eet in de zomer vakantie
Ok
Camille Delobel
Smakelijk🤤
The difference between the two Luxemourgs is one is a Belgian Province and the other is a Grand Duchy that became a separate country but is still referred to as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The name Belgium comes from a region known as Belgica Prima where seven Keltic tribes lived of which the culture and language differed enough to be seen as a separate people. So, Julius Caesar started calling those seven tribes the Belgae.
Belgium is also the seat of the tactical wing of NATO and SHAPE (the latter is the headquarters for the allied forces in Europe).
The name Brussels comes from an ol Flemish name Broeksele. A broek is a swamp with water on top (is also where the English word brook comes from) and sele is a seal or seat. A King had his abode in a swamp and that's why it was called the seat in the swamp....
Fun facts:
Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world. Almost every diamond in the world passes here at a certain point
Belgium or Bel-Gae is a name originated from Roman times. Bhelgh - or someone who is very angry
Antwerp has the second largest port of Europe.
Antwerp has more different nationalities than New York!
First European skyscraper of Europe has been build in Antwerp
During Antwerps golden age, 40% of the world economy passed through this port. It was so wealthy it even funded London in the 100 year French-English war.
The county of Flanders (northern part of Belgium) ruled over Jerusalem for several years during the crusades.
Belgian royal family is originally from Germany.
The first saxophone has been created in Belgium by Adolphe Sax
Belgium is world record holder of not having a government, 541 days.
I know most facts are about Antwerp but the rest is parking.
Belgium invented fries
YEEEEEEEES WE DIIIID
Belgee? Nee nee, BelgIë :P But seriously though, i love my little country, sure, we aren't perfect, but no country is. I think it's crazy how many history is passing by in our country :-)
Chocolate is indeed ONE of the many good things here in Belgium, but there is a little list:
-Chocolate
-French Fries
-Beer
And yes, believe it or not, but French fries has nothing to do with France. It's just the English term (name). Here in Belgium we just call it fries, in Dutch, this would be "Frieten/Frietjes" :-) I'm happy and proud about that, when we meet someone (from our own country), and we see them eat fries, a lot of the times, we say: Ah, Das nen echte Belg se! It's just an intern joke, it translates (Ah, that's someone who is really from Belgium), because he eats fries. Anyway, jus rambling a bit here :P
Brussel is indeed a big city, it's actually the capital city of Belgium. Antwerp, of course, is also a big city (and the only one according to the people of Antwerp), a lot of people in Antwerp say that other city's are just parking lots :P Haha
Ooooh, i also forgot are Belgium waffles :-O How could i forget ! These are also absolutely delicious! Of course, we have good burgers too, but the Americans are the top winners according to a lot of people here in Belgium (and some friends of mine who visited the US). We also have Mc Donalds and the competition of MC Donalds which is "Quick" and comes from France...
@@DBLCreations Actually, Quick was a belgian fast food chain before being bought by a French group
@@pawion As far as i'm told, it was from France, but it is possible that it was bought. But i always thought it was originally from France. But anyway, we learn every day lol
@@DBLCreations The two first restaurants were in Waterloo and Antwerp !
Yep, learning everyday
romain morales thanks for letting me know!
Hi guys!i'm from south korea but at the age of 11 i had to move to belgium for some reason i don't know and seeing this makes me feel proud of the country i live in
Here in Belgium: We have the most weird monument known as Manneke Pis. In English it means Pissing Buddy (OR Pissing guy). We also LOVE soccer (voetbal). Our national soccer team is known as the Red Devils. (In Dutch Rode Duivels). Our waffles are the best. We are also very hard working people, finding a job is very easy. (getting homeless in Belgium can still get you a job). We also LOVE going on vacations to:Spain, France, Italy and all the beautifull parts of Europe.
Belgium is also a very open country, any people from all over the world can visit.
We also like beer and Fries. There are also quite the amount of rich people. Im from Antwerp. But wearing that Belgian license plate can track the attention of unwanted people. This year for vacation we went to Spain for a week. The moment we arrived we left our car alone for just 30 minutes. And 2 windows smashed in and everything was gone. They also accessed the back of the car and took the rest. And i hate to say it,but we were very dissapointed...
Belgum is the place where i live always rain but Gent is pretty
Chocho3333 Dc GENTSTUDEEEEEENT
I had to accompany Russians from Sint-Petersburg once in Bruges. And they were complaining that Belgium's weather is abominable. They said we had 4 seasons in one day. Rain, sunshine, Hail....yup, they were happy to go back to the Hotel fast! o_O
Theres almost no rain anymore
Gentstudent?😂
Chocho3333 Dc hmm maybe it's Dat you live dere And by the way it's not Belgian or Belgum but it's Belgium or belgie or....
Antwerp is the second biggest port in Europe and the diamond capital of the world
Jean De Bondt the coke capital too
Caprisun 129 goe gezegd
At 4:42 , Filip has been ruling since 2013 instead of 2017
That Ghent castle is sublime.
There are currently plans to ruin it by putting a concrete elevator against it!
I still think the best thing of our country is beer
The Belgae (/ˈbɛldʒiː/ or /ˈbɛlɡaɪ/[1]) were a large Gaulish confederation[2] of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel, the west bank of the Rhine, and northern bank of the river Seine, from at least the third century BC. They were discussed in depth by Julius Caesar in his account of his wars in Gaul. Some peoples in Britain were also called Belgae and O'Rahilly equated them with the Fir Bolg in Ireland. The Belgae gave their name to the Roman province of Gallia Belgica and, much later, to the modern country of Belgium; today "Belgae" is also Latin for "Belgians".
Julius Caesar describes Gaul at the time of his conquests (58-51 BC) as divided into three parts, inhabited by the Aquitani in the southwest, the Gauls of the biggest central part, who in their own language were called Celtae, and the Belgae in the north. Each of these three parts was different in terms of customs, laws, and language. He noted that the Belgae, were "the bravest of the three peoples, being farthest removed from the highly developed civilization of the Roman Province,
The Belgian name may come from the protocelta * belo ('bright'), which is related to the English bale, the Anglo-Saxon bael, the Lithuanian baltas ('white' or 'bright', and is the etymological origin of the Baltic) and the Slavic belo / bilo / bielo / ... ('white', origin of names of cities that mean «White City» such as Belgrade, Biograd and Bjelovar), where Beltane comes from. It is probable that it is also the origin of the name of the gods Beleños ('the one who illuminates') and Belisama (probably the same divinity, from * belo-nos).
Also proposed is the etymology * bel (Proto-Indo-European word meaning round, inflated object, "ball" view) in the figurative sense of 'circle, alliance, army' and - * ga ('man, warrior' in French). Thus, bel-gae would mean 'men of the covenant' and the origin of the word would be Gallic. This meaning fits with the description given by Julius Caesar. WIKIPEDIA
SniperShadow YT ja we zijn de de messt stoere " the bravest " de daperste da zijn de belgen
Holy shut
Nobody really asked for a history lesson as we've might as well googled it xD
That shots from Leuven! So nice! I live VERY close to it! I recognize EVERY place u talk about!
Fun fact. In the 1950's or 60's there was a student uprising in Ghent and they occupied Gravensteen castle for several days. Fireman had to siege the castle using fireladders. Oh, and the reason of the students anger? Beer prices being too high.
They should make a movie of this
We have around 1600 different beers
Waterloo is in Belgium. Fun to check the Battlefield near it. Quite interesting :)
joehoe222 also paschendaele and Ypres
and the 12 euros u have to pay to climb that stupid mountain in the middle,
The greatests contribution to the world that Belgium (or should I say the southern Low Countries) ever made were their great renaissance composers like Johannes Ockeghem and Jacob Obrecht and Josquin Desprez and Orlandus Lassus and many others more. It was the birthplace of western classical music.
Im from Bruges Centrum Belgium and i love this video about our country. 🇧🇪
And the Origin of Fries?! (NOT french!)
you're God damn rignt
Belguim fries (im from belguim)
@Killer Dude why would he boi
@Killer Dude wot
@Killer Dude ... Why da hell im even underaged
awesome Belgium .
thank you
Seth ewa fakka alles goed vandaag
belgium also had a king (leopold II) that colonized the congo, and took a lot of riches (rubber) from there for himself and to build pretty buildings in belgium, often forgotten here sadly and the king is still praised ...
He at least had cojones!
The famous Hollywood-actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium
So is: Jean claude Van Damme :D
Terror Zaaier And Audrey Hepburn was also speaking Dutch and other languages as well.
Audry was of dutch nobility (baroness I Think)
I am from Belgium and I think you forgot to say something about the diamond stores in Antwerp cuz Im From there
Antwerp is just a sidenote in belgium. Not important.
@@FrankZtouch ofcourse its important ???
Antwerpen!!!
ANTWERPEUH!
ANTWERPEN!!!!!!
We also created the smurfs (i think)
spongefactoryworker drater Yup
You looked in the mirror, wright?
5:00 Belgium was officially independent in 1830-1831 so, the kathedral was built before Brussels was 'founded'.