+Kyuu -bbles It's a good suggestion. The only problem is that in Belgium (in Dutch) chips is what British people call crisps. So it would be very confusing for Belgian people who only speak English at an intermediate level or are not aware of differences between American and British English (which is the majority of Belgian people I think). Also, proud as we are of the quality of 'Belgian fries', I would prefer a word that distinguishes between the Belgian product and what passes for 'fries' in other countries.
Dude... We eten mossels met onze eigen frieten he! Why everybody is saying 'french fries'?? Fries where in 1680 invented in BELGIUM! So why the fuck would we eat french fries?
***** It's true. Even when I saw Stromae in concert here in the USA, Stromae made a joke about it. It's coined as "french fries". But when I order them I just say "ya I'll have the Belgian fries" and Americans look at me like okay... They're really just called "fries" anyway. Frietjes!
ze zeggen french fries omdat tijdens WO 2 de amerikanen in Walonië van de boeren frieten kregen. omdat ze frans spraken noemden ze de frieten french fries.
I'm belgian and this is hilarious... I don't really get our system (like the most of us 😂)... but what's hilarious here is that no belgian cares if the political explanation was right but the fact that you said 'french fries' and 'swiss chocolat' triggers them more then ever... I just love my country 😂😂
The only offensive thing in this video is that they claim we make " Swiss chocolate " like our own isn't good enough . Belgium makes Belgian chocolate and it's the best it the world , end of story :P I find that it explains the country pretty well though , i usually send this video people when i want to explain our lovely country's current complicated situation :)
***** Well , i won't deny that Swiss chocolate is very good , Lindt particularly is amazing , but i prefer Jacques and Callebaut personally . Côte d'Or is way too commercial .
Paris By Night Yeah , but Côte d'Or is like , the most commercial brand of chocolate in the country , but it's not the best , it's just the one everyone knows about . Jacques is the best ( imho ) you can find in regular stores :)
+belgium gamer ive taken something from america the grillen cheese sandwich and i really LIKED IT MY GOD IT TASTES LIKE THE HEAVENS EVEN MORE WHEN YOU ADD FRIES TO IT
+Rayan chatar I agree with several things said in this video, but that doesn't make me dislike Belgium. I really like Belgium you know... it's just that there's no denying at all that the governing system is incredibly complicated. No matter how much you like Belgium, you can't deny that.
I'm British but hate the benefit sponging culture and how people here milk the NHS here. I have been to Belgium 5 times and spent much time learning the culture and the language. I do not wish to visit the French part as I prefer Dutch speaking Flanders. The architecture, the food and the beers are amazing, the countryside is clean and well kept, as are the cities. The people are friendly plus Ostend and all along the Belgian coast there are beautiful sandy beaches. So unless you have been to Belgium and understood it, please do not put this country down.
Belgium is one of my favourite countries, and this is part of the reason why. Yes, they're a bit flawed, but I actually really like that. It's charming. Also, they enjoy life properly. Granted, Wallonia is a bit of a development country: I went to Liége once, and it was filled with sad faces and the sort of concrete blocks of flats you'd expect to see in Romania. Oh well. If you're looking for a boring country, try The Netherlands instead. Sincerely, a Dutchman.
Just saying, naming a video "Belgium for Dummies" and then only expressing the negative sides of it is not only incredibly offensive but also quite scandalous. It would be like "Germany for Dummies", and only talking about Hitler and the Nazis. And before you say "its all just banter, your getting too worked up about this", speaking as a Belgian, I was very offended by this and I hope others see just how stupid this video is.
Belgium is indeed the most boring place on earth, Charleroi was voted the most depressing place on planet earth. Suicide rates amomg teenagers in the Flemish part are actually off the charts, you can't even buy paracetamol in the supermarket!
Belgium boring? LOL, we invented the saxophone! Microsoft, Google, Nike & Stanley Black & Decker have their EMEA Head Quarters or world wide DC's in Belgium.
tegen belgie is tegen europa tegen europa is tegen de usa kom maar op ps belgie heeft succse gehadt door het dat zij en engeland de enigste eu landen zijn die napoloen niet hadt veroovedrt en ook nog ik ben wal sorry voor slecht vlaams
jaaa ik ben franstaalijk en ik vind nederlands ook fantastisch, omdat nederlands ook een taal van mij land is. :) Maar wat waar is is dat wij, franstaaligen, nederlandstaaligen en duitstaaligen meer samenwerken moeten. Ik vind het een beetje telleurstellend dan mijn nederlandsleraars niet uit Vlaanderen kwamen... dan is het ook normaal dat wij niet goed samenwerken :( ik vind het een beetje trist dat wij niet meer in het aldag verbonden zijn, maar ik denk dat kan well :)
ik vond dit video super beledigend en waarlijk respekloos tegenover Belgen zuals ik en jou... You see guys there's nothing wrong with a country which have more than one language, Belgium may not run perfekt but no country runs perfekt and our multilinguism makes it a little complexer but I find in absolutely amazing to live in a trilingual country! I love my country for that, because we human beings of this planet have to accept and deal with multiculturalism in one way or another if we want peace, and therefore Belgium's amazing! Because we learn at an early age to feel strongly bounded to another culture and another language, which is unique! Why do you think Israel-Palestina are thinking of forming a state like ours? Because WE live together and live in peace and love! We show that it's absolutely possible, so don't you try to make my beautiful country and its amazing population look so ridiculous!
+Adriana K. Feel free to stick it to the UK as a reply, no, seriously, go for it, I'll help you with the facts. You could start with the fact that we now call ourselves the UNITED KINGDOM...and we all hate each other.
Okay here is the real belgium: 1. Belgium is not a city in france, that's what people that don't live in belgium think. 2. Swiss chocolate ain't our chocolate, we are not switzerland we ARE BELGIUM so the chocolate we make here is BELGIAN CHOCOLATE....! We are known for our DELICIOUS BELGIAN CHOCOLATE ! 3. We might be a little country but we ARE STRONGER than you think. 4. FRENCH FRIES ARE NOT EXISTANT, IT IS BELGIAN FRIES but sadly people think they are french fries and think it was made from france.... IT WAS MADE IN BELGIUM !!!! SO PLEASE START SAYING BELGIAN FRIES OR JUST FRIES BUT DON'T SAY FRENCH FRIES. Cause we made it and we're proud we made it 5. WE ARE NOT A BORING COUNTRY! If you say we are then EVERY COUNTRY is supposedly BORING TOO because WE ARE A COUNTRY WITH NORMAL PEOPLE AND MANY EXCITING DIFFERENT PEOPLE! 6. Maybe we are a weird country BUT THAT MAKES US SPECIAL. 7. Sorry but it's all true
How ignorant can a person be, seriously. If making videos like these can you atleast look into your research more deeply? i'll explain why we are this complicated Very important word: HISTORY!!!! The reason we speak 4 different languages in Belgium is pure history. Long story short a peace of the northern Netherlands and a peace of eastern France merged together, boom, there you have 2 languages. There was a country but they had no king so they just took a prince from germany and there you have language number 3, a couple of deccades later, english became the international language so we all had to learn it. I think it's a good thing because the average belgian speaks 3 - 4 languages at the age of 20, when you're about 16 you can even learn spanish in high school. comapred with the USA or the UK, they only speak 1 languages on average. I don't see how this is complicated, I even explained it in the most simplistic way possible. another thing. I don't want to prag or anything but the reason we are this complicated is because it's really effective. We have the best social security, education system and healthcare, hell, even the best airforce. Ever seen what the calculations of an architect looks like when he/she is building a bridge? Nothing in the world that is effective isn't complicated in the end. Think about that when you spread your ignorance and our flaws into our faces.
this is a really offensive video, I think that you never went to Belgium. The Anatomium are not just balls, it is a museum. and a really nice one too. and we are one of the only countries in the world who could survive over two years without a government.
+Rosanne Hoflack Yeah, that's not something to be proud of, mate. If anything it proves what there saying in this video about our ridiculous government system.
Flanders and Wallonia hate and love each other. The Walloon citizens are irritated by the Flemish mostly for their separatist-minded politicians, whilst they love Flanders because of the economic transfers, together with their overall friendly behavior. The Flemish on the other hand dislike the Walloon citizens for being 'lazy' as they do not have the same economic output as that of Flanders (this concept of them being lazy is mostly due to historical events, it used to be that the Walloon had the bigger industry, and then the stereotype was reversed, where the Flemish people were seen as lazy and unmotivated). But the Flemish citizens do love the Walloon cause of their great taste of humor and having the nicest and most natural, beautiful regions in Belgium. That's why Belgium will remain Belgium, and not separated into Flanders and Wallonia respectively. They have an intense dislike of each other, whilst still preferring them big time over any other alternative. Edit: so seven years later I stumbled upon this and wow, was my English poor at the time. I rewrote it, kept the contents the same, to make it a lot easier on the eyes to read it. It does appear that this comment was the start of my journey into national Belgian politics. I am currently studying political sciences, with the intent to try and secure a seat in the Flemish parlement! I'm quite curious to what the future will hold, but I also realised that I have a burning passions for politics. Now that I watch this video again, I must say that this video is very flawed. It mostly comes down to relying on stereotypes whilst not taking into account the history of Belgian political and administrative development. It is generalising the complex ("inefficient", as she mentions in the video) structures to it being a flaw of the Belgian culture, more so than to the very complex eco--cultural landscape of our country.
Endo Opdebeeck French people will never speak this sublanguage. And Wallonians are French. Sooner or later they will become French again and your border will be with France.
I've been in Belgium in an exchange program and I loved both parts, Flanders and Wallonia, I hope it doesn't break apart. They have much in common and like the video said, both of them can't live together and they can't live apart.
When one person wants to leave the other and the other doesn't want to break up, they still break up. So should it also be with situations like this lol.
Another fun fact: Belgium is also the record holder for the longest time without a government 😂 if I recall, it took nearly 600 days (something like 590) to form the cabinet 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
did you ever been in belgium dud im belgian and belgium is totaly not boring and has the bigges chocolate company in world before you say bad words about our land discover it
I really can't believe how many people are offended by this little clip that's obviously meant as a joke or at least as a very humourous introduction to the country. Dear belgians: Of course you don't produce swiss chocolate, but there are just a lot of people who confuse the two or don't know about belgian chocolate because swiss chocolate might be more famous internationally. That's what that joke is about! The video doesn't say that belgium is boring either, in fact, literally the complete opposite. So please don't be offended. Don't take yourself and your country too seriously and learn to laugh about yourself.
I remember someone mentioning they were from the US and spoke French somewhat. They knew one of the languages was French, they were lost and so thought that speaking French to people was a good idea. Unfortunately, they were in the Dutch region, and apparently everyone snubbed them or ignored them. When they got desperate and spoke English, everyone was amazingly nice to them. Someone posted that on tvtropes, and several Belgians said that shit seemed legit
yep this seems legit to me, us Flemish people do not get along with the french speaking people in our country, but we are very fond of everything American, and we also feel proud Americans bother to visit our little country ^^ We're very polite people at heart, but those damn Walloons just bring out the worst in us. Moral of the story: When speaking to Flemish people as a foreigner, speak English and witness what great people we are :D
definitely :D That might also have to do with the fact that Walloons don't learn Dutch in school as intensively as we learn French, meaning they probably won't even understand you if you speak Dutch to them ^^ Then again, they're also not good at speaking English; they just only speak French and are very bad at learning other languages, whereas Flemish people are overall pretty flexible with languages :D
Warsie that's what we call "flamingants" in french, a kind of racist flemish people against walloons :/ . And for answer to your question, no, most of the people will -try- to answer you in dutch or help you like they can, don't worry about that :D
Belgium is not "boooooooring", as she says, at all. To be honest, it's the most livable country in Europe. No rush like the other countries around. But also full of fun when you would like to have. So, shut up and be grateful for living in such a great country like Belgium, or België, or Belgique, or Belgien.
The way I remember it, the Dutch speakers never asked for mono-linguism. The Flemish would have been happy with a bilingual country (one where all government officials speak both languages). Regional mono-linguism was demanded by the French, who, after they realized they couldn't get rid of the Flemish and were forced to acknowledge Dutch as an official language, did not want to force their government employees to learn another languages (The educated Flemish were already used to having to speak French to get anything done didn't care).
true, I am from Belgium.. but every time I drink a beer in America I'm like... I'll never drink a beer here again.. hahah but every year I forget it.. I adore your country!
+JelleJoe Because it is fucking boring. I used to live there and I'd never want to move back. Live in Belgium is less exiting than watching paint dry. It's BORING! And nothing fucking works.
i don't know why but i find it frustrating that people call fries, FRENCH fries. While they weren't even invented in france, they were invented in Belgium but the person who invented fries mistakenly thought he was in France.
This clip is basically a right-wing propaganda piece. The book mentioned in the description means "Walloons Get Out". Walloons are inhabitants of the southern part of Belgium: Wallonia. The title is a common slogan used by the extreme right-wing Flemish party, which is anti-immigration, anti-Belgium and anti-EU among other things. They are anti-Belgium because they want an independent Flanders, which is the northern part of the country.
this is so stupid but what do you want it was made by the french yes our politics suck but so does yours belguim is not the dumbest country we are number 1 in education here are some good things about belgians Charles Martel (686-741) saved Europe from islamization by defeating the invading Muslims at the Battle of Poitiers in 732. He is also the founder of the Carolingian dynasty. He was born in Herstal, near Liege. The world's two first printed newspapers were both published in 1605>. One was printed in Strasbourg, the other (the Nieuwe Tijdingen) was printed by Abraham Verhoeven in Antwerp Belgium provided the uranium for the A-Bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. It came from the colony of Belgian Congo. Belgium is also the world’s main diamond centre (in Antwerp) and second largest petrochemical center. 90% of the world's raw diamonds are negotiated and distributed in Antwerp. Antwerp is the world's 6th busiest port in terms of cargo tonnage (2nd outside East Asia, after Rotterdam). It is Europe's 3rd port for container traffic, after Rotterdam and Hamburg. Belgian physicist and mathematician Ingrid Daubechies (1954-) developed the mathematical model used by the FBI to stock finger prints. Belgium has one of the lowest proportions of McDonald’s in the developed world. UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries ranked Belgium as the best country for children's educational well-being. Tax levels in Belgium are among the highest in the world, with about 40% of gross earnings given up in tax for a single-income family. A study for 2005 showed that Belgium had the highest average income tax rate out of 30 OECD countries. Total taxation represents 45.6 % of the country's GDP. Inheritance tax can reach up to 80%. The Royal family alone receives 12 million € of tax-payers' money each year. The modern asphalt for roads was invented by the Belgian proffessor Edward J. De Smedt. The Big Bang Theory was issued by the Belgian priest and physician Georges Lemaître. Ludwig von Beethoven descended from a Flemish family from Mechelen.(Belguim) Belgium was elected 9 times at the UN Security Council (1947, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1971, 1972, 1991, 1992, 2007), the 9th highest score worldwide. Belgium has been elected more times than Germany, Spain, Mexico, Australia or Indonesia. The Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visible from the moon (at night, due to the lights all along the motorway network). Belgian Jesuit missionary Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) founded the Observatory of Beijing. He was the secretary of the emperor of China Kang-Hi, for whom he also built 400 cannons. Verbiest is credited to have built what may have been the first steam powered car in about 1672. The Body Mass Index (BMI), still used today to know one's ideal weight, was developed by the Belgian statistician and anthropometrist Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874). On 5 May 1835, the first railway line on the continent (and first in the world outside the UK) opened between Brussels and Mechelen, 2 years before the first railway in Germany, France or Italy, and 8 years before the Netherlands. The last Emperess of Mexico was Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927), daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, himsefl the uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Despite its small size, Belgium is the main trading partner of India along with the UK (partly because of the diamond and steel industries). and there is much more
Vlaanderen moet gewoon bij Nederland komen, dan hebben we Brussel als hoofdstad en vergaderen ze gewoon in Antwerpen en is iedereen blij en zo en hebben we meer te zeggen ;)
Zijde gij voor Vlaams Belang Want iik persoonlijk zou liever België blijven omdat ik de Ardennen mooi vind en het spijtig zou vinden moesten die opeens eeen ander land zijn ook vin ik da België België moe blijven omdat dat ik gewoon de trots om belgisch te zijn wil behouden ma als gij da beter vind maakt da mij nie veel uit
Belgium is a great country my grandfather lives in Brussels speaks French he even personaly knows the the man that runs Brussels Belgium is to me like a smaller france where you have everything you want
Nope, as Belgium was the second industrialized country in the world after GB. During the 19th century, it was the wealthiest country in the world, and eg. Liège was the second largest industrial center after London. So, 4th might depend on what you're looking. Those rankings don't mean much if you don't detail you reasoning, but well, why not? 4th seems decent. At that time, NL was loosing its colonies and was mostly unindustrialized, somewhat poor farmlands.
***** European Union's parliament is not a thing to be proud of... Belgium is way more important that this technocratic Frankenstein that's called UE. UE is the death of strong nations and the puppet of Wall Street and the City in Europe! When european peoples will understand this, Europe will be free and a group of really allied nations, not this shitty supra-nationalist state that UE is.
Why would you even make this video?! We all are really happy to be Belgian and I think everyone is happy with his nationality. Belgium is a great and lovely country, and so do all of the other country's in the world. So why are you saying all of this? I think no country deserves it that people make such a video. Of course not everything can be great, but you are making everything negative. I hope the maker read this and understands that this isn't how a human should act. So please, I hope you understand me. 😭 Greets of BELGIUM!
It was three times only this year. One on February and two on August. I fell in love with that chocolate, with the sweet towns that looks almost as a painting and above all, with Brussels. Belgium, Belgium, Belgium... Just how long will you suffer? Stop punishing yourself like you've been doing for almost 200 years now. No, you WON'T make the Flemings speak French, don't even try to ruin their beautiful language; No, you CAN'T keep paying your southern half's debts with the northen one's money. Accept your diversity and accept your greatness. And you will shine. Even more.
Belgium was close to being partitioned in 2007 and 2010 and 2011. They've survived that but I wouldn't be surprised if sometime soon another crisis comes up.
I'm Flemish and I think it's funny how Belgians love to complain about how inefficient our political system is, how ugly our house are, how bad our weather is, how we should probably split up, generally how shitty our country is. But if a foreigner calls our country inefficient every Belgian is like, 'boy what did you say?!'. We are all secretly a bit proud of being Belgian although we will never openly admit it. :-)
I'm flemish. And it would be a nightmare if Belgium would split up. Because I'm still proud of this country only if the political issues where solved. I have no problem with having Wallonia. There great people.
@@danilvanlaethem9463 100% agree on both things you said. Plenty that's bad about Belgium (utter chaos in urban planning being the prime example) which I myself like to complain about. But when people politically recuperate that to pretend to push the narrative that Belgium is some 3rd world country due to Walloons/immigrants/etc. or has no legitimacy, should be split, should be parted between France and the Netherlands etc., especially by foreigners, that can get pretty much on my nerves yes. This is just offensive for the sake of being offensive and opportunistically using problems without having any actual interest in solving them and trying to make this place a nicer place to live for everyone. I think this whole mentality very much alive in our country is actively prohibiting progress or political responsibility in our democratic system.
@@hydrocharis1 Well said. I can get very difficult when people say that Belgium should split. But what I'm for is that after all these years there needs to be another state reform. Because even now due to the complicated political system in Belgium, the matter is not moving forward. I do not know whether regionalisation or federalisation is the best. A clear political system is necessary for a future in this country. Otherwise, I fear for this country's future. Just like the competences of our regions and communities. Which quickly gets complicated. So because of these 6+ governments, you can't possibly run one small country. I think Germany's system is better. States instead of provinces and regions.
@@danilvanlaethem9463 Our bureaucratic, intransparent and complicated state structure is definitely something holding us back. Regions point to the federal level and vice versa. N-VA obviously likes to talk about this but they also abuse this themselves regularly to dodge political responsibility and are also part of the problem. I am for political reform but I just hope that it can happen in a constructive and pragmatic way (how to solve our many neglected problems) instead of just throwing communitarian hissyfits for political gains, and talking endlessly about it but not achieving anything. I am just a bit tired of the fact that especially lately this internal division is stalling everything and parties have become seemingly uninterested in actually governing the country competently and only in sabotaging each other, shifting the blame, profiting of internal division etc. which ultimately only benefits the anti-politics of VB and PVDA which make everything worse again in some sort of tragic vicious cycle.
Woow i have never seen something that stupid ... Belgium is a beautiful land and is maybe a little bit complicated and weird for outsiders but all the people who live there are super nice ! And the food is delicious, you don’t have to judge a country from what you hear ! I love Belgium 🖤💛❤️ 🇧🇪 oh yeah , we can not forget about the part that Belgium started Europe once and now the country is the capital of Europe ! 🇪🇺💙
to all non-Belgians who might be misguided: of course foreigners don't 'have to speak Dutch' in Flanders, the political structures are organised in Dutch
Every country should be like this...and then they wouldn't have time to meddle in other countries affairs. Anyhow I liked Belgium when I was there and I love cycling, beer & chocolates.
Indeed. Not bad but quite some factual errors (see above in this thread). Understandable if you know the author (Marcel Sel) is known as a fierce French-nationalist who is often very aggressive when flemish ask equal rights.
Small detail: In Belgium, every year again, 12 Billion Euro (i.e. 2 000 Euro per person !) flows: - from the Northern region of Dutch-speaking Flanders - into the eternally jobless, green-communist-minded, French-speaking Walloon southern region. If ever someone wonders about the outcome of the next elections and why a government can not take shape anymore then: It's the EU on a smaller scale ...
We do not make Swiss chocolate. And we are most certainly not known for being boring or dumb. Fries are actually Belgian Fries, but the Americans during WW2 in the Ardennes called them French because it was in a French speaking part. What the heck? For the rest, yeah... spot on.
I’m Belgium and I hate that the world thinks it’s boring and I’m pissed at this video We are better than most countries we are bilingual We make sure people who can’t work get paid either way It is Belgian fries Belgian chocolate Belgian beer Well you’re Welkom world We are the center of Europe and we make sure everyone can communicate with us by speaking at least two languages I’m only 13 now and I already speak French Dutch and English Ask an American to speak anything but English and they won’t succeed
You don’t know how beautiful Belguim is! Have you seen Brugge or Gent? Those citys aren’t the only Beautiful things in Belguim... Before you say negative things about Belguim, visit it first, thank you!
Then how come Belgium became and is a developed country ? How is it a comparatively more prosperous than huge majority of countries in world? How does it maintain its edge over other countries in this highly competitive world? They must be doing something extraordinarily intelligent despite such inherent complexities in local governance.
im only 23 seconds into the video, and i NEED to get 2 things clear ALREADY 1) ITS NOT FRENCH FRIES ITS BELGIAN FRIES ITS OUR INVENTION 2) We dont produce SWISS chocolate, (even though i LOVEEE that), we produce BEKGIAN chocolate. Get your facts right
Im a Belgian and every single word here is true. Exept for the french fry part. Rhis country is complicated and theyre after ur money... welcome in belgium
We certainly do not agree that fries should be called 'French fries'. In fact, they should be called 'Belgian fries'!
zo waar! 😉
+HelenaHaruko How about calling them 'chips' in English? Like the other English speakers in Europe do? :P
+Kyuu -bbles It's a good suggestion. The only problem is that in Belgium (in Dutch) chips is what British people call crisps. So it would be very confusing for Belgian people who only speak English at an intermediate level or are not aware of differences between American and British English (which is the majority of Belgian people I think).
Also, proud as we are of the quality of 'Belgian fries', I would prefer a word that distinguishes between the Belgian product and what passes for 'fries' in other countries.
HelenaHaruko Yeah, I blame the Americans :c Just call them 'fries' then, since it was only the yanks that call them 'French fries' anyway~ :P
+HelenaHaruko totally right
belgium is awesome, she knows nothing
Yep
+Sanjeet Khurana yeah
jep
+KittyGirl XD me too
+Sanjeet Khurana YEA SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT BELGIUM
It's Belgian fries, not French fries and we mostly eat Belgian chocolate, not Swiss :)
Belgian chocolate IS the best
Vind ik ook
Ooh je bent belgies? ...
Wist ik niet xD
Ja haha :)
Well they're saying "we" in the original comment so...
Dude... We eten mossels met onze eigen frieten he! Why everybody is saying 'french fries'?? Fries where in 1680 invented in BELGIUM! So why the fuck would we eat french fries?
"To french" is de manier waarop onze frieten worden gesneden. Daarom worden ze french fries genoemd, als in "frenched fries".
It is recognised universally as "French fries", even in Belgium. Not sure why they/we agreed to that XD
***** It's true. Even when I saw Stromae in concert here in the USA, Stromae made a joke about it. It's coined as "french fries". But when I order them I just say "ya I'll have the Belgian fries" and Americans look at me like okay... They're really just called "fries" anyway. Frietjes!
inderdaad FUCK FRANCE
ze zeggen french fries omdat tijdens WO 2 de amerikanen in Walonië van de boeren frieten kregen. omdat ze frans spraken noemden ze de frieten french fries.
I'm belgian and this is hilarious... I don't really get our system (like the most of us 😂)... but what's hilarious here is that no belgian cares if the political explanation was right but the fact that you said 'french fries' and 'swiss chocolat' triggers them more then ever... I just love my country 😂😂
Same
Same
Aaaaah belgian vid = Swiss chocolat and french fries tis te veel
sameee
there is no swiss chocolate in belgium, our chocolate is pure belgian and is much better :D
Yeha🇧🇪🇧🇪
True
Belgian chocolate originated from state of congo.. one of the stolen goods
@@sabbrinam that was cacao you idiot
Yes
The only offensive thing in this video is that they claim we make " Swiss chocolate " like our own isn't good enough . Belgium makes Belgian chocolate and it's the best it the world , end of story :P
I find that it explains the country pretty well though , i usually send this video people when i want to explain our lovely country's current complicated situation :)
***** Well , i won't deny that Swiss chocolate is very good , Lindt particularly is amazing , but i prefer Jacques and Callebaut personally . Côte d'Or is way too commercial .
Meh , Jacques is way better than Côte d'Or .
I'm not fond of pralines , i like by chocolate plain with real chocolate , or bits of nuts xD
Except that Cote d'Or is owned by a swiss company now :-D
Paris By Night Yeah , but Côte d'Or is like , the most commercial brand of chocolate in the country , but it's not the best , it's just the one everyone knows about . Jacques is the best ( imho ) you can find in regular stores :)
no we do not produce Swiss chocolate, we just struck a deal ... sue us!
Belgium has some of the greatest beer brewers... And Belgian chocolate is really nice!
Along with our waffles and even cheese ;)
+Lucas G. and don't forget our fries
+belgium gamer ive taken something from america the grillen cheese sandwich and i really LIKED IT MY GOD IT TASTES LIKE THE HEAVENS EVEN MORE WHEN YOU ADD FRIES TO IT
+IV-I-XIV-XIV everyone love's our chocolate its the best :)
Leen Van den Bossche Totally true! The chocolate AND the beer. I love to make trips to Belgium to buy some beers from smaller breweries.
I can only draw one conclusion: VIVE LA BELGIQUE!!!
ACE - NO NO NO! it is ''Lang leve België'' :)
GoldenGamer NL ah lol nee zotteke het is god, België is en blijft het mooiste fritkot
ACE - Whut? XD ook al woon ik in Limburg en heb ik ook familie en België en kom ik daar regelmatig begrijp ik alsnog niet zoveel Vlaamse woorden ;P
dat is precies zoals bij mij 0___0
ik hou van manneke pis
You already had me triggered at 0:14 "produce swiss chocolate. Swiss chocolate is good, but not much compared to belgian chocolate in my opinion
true belgium chocate is belgian and not suisse. our pralines remain in belgium. you can only buy the good ones in here.
I think the author means that a popular brand of Swiss chocolate is actually produced in Belgium... this didn't had a negative connotation
I Totaly agree end im from Belgium
Mij ook
I took this as a joke meaning that people think they're eating Swiss chocolate when it's actually Belgian.
dis video is really offensive belgium is one of the richest finest and best places to live
Oh really? :D Are you Belgian??
+Rayan chatar IKR she's just being a bitch....
je spelt het fucking
Lukasz Widerkiewicz STFU!!!
+Rayan chatar I agree with several things said in this video, but that doesn't make me dislike Belgium. I really like Belgium you know... it's just that there's no denying at all that the governing system is incredibly complicated. No matter how much you like Belgium, you can't deny that.
I live in belgium and i have no problem here.
Nice profile picture
Me too i 'm from belgium you Can look my vidéos i you don't trust me
Ik woon ook in België 😃
Ik woon ook in België
Ik ook❤💛💖
I'm British but hate the benefit sponging culture and how people here milk the NHS here. I have been to Belgium 5 times and spent much time learning the culture and the language. I do not wish to visit the French part as I prefer Dutch speaking Flanders. The architecture, the food and the beers are amazing, the countryside is clean and well kept, as are the cities. The people are friendly plus Ostend and all along the Belgian coast there are beautiful sandy beaches. So unless you have been to Belgium and understood it, please do not put this country down.
Darren Fernando Vlaanderen is veel beter dan Wallonië
romain morales mais il a raison 😂😂
Belgium is one of my favourite countries, and this is part of the reason why. Yes, they're a bit flawed, but I actually really like that. It's charming. Also, they enjoy life properly. Granted, Wallonia is a bit of a development country: I went to Liége once, and it was filled with sad faces and the sort of concrete blocks of flats you'd expect to see in Romania. Oh well.
If you're looking for a boring country, try The Netherlands instead.
Sincerely, a Dutchman.
i'm so sorry for you but the Netherlands is not boring!
Emanuel koster What Netherlands do you live in?
I do not understand your question?
Emanuel koster It was a rhetorical question. Anyway, are you a Dutchman yourself?
I'm a half-breed who lives in Rotterdam. half Dutch half Colombian.
This video is offensive.
And I am not even Belgian. :(
The Real Yongs I am, and my whole class laughed with it. Most of us don't take it personal 😂
I am and yes :(
I am and i am VERY offended
And i am belgian but agree
And i am very offended cuz i am belgian
Just saying, naming a video "Belgium for Dummies" and then only expressing the negative sides of it is not only incredibly offensive but also quite scandalous. It would be like "Germany for Dummies", and only talking about Hitler and the Nazis. And before you say "its all just banter, your getting too worked up about this", speaking as a Belgian, I was very offended by this and I hope others see just how stupid this video is.
@@forregom yeah it get's even WORSE
Belgium is indeed the most boring place on earth, Charleroi was voted the most depressing place on planet earth. Suicide rates amomg teenagers in the Flemish part are actually off the charts, you can't even buy paracetamol in the supermarket!
dude chill out this is satire
Belgium boring? LOL, we invented the saxophone! Microsoft, Google, Nike & Stanley Black & Decker have their EMEA Head Quarters or world wide DC's in Belgium.
Johan Nooyen the country it’s boring itself the people everything sucks about this country
We even have the office of the EU in our capital
Film made by haters, I have been in Belgium, it is one of the best or even the best country in whole Europe.
Chuzhdiy Muhammad they have cheap gas for cars, we like that.
Thanks i live in belgium
Me too cri
Chuzhdiy Muhammad thanks i live there and this vid hurted/made me so mad
No, you haven't been there, it's depressing, I regret spending time there.
EXCUSE ME...... produce.... SWISS???,((545??? chocolate??????????? NOPE
Yeye belgium is da milka machine.
All our Belgian brands are owned by Swiss companies.
Not true noobie
Belgium is NOT boring Belgium is awesome Jij weet niks over België dus wrm geef je er comentaar over??
tegen belgie is tegen europa tegen europa is tegen de usa kom maar op ps belgie heeft succse gehadt door het dat zij en engeland de enigste eu landen zijn die napoloen niet hadt veroovedrt en ook nog ik ben wal sorry voor slecht vlaams
+Dino4002 MineCraft niet erg! Ik ben blij dat je Vlaams leert! 👌🏻
Lasciva Games ik vind vlaams een leuke taal om te spreken
jaaa ik ben franstaalijk en ik vind nederlands ook fantastisch, omdat nederlands ook een taal van mij land is. :) Maar wat waar is is dat wij, franstaaligen, nederlandstaaligen en duitstaaligen meer samenwerken moeten. Ik vind het een beetje telleurstellend dan mijn nederlandsleraars niet uit Vlaanderen kwamen... dan is het ook normaal dat wij niet goed samenwerken :( ik vind het een beetje trist dat wij niet meer in het aldag verbonden zijn, maar ik denk dat kan well :)
ik vond dit video super beledigend en waarlijk respekloos tegenover
Belgen zuals ik en jou... You see guys there's nothing wrong with a
country which have more than one language, Belgium may not run perfekt but
no country runs perfekt and our multilinguism makes it a little
complexer but I find in absolutely amazing to live in a trilingual
country! I love my country for that, because we human beings of this planet have to accept and deal with multiculturalism in one way or another if we want peace, and therefore Belgium's amazing! Because we learn at an early age to feel strongly bounded to another culture and another language, which is unique! Why do you think Israel-Palestina are thinking of forming a state like ours? Because WE live together and live in peace and love! We show that it's absolutely possible, so don't you try to make my beautiful country and
its amazing population look so ridiculous!
You only said the negative facts, there are alot of good things in Belgium, you know?
And this video sounds really racist...
You are Fudging Right!
YES IT IS stupid racist calling them dumb and boring
Jelle JOIN THE JELLYFISH ARMY "Belgium" is not a race.
I'm from belgium and now i'm pretty pist
1 of our kings een hat the balls to fight in worldwar1
what an offensive video, typical from a british person
Adriana K. If you find that offensive, you need to stop being a pansy. Simply. There's nothing wrong with a bit of stereotypical banter.
Adriana K. You're being just as offensive by stereotyping British people...
+Adriana K. Feel free to stick it to the UK as a reply, no, seriously, go for it, I'll help you with the facts. You could start with the fact that we now call ourselves the UNITED KINGDOM...and we all hate each other.
+Adriana K. The description of the video says that this was written by a belgian
the tf2 lagger Buddy, the caps lock button is centre left on the keyboard.
swiss choclate, Vrdomme verkeerd its BELGIAN choclate , and in Belgium we do differ between frieten en french fries its a differenece fenomenale
Kalmeer ne keer makker
Okay here is the real belgium:
1. Belgium is not a city in france, that's what people that don't live in belgium think.
2. Swiss chocolate ain't our chocolate, we are not switzerland we ARE BELGIUM so the chocolate we make here is BELGIAN CHOCOLATE....! We are known for our DELICIOUS BELGIAN CHOCOLATE !
3. We might be a little country but we ARE STRONGER than you think.
4. FRENCH FRIES ARE NOT EXISTANT, IT IS BELGIAN FRIES but sadly people think they are french fries and think it was made from france.... IT WAS MADE IN BELGIUM !!!! SO PLEASE START SAYING BELGIAN FRIES OR JUST FRIES BUT DON'T SAY FRENCH FRIES. Cause we made it and we're proud we made it
5. WE ARE NOT A BORING COUNTRY! If you say we are then EVERY COUNTRY is supposedly BORING TOO because WE ARE A COUNTRY WITH NORMAL PEOPLE AND MANY EXCITING DIFFERENT PEOPLE!
6. Maybe we are a weird country BUT THAT MAKES US SPECIAL.
7. Sorry but it's all true
We are NOT boring ! God ! I love my country ! I know that Belgium has a lot of problem and disavantadges bu it is still my country.
belgium is great :)
+Loic Dumbruch Belgium glory greatest counrty (kan ni zo goe engels lol)
Keep telling that to yourself. Belgium sucks and we all know it!
Fairly sure this video was an attempt at comedy. They almost succeeded but ... not quite. Dommage !
But in belgium we get gifts from sinterklaas at 6 december or smth and on 25 december christmas
How ignorant can a person be, seriously. If making videos like these can you atleast look into your research more deeply?
i'll explain why we are this complicated
Very important word: HISTORY!!!! The reason we speak 4 different languages in Belgium is pure history. Long story short a peace of the northern Netherlands and a peace of eastern France merged together, boom, there you have 2 languages. There was a country but they had no king so they just took a prince from germany and there you have language number 3, a couple of deccades later, english became the international language so we all had to learn it.
I think it's a good thing because the average belgian speaks 3 - 4 languages at the age of 20, when you're about 16 you can even learn spanish in high school. comapred with the USA or the UK, they only speak 1 languages on average.
I don't see how this is complicated, I even explained it in the most simplistic way possible.
another thing. I don't want to prag or anything but the reason we are this complicated is because it's really effective. We have the best social security, education system and healthcare, hell, even the best airforce. Ever seen what the calculations of an architect looks like when he/she is building a bridge? Nothing in the world that is effective isn't complicated in the end. Think about that when you spread your ignorance and our flaws into our faces.
+Azerb Nikies It's just english people being like whoah, people learn other languages? How weird
+Jay Saccheri that so true we want to learn new lanuages they dont
This vid was actually made by Belgians
How can you tell? She can't even say "godverdomme'" properly 2:49
+Azerb Nikies Look at the description. Looks like only the narrator isn't.
this is a really offensive video, I think that you never went to Belgium. The Anatomium are not just balls, it is a museum. and a really nice one too. and we are one of the only countries in the world who could survive over two years without a government.
+Rosanne Hoflack Yeah, that's not something to be proud of, mate. If anything it proves what there saying in this video about our ridiculous government system.
@@SightOfTrees fuck off racist
@@bobiseenflop7616 YOU fuck off
It is Belgium fries
Flanders and Wallonia hate and love each other.
The Walloon citizens are irritated by the Flemish mostly for their separatist-minded politicians, whilst they love Flanders because of the economic transfers, together with their overall friendly behavior. The Flemish on the other hand dislike the Walloon citizens for being 'lazy' as they do not have the same economic output as that of Flanders (this concept of them being lazy is mostly due to historical events, it used to be that the Walloon had the bigger industry, and then the stereotype was reversed, where the Flemish people were seen as lazy and unmotivated).
But the Flemish citizens do love the Walloon cause of their great taste of humor and having the nicest and most natural, beautiful regions in Belgium.
That's why Belgium will remain Belgium, and not separated into Flanders and Wallonia respectively. They have an intense dislike of each other, whilst still preferring them big time over any other alternative.
Edit: so seven years later I stumbled upon this and wow, was my English poor at the time. I rewrote it, kept the contents the same, to make it a lot easier on the eyes to read it. It does appear that this comment was the start of my journey into national Belgian politics. I am currently studying political sciences, with the intent to try and secure a seat in the Flemish parlement! I'm quite curious to what the future will hold, but I also realised that I have a burning passions for politics.
Now that I watch this video again, I must say that this video is very flawed. It mostly comes down to relying on stereotypes whilst not taking into account the history of Belgian political and administrative development. It is generalising the complex ("inefficient", as she mentions in the video) structures to it being a flaw of the Belgian culture, more so than to the very complex eco--cultural landscape of our country.
the wallonian people arent that humorous, or at least not more then the flemish people, but generally :true...
Nothing Walloons are lazy, ask a Walloon to speak Dutch. Goodluck with that
Endo Opdebeeck French people will never speak this sublanguage. And Wallonians are French. Sooner or later they will become French again and your border will be with France.
Probably... Flemish people try to speak french but walloons dont even try to speak dutch
I only speak German and French :( No posibility to learn Dutch in my school so far :( )
I've been in Belgium in an exchange program and I loved both parts, Flanders and Wallonia, I hope it doesn't break apart. They have much in common and like the video said, both of them can't live together and they can't live apart.
When one person wants to leave the other and the other doesn't want to break up, they still break up.
So should it also be with situations like this lol.
Another fun fact: Belgium is also the record holder for the longest time without a government 😂 if I recall, it took nearly 600 days (something like 590) to form the cabinet 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
they even beated their onw record lol
@@badaboem7057 trueee lmao
did you ever been in belgium dud im belgian and belgium is totaly not boring and has the bigges chocolate company in world before you say bad words about our land discover it
did you watch farther than the first 30 seconds?
you clearly didn't see the video....
Nico Van T Dack i'm from Belgium and i was thinking the same thing u were but then i realised that our country is boring and is to complicated
Blizzard Lizzard efkes mijnen dag gemaakt xD
"French" fries are originally from the Flemish city of Ghent. So actually it's Flemish fries. Independence for Flanders btw! Belgium is a non-country.
Just like the Czech Republic which is like 98 years old?
Cyka Cyka
cyka for president!
Cyka Cyka lol you are ignorant
Why not talking about Antwerp and it's heaven? Instead of only saying the negative facts...
I meant harbor instead of heaven xD
MrSmileyFace is there a diffrence?
@@yorickmr you meant ''port of Antwerp' ;)
belgium is NOT boring at all. if you visit it, you realize that it is an awesome country
I'm really excited, because I will travel to Belgium next spring! :)
I live in belgium and i tell you now: CHOCOLATE
Ewout Dewaelheyns CHOCOLATE!
+Annika Elstermann CHOCOLATE!
Ewout Dewaelheyns And is there anything else interesting about Belgium? :D
+Annika Elstermann yes:CHOCOLATE, comics, The atomium, Eden hazard, Kevin de Bruiyne, Manneke Pis, Frieten (french Fries)........
I really can't believe how many people are offended by this little clip that's obviously meant as a joke or at least as a very humourous introduction to the country.
Dear belgians:
Of course you don't produce swiss chocolate, but there are just a lot of people who confuse the two or don't know about belgian chocolate because swiss chocolate might be more famous internationally. That's what that joke is about!
The video doesn't say that belgium is boring either, in fact, literally the complete opposite.
So please don't be offended. Don't take yourself and your country too seriously and learn to laugh about yourself.
Simon Keller Your True but if They wanted this as a Joke they didn’t need to so this do serious
Wij eten GEEN Zwitserse chocolade, ma echte Belgische.
0:12 french fries that are actually from belgium... the name is stolen by the french
this is so offensive because I'm Belgian
too
I remember someone mentioning they were from the US and spoke French somewhat. They knew one of the languages was French, they were lost and so thought that speaking French to people was a good idea. Unfortunately, they were in the Dutch region, and apparently everyone snubbed them or ignored them. When they got desperate and spoke English, everyone was amazingly nice to them. Someone posted that on tvtropes, and several Belgians said that shit seemed legit
yep this seems legit to me, us Flemish people do not get along with the french speaking people in our country, but we are very fond of everything American, and we also feel proud Americans bother to visit our little country ^^ We're very polite people at heart, but those damn Walloons just bring out the worst in us.
Moral of the story: When speaking to Flemish people as a foreigner, speak English and witness what great people we are :D
Lol its hilarious. Does the opposite happened ie you get ignored ar if you speak Dutch in the French speaking region?
definitely :D That might also have to do with the fact that Walloons don't learn Dutch in school as intensively as we learn French, meaning they probably won't even understand you if you speak Dutch to them ^^ Then again, they're also not good at speaking English; they just only speak French and are very bad at learning other languages, whereas Flemish people are overall pretty flexible with languages :D
Warsie that's what we call "flamingants" in french, a kind of racist flemish people against walloons :/ . And for answer to your question, no, most of the people will -try- to answer you in dutch or help you like they can, don't worry about that :D
***** hmmm that is the general idea but of course there are exceptions ^^
Damnit. Y'all had to use "shitty" I was going to use the video for a school project, and it is the best video I could find.
Avation Flavored
A teacher in my school in Belgum showed this
The regulations at my school are really strict. I just sorta, talked over it.
Avation Flavored
did you have a project about belgium?
Danny Stoffel I had a European vacation project, and I got assigned Belgium.
Auch XD
Belgium is not "boooooooring", as she says, at all. To be honest, it's the most livable country in Europe. No rush like the other countries around. But also full of fun when you would like to have. So, shut up and be grateful for living in such a great country like Belgium, or België, or Belgique, or Belgien.
What about Luxembourg?
‘Only by friendly people’
Just wait till those ‘friendly’ people meet each other then they will seem less friendly
The way I remember it, the Dutch speakers never asked for mono-linguism. The Flemish would have been happy with a bilingual country (one where all government officials speak both languages). Regional mono-linguism was demanded by the French, who, after they realized they couldn't get rid of the Flemish and were forced to acknowledge Dutch as an official language, did not want to force their government employees to learn another languages (The educated Flemish were already used to having to speak French to get anything done didn't care).
true, I am from Belgium.. but every time I drink a beer in America I'm like... I'll never drink a beer here again.. hahah but every year I forget it.. I adore your country!
WHY DO SAY MY COUNTRY IS SO BORING? THIS COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN ENGLAND M8
but the uploaders name is belgian :/
+JelleJoe Because it is fucking boring. I used to live there and I'd never want to move back. Live in Belgium is less exiting than watching paint dry. It's BORING! And nothing fucking works.
+Justmustbe So I should rather die because i am Belgian.
Yes.
+ExilSvensk leave my country alone
I do. I'd not touch it with a stick.
i don't know why but i find it frustrating that people call fries, FRENCH fries. While they weren't even invented in france, they were invented in Belgium but the person who invented fries mistakenly thought he was in France.
Naso Suri ...It may have been invented in Belgium but what country did the person who made it come from?
i don't know, thought it was someone from belgium, didn't think that one out xD.
If he was from belgium why would he think he was in france?
maybe he was traveling starting from belgium and got all the way up to france? and he didn't notice it ?
Naso Suri That's actually an urban legend. Frensh fries were in fact invented in Germany, and not in Belgium or France
This clip is basically a right-wing propaganda piece. The book mentioned in the description means "Walloons Get Out". Walloons are inhabitants of the southern part of Belgium: Wallonia. The title is a common slogan used by the extreme right-wing Flemish party, which is anti-immigration, anti-Belgium and anti-EU among other things. They are anti-Belgium because they want an independent Flanders, which is the northern part of the country.
>French fries and swiss chocolate
You couldn't physically be more wrong if you tried
Belgium its awsome, i know two Belgiums girls and they are so beatiful and smart, someday i will travel there, Grettings from Colombia.....!!!!!
I am belgian so i know what i am talking about, and the only thing that is" boring " must be this video
Nathan Claeys You’re so fuckin right
this is so stupid but what do you want it was made by the french
yes our politics suck but so does yours
belguim is not the dumbest country we are number 1 in education
here are some good things about belgians
Charles Martel (686-741) saved Europe from islamization by defeating the invading Muslims at the Battle of Poitiers in 732. He is also the founder of the Carolingian dynasty. He was born in Herstal, near Liege.
The world's two first printed newspapers were both published in 1605>. One was printed in Strasbourg, the other (the Nieuwe Tijdingen) was printed by Abraham Verhoeven in Antwerp
Belgium provided the uranium for the A-Bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. It came from the colony of Belgian Congo.
Belgium is also the world’s main diamond centre (in Antwerp) and second largest petrochemical center. 90% of the world's raw diamonds are negotiated and distributed in Antwerp.
Antwerp is the world's 6th busiest port in terms of cargo tonnage (2nd outside East Asia, after Rotterdam). It is Europe's 3rd port for container traffic, after Rotterdam and Hamburg.
Belgian physicist and mathematician Ingrid Daubechies (1954-) developed the mathematical model used by the FBI to stock finger prints.
Belgium has one of the lowest proportions of McDonald’s in the developed world.
UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries ranked Belgium as the best country for children's educational well-being.
Tax levels in Belgium are among the highest in the world, with about 40% of gross earnings given up in tax for a single-income family. A study for 2005 showed that Belgium had the highest average income tax rate out of 30 OECD countries. Total taxation represents 45.6 % of the country's GDP. Inheritance tax can reach up to 80%. The Royal family alone receives 12 million € of tax-payers' money each year.
The modern asphalt for roads was invented by the Belgian proffessor Edward J. De Smedt.
The Big Bang Theory was issued by the Belgian priest and physician Georges Lemaître.
Ludwig von Beethoven descended from a Flemish family from Mechelen.(Belguim)
Belgium was elected 9 times at the UN Security Council (1947, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1971, 1972, 1991, 1992, 2007), the 9th highest score worldwide. Belgium has been elected more times than Germany, Spain, Mexico, Australia or Indonesia.
The Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visible from the moon (at night, due to the lights all along the motorway network).
Belgian Jesuit missionary Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) founded the Observatory of Beijing. He was the secretary of the emperor of China Kang-Hi, for whom he also built 400 cannons. Verbiest is credited to have built what may have been the first steam powered car in about 1672.
The Body Mass Index (BMI), still used today to know one's ideal weight, was developed by the Belgian statistician and anthropometrist Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874).
On 5 May 1835, the first railway line on the continent (and first in the world outside the UK) opened between Brussels and Mechelen, 2 years before the first railway in Germany, France or Italy, and 8 years before the Netherlands.
The last Emperess of Mexico was Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927), daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, himsefl the uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Despite its small size, Belgium is the main trading partner of India along with the UK (partly because of the diamond and steel industries).
and there is much more
I came here because we had the example of Belgium in our chapter on power sharing .this is not what I expected
I thought it would be educational
as a belgian, i expect americans saying 'belgium is useless'
I.AM.OFFENDED.BOI.
Sounds like the EU
Vlaanderen moet gewoon bij Nederland komen, dan hebben we Brussel als hoofdstad en vergaderen ze gewoon in Antwerpen en is iedereen blij en zo en hebben we meer te zeggen ;)
Ik denk niet dat dit voor morgen gaat zijn, laat Vlaanderen eerst en vooral onafhankelijk zijn en dan zien we wel verder.
NLERtimon En waarom zou Nederland niet bij Vlaanderen moeten komen? Waarom - als dit onderwerp ter sprake komt - komt het altijd van één richting?
Zijde gij voor Vlaams Belang
Want iik persoonlijk zou liever België blijven omdat ik de Ardennen mooi vind en het spijtig zou vinden moesten die opeens eeen ander land zijn ook vin ik da België België moe blijven omdat dat ik gewoon de trots om belgisch te zijn wil behouden ma als gij da beter vind maakt da mij nie veel uit
I spent my childhood in Belgium, thank you my Belgian friends for welcoming me and inventing fries, waffles, and badass guns like the scar-L
Belgium is a great country my grandfather lives in Brussels speaks French he even personaly knows the the man that runs Brussels Belgium is to me like a smaller france where you have everything you want
I see it more like a smaller part of The Netherlands ;P
Fourth greatest power in the world? Wow haha. I think the commentator is confused with the Netherlands.
Nope, as Belgium was the second industrialized country in the world after GB. During the 19th century, it was the wealthiest country in the world, and eg. Liège was the second largest industrial center after London. So, 4th might depend on what you're looking. Those rankings don't mean much if you don't detail you reasoning, but well, why not? 4th seems decent. At that time, NL was loosing its colonies and was mostly unindustrialized, somewhat poor farmlands.
plus the fact Belgium was very important to the expainsion of the europian union and the european union's main building is located in Brussels
***** European Union's parliament is not a thing to be proud of... Belgium is way more important that this technocratic Frankenstein that's called UE. UE is the death of strong nations and the puppet of Wall Street and the City in Europe! When european peoples will understand this, Europe will be free and a group of really allied nations, not this shitty supra-nationalist state that UE is.
I have seen this video like a hundred times and I still like to watch it. It's just well done.
+Darris Hawks Took the words out of my mouth, this is the best video on Belgium ever!
NL gameplay What's your problem? Why are you being ableist?
we have brains so stop
Why would you even make this video?! We all are really happy to be Belgian and I think everyone is happy with his nationality. Belgium is a great and lovely country, and so do all of the other country's in the world. So why are you saying all of this? I think no country deserves it that people make such a video. Of course not everything can be great, but you are making everything negative. I hope the maker read this and understands that this isn't how a human should act. So please, I hope you understand me. 😭
Greets of BELGIUM!
You just pissed off every belgian by calling it 'French' fries.
Cute godverdomme
You ain't a man if you haven't fired a gun. We should take notes from the U.S.
It was three times only this year. One on February and two on August. I fell in love with that chocolate, with the sweet towns that looks almost as a painting and above all, with Brussels. Belgium, Belgium, Belgium... Just how long will you suffer? Stop punishing yourself like you've been doing for almost 200 years now. No, you WON'T make the Flemings speak French, don't even try to ruin their beautiful language; No, you CAN'T keep paying your southern half's debts with the northen one's money. Accept your diversity and accept your greatness.
And you will shine. Even more.
Excuse me what
We aren’t in an dramatic country
We have good chocolates and we are the creators of the fries
i was in belgium once and they call them "belgian fries"!!! it was almost the second sentence from our waitress lol
Belgium exports chocolate worth €3,364 million, while Switzerland only exports €800 million
Belgium was close to being partitioned in 2007 and 2010 and 2011. They've survived that but I wouldn't be surprised if sometime soon another crisis comes up.
let's clear it up its belgium fries and belgium chocolad you act like we stole our food
Eindelijk some people that found out the great belgium exists🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
fax, Belgie is zo een land dat niemand om cared
@@theegggod8916 ja weet ik
1st they call our fries French, now our chocolat is Swiss? I assume beer is next to be called German
I'm Flemish and I think it's funny how Belgians love to complain about how inefficient our political system is, how ugly our house are, how bad our weather is, how we should probably split up, generally how shitty our country is. But if a foreigner calls our country inefficient every Belgian is like, 'boy what did you say?!'. We are all secretly a bit proud of being Belgian although we will never openly admit it. :-)
I'm flemish. And it would be a nightmare if Belgium would split up. Because I'm still proud of this country only if the political issues where solved. I have no problem with having Wallonia. There great people.
And yes I hate our urban organisation. With the ugly modern architecture
@@danilvanlaethem9463 100% agree on both things you said. Plenty that's bad about Belgium (utter chaos in urban planning being the prime example) which I myself like to complain about. But when people politically recuperate that to pretend to push the narrative that Belgium is some 3rd world country due to Walloons/immigrants/etc. or has no legitimacy, should be split, should be parted between France and the Netherlands etc., especially by foreigners, that can get pretty much on my nerves yes. This is just offensive for the sake of being offensive and opportunistically using problems without having any actual interest in solving them and trying to make this place a nicer place to live for everyone. I think this whole mentality very much alive in our country is actively prohibiting progress or political responsibility in our democratic system.
@@hydrocharis1 Well said. I can get very difficult when people say that Belgium should split. But what I'm for is that after all these years there needs to be another state reform. Because even now due to the complicated political system in Belgium, the matter is not moving forward. I do not know whether regionalisation or federalisation is the best. A clear political system is necessary for a future in this country. Otherwise, I fear for this country's future. Just like the competences of our regions and communities. Which quickly gets complicated. So because of these 6+ governments, you can't possibly run one small country. I think Germany's system is better. States instead of provinces and regions.
@@danilvanlaethem9463 Our bureaucratic, intransparent and complicated state structure is definitely something holding us back. Regions point to the federal level and vice versa. N-VA obviously likes to talk about this but they also abuse this themselves regularly to dodge political responsibility and are also part of the problem. I am for political reform but I just hope that it can happen in a constructive and pragmatic way (how to solve our many neglected problems) instead of just throwing communitarian hissyfits for political gains, and talking endlessly about it but not achieving anything. I am just a bit tired of the fact that especially lately this internal division is stalling everything and parties have become seemingly uninterested in actually governing the country competently and only in sabotaging each other, shifting the blame, profiting of internal division etc. which ultimately only benefits the anti-politics of VB and PVDA which make everything worse again in some sort of tragic vicious cycle.
Woow i have never seen something that stupid ... Belgium is a beautiful land and is maybe a little bit complicated and weird for outsiders but all the people who live there are super nice ! And the food is delicious, you don’t have to judge a country from what you hear ! I love Belgium 🖤💛❤️ 🇧🇪 oh yeah , we can not forget about the part that Belgium started Europe once and now the country is the capital of Europe ! 🇪🇺💙
thx
WHY DO PEOPLE THINK BELGIUM IS BORING IT'S LITERALLY AMAZING THERE, I LITERALLY LIVE THERE 😭
You forgot the fact that they have a stupendous royal family...
to all non-Belgians who might be misguided: of course foreigners don't 'have to speak Dutch' in Flanders, the political structures are organised in Dutch
WTF. I'm Belgian and we do not call our fries 'French fries', they're Belgian, not French!!! All the rest is pretty correct, though. =-)
This is even worse then Bosnia and here i thought it was the most over governed country
0:28 Actually kinda rude but sometimes when i go outside, it gets boring, so you actually have a point, kinda true.
Belgium is a good country
You guys probably never been to Belgium or tried our fries. You can't respond because I'm from Belgium. Leave our small country alone.
+Kompanny van Damne IT'S NOT BECAUS WERE SMALL WE ARE BORING OR DUMB so let us live our life
Every country should be like this...and then they wouldn't have time to meddle in other countries affairs. Anyhow I liked Belgium when I was there and I love cycling, beer & chocolates.
0:29 WOT U SAY ABOUT MAH WAFFLE EATING CHOCLATE PRODUCING FRIES WIT MAYO SAXOPHONE PLAYING CONGO COLONISING HOMIES!?
As a Belgium that grew up in Switserland i agree 99% with this video.
Indeed. Not bad but quite some factual errors (see above in this thread). Understandable if you know the author (Marcel Sel) is known as a fierce French-nationalist who is often very aggressive when flemish ask equal rights.
I wish I had never went too Britain before, I want a refund.
Small detail: In Belgium, every year again, 12 Billion Euro (i.e. 2 000 Euro per person !) flows:
- from the Northern region of Dutch-speaking Flanders
- into the eternally jobless, green-communist-minded, French-speaking Walloon southern region.
If ever someone wonders about the outcome of the next elections and why a government can not take shape anymore then: It's the EU on a smaller scale ...
We do not make Swiss chocolate. And we are most certainly not known for being boring or dumb. Fries are actually Belgian Fries, but the Americans during WW2 in the Ardennes called them French because it was in a French speaking part. What the heck? For the rest, yeah... spot on.
I’m Belgium and I hate that the world thinks it’s boring and I’m pissed at this video
We are better than most countries we are bilingual
We make sure people who can’t work get paid either way
It is Belgian fries
Belgian chocolate
Belgian beer
Well you’re Welkom world
We are the center of Europe and we make sure everyone can communicate with us by speaking at least two languages
I’m only 13 now and I already speak French Dutch and English
Ask an American to speak anything but English and they won’t succeed
Belgium is unique don't judge it
You don’t know how beautiful Belguim is! Have you seen Brugge or Gent? Those citys aren’t the only Beautiful things in Belguim... Before you say negative things about Belguim, visit it first, thank you!
its not french fries, its belgian glory
Then how come Belgium became and is a developed country ? How is it a comparatively more prosperous than huge majority of countries in world?
How does it maintain its edge over other countries in this highly competitive world?
They must be doing something extraordinarily intelligent despite such inherent complexities in local governance.
Before you get all offended about this, I hope you saw that the text was written by a Belgian, author of Walen Buiten
im only 23 seconds into the video, and i NEED to get 2 things clear ALREADY
1) ITS NOT FRENCH FRIES ITS BELGIAN FRIES ITS OUR INVENTION
2) We dont produce SWISS chocolate, (even though i LOVEEE that), we produce BEKGIAN chocolate.
Get your facts right
Im a Belgian and every single word here is true. Exept for the french fry part. Rhis country is complicated and theyre after ur money... welcome in belgium
I'm from belguim and this is pretty funny in my oinion, you can see that it's just for fun :p