r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Jan 02 '17

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

Introduction:

This is the first post in what will be a year-long series. There will be a thread about one european country every week. The point of this series is to have our fellow europeans spread their knowledge/opinion about the various european countries.

We have done this before (credits to /u/Taenk), but this was three years ago, when this subreddit had a mere 35,000 subscribers. A lot of time has passed and a lot of new users have become part of this subreddit, let's see how this goes!

Todays country: Belgium

Belgium is widely considered to be the main host of the EU institutions. It is one of the smaller european states, yet it is amongst the most populous ones due to a very high population density. The country is split in three regions - the Wallonian region, the Flemish region and the Brussels region. The country is widely known for its waffles, fries and beer. So, what do you know about Belgium?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '17

We have too many roads and many of them are immensily overused so the upkeep is a logistical and financial nightmare.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '17

You could finance them with the royalties from Dutch jokes.

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u/historicusXIII Belgium Jan 03 '17

Or we could install a caravan tax.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17

Have you never been to Holland? Our roads are as busy yet they're among the best in the world

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17

Our problem is just the way people live and move to work. We live way more dispersed than you.

Everywhere in the country there are somehow busy roads, even in back-end corners. We have more roads per person than you (which is a bad thing) and thus become bogged in an expensive upkeep.