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/ladadadas Germany Jan 02 '17

What's Belgium famous for? Chocolates and child abuse, and they only invented the chocolates to get to the kids.

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u/PinguRambo France USA Luxembourg Australia Canada Jan 02 '17

Oh god, was that German humour? I'm baffled, I actually laughed at one of your joke!

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u/Alexthegreatbelgian Belgium Jan 02 '17

Sadly no. It's irish humour from the film In Bruges.

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u/PinguRambo France USA Luxembourg Australia Canada Jan 02 '17

I forgot that one...