The national mascot of Belgium is a naked toddler urinating in public. They are not a serious people.
He has costumes, we're not total animals
Historically, it was a vast network of arms depots built by Germany to help them... uh... "travel to" France.
Am I the only non Belgian to enjoy Belgium? Decent cities like Brügge, Ghent, Antwerpen, Leuven and Brussels. Trappist Beer, Kriek, Moules frites. Excellent comics like Spirou, Tintin and Thorgal. And as a Norwegian I can relate to a football team full of stars that don't win shit. (Norway can never even qualify dor anything)
It shows that I have only ever been in Flandern, but guess there are stuff in Vallonia to.
I love this comment. The different spellings of the names (Dutch, Fr*nch, English and some made up spelling) made my day.
We actually hate our own country most of the time, so I don't mind everyone shitting on us. Thank you for enjoying your stay, love from Ghent.
The train I was on once hit a pedestrian in Belgium so there's that.
what
Yeah but Norway has great scenery and....and um... Nah sorry I'm coming up empty.
I don't think there much else. Some viking history perhaps. Over 400 years under Danish tyranny followed by 80 years by Swedish rule sort of made sure nothing happened from 1200 to 1900
If it was designed as a logistics network between France and the NL it would have a decent road system
I live in Norway. Trust me, your roads are fine.
I was wondering why your roads would be that bad and I learn a few things:
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-roads-in-Norway-in-such-bad-condition
You have a telehiv problem : the climate destroys your road rather quickly.
Wait so Belgium is the New Jersey of Europe?
They call those roads.
Anyone claiming Belgium was founded because of its road infrastructure has never traveled those roads…
It also has a tram line spanning its entire coast, which is an argument either for or against it existing.
Our coast is shit. Much prefer The Netherlands or France's coast.
The best possible proof that Belgium is not just a place set up by The Netherlands and France as a network of gas stations to travel between those countries is that the roads in Belgium are visibly worse than in The Netherlands or France (really: you can tell exactly were the border is when driving into and out of Belgium by the change in the condition of the road).
The problem for the Belgium friend is that he's not keen on admitting that if Belgium wasn't a real nation but rather a Franco-Dutch partnership, it would be better run.
I just wish he wouldn't swear so much or intensely
How can you not believe in Belgium when the best waffles in the world and second best chocolate in the world come from there?
It's not branding?
Like Vermont doesn't have a local curry
No we know Belgium. They're the people living well because their grandparents murdered countless of Africans.
You can say similar things for most Western countries too
I mean are you even living in a capitalist hellhole if your government didn't murder a bunch of brown people?
Is it?
It's a road bump on our way to Paris
Ask the Congolese if Belgium is real. They aren't the biggest fans to put it mildly.
just call it Benelux already before its under water anyway.
