Belgium can (still) be easily spotted from space
byHow do you locate a country as small as Belgium from space? Easy. Just wait for the night to fall, look down on earth and…
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Did you know Manneken Pis has a little sister (and a dog)?
byWhen you gotta go you gotta go… Meet Zinneke and Jeanneke Pis! Just like Manneken Pis, these statues in Brussels aren’t tinkle shy…
Brussels Airport sells more chocolates than anywhere else in the world
byWith a staggering 800 tons sold a year, Brussels Airport is the number one selling point of chocolate around the world. That works out at…
Who the heck is Bob?
byIf you’re new to the country, you probably haven’t met BOB yet. So who the heck is BOB? Truth is, he can be anyone. Even…
Roland Garros has a statue in Belgium (and here’s why)
byTrue or false? Roland Garros was a famous tennis champion.
At the beach, you don’t need money to buy flowers
byIt’s a typical Belgian tradition on a nice summer day at the beach: children making paper flowers, arranging them in the sand and then selling them…
Bruges has its own 2 mile beer pipeline
byBeer will be flowing under the streets in Belgium pretty soon. From September, enough beer to fill 12,000 bottles will be traveling every hour underneath…
Belgium is well prepared for a medieval invasion
byDid you know that Belgium has more castles per square kilometer than any other country in the world?
The swans of Bruges: the real reason they are there
bySurely you’ve heard of the many white swans proudly guarding the Bruges canals, but did you know they’re actually a life sentence imposed on the city of…
The longest tramline in the world
byThe tramway along the Belgian North Sea coast is the longest single tram line in the world. It runs almost the entire length of the Belgian…