I would like to know what you think about Belgium and Belgians in general ? What's the general point of view and image you have ?
2006-07-19 04:05:19 · 21 answers · asked by Mydel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think they're nice, honest, hard working people. Stereotypically they are seen as being dull but they make nice waffles which balances that out!
2006-07-19 04:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by trouble_gum 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A people who've figured out, and well before we did, how to live in harmony with neighbors different from yourself.
Did you know that there are two very different cultures in Belgium? The Flemish and the Walloons? That their languages, their histories, even their faiths are different?
Yet they don't go about rioting or terrorizing. They live together in peace. Quite a good example for the rest of us, doncha think?
Pity the Sunnis and Shia can't do THAT! On the other hand, if we just walked away and let them have at each other, pretty soon we could offer the Palestinians a nice, shiny, new, oil-rich homeland and then they'd leave the Jews alone. One can always hope.
2006-07-19 04:12:47 · answer #2 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Honestly, I have never met any Belgians, not even in college. I have heard that they are similar in personality to the Swiss. About the only exposure I have to a famous Belgian is the fictional character of Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie.
2006-07-19 04:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went there for a fortnights holiday 2 weeks after the Heysel stadium disaster, we were advised not to put a GB sticker on the car, but they could not have been nicer people, I think the trouble nowadays is that everyone gets tarred with the same brush by the media and it always sticks.
Fantastic chocolate, ice cream, clean streets, no binge drinking, good casino in Ostend.
Good transport system and underground car parks in Bruges anyway. I will go back one day.
2006-07-19 04:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by john b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i remember belgians were ok didnt think much of belgium its self its got old buildings that are close together & to be honest some parts look a bit rough! which is nothing like i expected
2006-07-19 04:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by devine_gem22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aisde from the deaths of thousands and thousands of the Natives who lived on the river? Belgium colonized Congo, for an similar causes the different ecu countries were carving up Africa. Lands and aspects, therefore Congo had rubber which on the time became a efficient source.
2016-12-01 22:05:27 · answer #6 · answered by cornn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've dated 2 and been to Belgium 6 times.
Belgians are very nice people and have great hospitality.
I love Grote Markt/La Grande Place and Brugge.
2006-07-19 04:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think of Anderlecht football team and Mpenza
Beer, chocolate, and Hatrick of Boniek(Poland) against Belgium in 1982 World Cup.
2006-07-19 04:13:53 · answer #8 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belgium is great, having spent alot of time visiting friends there I can recommend a visit, great people & good beer.
Middlekirk is a nice beach/seaside town.
Oostend has to be seen.
Brussells & Brugge are well worth seeing too.
2006-07-19 04:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by draytondon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
belgium is full of belgians can't understand what they are talking about
2006-07-19 04:43:37 · answer #10 · answered by toontaxidriver 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋