2006-08-30 12:00:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Belgium
* Waffles
* Chocolate
* Beer
* "French" Fries
* Capital of the European Union
* The Mannekin Pis
* The Saxophone
* Brussels Sprouts
* Mussels
* Bicycle Sprinters
* Its very boring national football team
* Two languages: Flemish and French, never the twain shall meet
* Female tennis superstars: Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters, who have to speak to each other in Englsih because they don't speak each other's native language
* Comic books (like the Smurfs and Tintin)
* Disastrous colonial policy in Africa (producing the Congo and Rwanda)
* Father Damien of the Kalaupapa leper colony in Hawaii
* The Catholic University of Louvain at scenic Louvain-la-Neuve
* The Catholic University of Leuven at even scenic Leuven
* James Ensor (Belgium's famous painter)
* Jean-Claude Van Damme (Belgium's famous "actor")
* Georges Lemaître (Belgium's famous cosmologist, who first proposed a "Big Bang" as the beginning of the universe -- note that he was a priest)
* K's Choice (a rock band who had a minor hit in 1996 with "Not an Addict)
* Being an extraordinarily offensive thing to say in most corners of the galaxy (see the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy by Douglas Adams)
2006-09-01 10:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by NewcastleFan76 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Is Belgium Known For
2016-10-02 04:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belgium is known for Choclolates mainly Truffles and of course the world famous Belgian Waffles.
2006-08-30 12:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by Girish V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Is Belgium
2016-12-18 04:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just got back from Belgium a week ago. Here is my list of several things thatthe country is well-known for:
EU HQ, waffles, french fries, mussels, Mannequin Pis, chocolate and of course BEER!!!! I tried them ALL!!!
2006-08-31 10:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by texanaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I think of Belgium I think of chocolate, french fries and waffles.
2006-08-31 17:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by microwaved-brain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask a layman and you will know its best known for having EU headquarters in Brussels.
You may add beer, waffles, chocolate and WWII in the list. But this is pretty subjective.
2006-08-31 00:26:46 · answer #7 · answered by SKC67 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate.
2006-08-30 12:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate?
2006-08-30 12:05:00 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal Violet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beer and chocolates. Dark secret: Marc Dutroux.
2006-08-30 22:35:13 · answer #10 · answered by G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋