15 Things You Didn't Know About Belgium
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In this Alux.com video we'll try to answer the following questions:
Who are Belgian people?
What is Belgium is known for?
What is the culture in Belgium?
What is the most spoken language in Belgium?
What is Belgium most famous for?
Is Belgium a part of the Netherlands?
What is the national animal of Belgium?
Where Can Belgium be found?
What is the main religion in Belgium?
Who was the first ruler of Belgium?
Where is the main political European scene?
Which city is the diamond capital of the world?
Where can you find the best chocolate in the world?
Where was the first European skyscraper?
Who's the richest person in Belgium?
Who was King Leopold 2?
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All my life I lived in Belgium and have never seen eggs on top of fries lol
😂😂😂 lol
Emilio Ramirez same haha
Indeed
Mayo or stoofvlees or Mussels ;)
Yep. My first reaction was "What? Nobody does that!"
as a belgian I rarely see a person eat fries with a fried egg, or any way of eggs. Except mayonaise by eggs
indeed, in my region it is more a raw egg with the fries then a fried one
@@hitca678 wtf ei
@@arnethone3220 is something you see a lot in regions around Aalst mijnverstand.be/v2019/recept/recept.php?id=3382&gm=5&si=1
Eating mussels with french fries covered in mayonnaise on top of half a baguette and another half of a Belgian Waffle
Same
Like als je van belgie komt👍
Nee, want het klopt niet
Ik kom uit België!!!
Yeet
Ik ook lmao
kust meun kleutuh!!
Wie is hier een belg
Lina Yachou ik ben een belg
Lina Yachou ik ook
Ik ben belg jongee
Ik ook!!!
Moi aussi
6:17 Since when did the Congo lie "between the Baltic and the Black Sea"? Average American understanding of world geography in a nutshell!
TrailBlazer65 10/10
The N-S axis is the distance between the Baltic and the Black Sea.
Yes, I understood it to be just a compairison to give some idea how big congo is..
ps, most belgium renember leopold 2 as .. ??
most belgium renember leopold 2 just as the king that came after leopold 1 :D
his successor, Albert 2 is really reminded,
Cause he had to act in both world wars, and was more loyal and less quick to flee as the elected government was !
Lmmfao i agree and I'm American lol
@@JeroenJA
couple of mistakes but Leopold 3 was king of Belgium during ww2 and albert 1 was king of Belgium in ww1. albert 2 did nopt ascend to the throne until 1993and abdicated the throne to Philippe 1 in 2013. lastly i don't know where you have been living but the Congolese massacre is a subject taught to every student in Belgium during history class. sources Leopold 2 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium) Leopold 3 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium) albert 2 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium) and phillipe 1 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium)
You forgot to mention the famous Manneken Pis, The Belgian Flower Carpet and most of all BELGIAN WAFFLES,,.
Belgian -waffles- fries
haha, the title is thing you probably don't know,
and waffles, even most American know that cliche :D , while not knowing we have 2 kinds , Liege and Brussel waffels,
And I see Beer, fries and chocolate way before Waffels when it come to what our food has to offer :D
its not Manneken pis, its Manneke pis (ik this cus im belgiam)
En ze spreken nooit over het Atomium
wheres jeanneke pis yes I'm from belgium
French fries *MAY* come from Belgium??!!
You gotta be kidding be, there's no "may"ok. It's 100% and definitely come from Belgium, they created it and waffles too.
15 reasons to support Belgium today... 😁
Brugges, Venice of the North. Because, back in the day (15th century), they were both economic power houses and major rivaling cities. Nothing to do with presumably looking alike.
Antwerp is the 2e biggest port in the EU, and the 12e biggest in the world
SEND MORE COKE [ or we chuck granades] lol
And the biggest cocaine hotspot for international criminals lol.
@@badmanthings this sur Amsterdam i think ????????????
@@robertneven7563 in 2021 over 90 tonnes of cocaine were seized in Antwerp, which is by far the largest amount in all of Europe. Rotterdam is second with over 40 tonnes. But its true that a lot of gangs who are involved with this are located in Amsterdam.
@@badmanthings heelo i am not the druggs trade, but wat i now also is that we in Belguim are one off the best country s in the world forr weapons, F N Herstal, SCAR P 90 M A G F A L cal 7.62
- Nobody in belgium eats eggs with fries. We just eat a lot of fries.
- Everybody learns about the horrible history with Congo and Leopold 2 in school. Only people that live in the city's where he build important building probably know it was build by him. There's no discrimination against congolese people.
- Belgium is very progresive but there are plenty of problems because of to much immigration.
The Congo is in Africa, not on the Baltic or the Black Sea. But interesting video, even for me. (born in Brussels)
The N-S axis is the distance between the Baltic and the Black Sea.
Ik leef in België!!! (English: I live in Belgium!!!)
THJDVW do you still live in Brussels or Belgium?
i have been everywhere in Belgium and i never have seen or heard anyone mention eggs on fries..
Uuflak met frietjes en ei er op iets gents
stop sayng french fries they are from belgium
funny live mc Van Haastregt thank you
they totaly are bro look it up
@@robbevanooteghem7429 u mean they are totaly french fries on from belgium
En they are yummie
You dont say "french fries", you say "ne friet" en you get them in a "frituur" :D
Number 2 is really interesting. Borders between the two countries being separated by line; literally!
Better than a wall
That's only in the Baarle Hertog/Baarle Nassau village. Otherwise, you just cross the border and have no idea that you did.
Ikr its awsome me and my friends when we were like 9 we would go to the boarders and roll play, one of my friends would ask for our visa to pass it also the boards also go thru houses so like you could wake up in one country and shower in another xD
4:01 Who on earth eats eggs with fries? (Not me and I'm from Belgium)
sounds great!! common in the UK!
I do, and it’s not so uncommon! I have seen it in many families.
In my family this gets eaten every week...
I would still be eating fries with an omelette (and ketchup) if my cholesterol agreed.
Being new in Belgium this video made me feel really good about choosing this country to settle down.
Wow how did u go to Belgium and where did u live before going to Belgium
I can’t wait to save up the money to go one day! I’ve been saving since the 5th grade
1. I have never in my life seen a Belgian eat egg on top of their fries, like what?
2. the reason americans call them french fries is because during the war they ate fries for the first time in the french part of belgium, they thought they were allready in France and mistakingly called them french fries.
3. while it is true that Leopold was the ruler during this period and he was the main reason for the horrors that accured. He never even stepped foot in Congo, all he wanted was the money. t is indeed true that he allowed such horrors to happen, but he also did a lot of good things for the people of Belgium at the time, a lot of Belgians are also against taking down his statues for this reason. He also never instructed the congolese leaders to harm the civilians, he just said "give me the money, I don't care how you get it". The congolese leaders decided that they would get the most money by terrorising the civilians/workers.
4. while it is true that discrimination is still a thing in Belgium, it's actually a lot better than in other countries such as for example: America
5. also nobody in Belgium forgot his horrific deeds I literally learned about it this year. (I'm 16, our history classes a year are chronological) It's just important to realise that he didn't only do horrific deeds and he never instructed anyone to do horrific dees either. He was just a greedy king focused on money and the wellbeing of his own country rather than that of a colony. (I'm not saying he's a good person btw)
6. the divorce thing and the church is not always true, in many cases it's just that people get married to easily and it's not that difficult or looked down upon in Belgium to get a divorce. However it is true that divorces between older generations are mainly due to the influence of the church dropping. My grandparents for example divorced because my grandfather was actually gay (though he did love my grandmother seeing as he had 2 kids with her)
so once again, do a little more research before spreading false information.
French part of belgium is called Wallonia
@@tomtomi3845 If he would have said Wallonia it still wouldn't have been clear why it are French fries
I am from Belgium you forgot the waffels they are really important for our culture an there are around 11 sorts of waffels in Belgium
you forgot the city of Knokke the Monaco of Belgium
Lol i live closely there
I love Belgium i wish visit it because the people look very friendly
Thats where i live
On 14:28 they talking about Brussels.
But that
Cathedral is in Bruges.
Minne doesnt Mean love in flemish?. And it's a fact that Fries are Belgium!
Is een middelnederlands woord, in veel gedichten uit de middeleeuwen komt het voor.
well i live in Belgium and you told me things i didn't even know about like: Albert Frère he isn't the richest... the people who ARE rich are: Geld Verhuslt, and Coecke
lol, zoek Frère maar eens op :D , de rijkste van het oude regime, is ondertussen gestorven wel dacht ik ;-) .
jij zegt de nieuwe bekende rijken, maar bekende rijken zijn daarvoor niet de rijksten :-), zijn veel rijken extreem op privicy gestelt die het zo weinig mogelijk wijd geweten proberen laten zijn dat ze rijk zijn!
@@JeroenJA tis woar! goe gezeid!
@@JeroenJA Frère was al sinds 2016 niet meer de rijkste Belg, toen werd hij voorbijgestoken door Van Damme...
@@hitca678 rijkste van de oude rijken he, pud geld/nieuw geld :-)
I'm from Belgium and yes: belgian frietjes with fried egg and pickles... the best!
#2: This is in Baarle Hertog/Baarle Nassau, check it out.
#3: I'm Belgian and never heard of fried eggs with our fries.
#6: Pretty much everyone here is aware of these atrocities..
#14: Depends what you consider as "Western Europe" but divorce rate are higher in Denmark, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Liechtenstein, than in Belgium as of 2020 statistics - Also in Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus, but these aren't really "Western".
Western Europe = Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. Denmark, Finland, Sweden = Northern Europe. Spain = Southern Europe.
I did graduate studies in Leuven. I'm disappointed you didn't mention the town outside Brussels which is the home of the oldest existent Catholic university in the world whose professors spawned big and highly consequential ideas from the Counter-Reformation and the Second Vatican Council to the Big Bang Theory. It is also the home base of the world's largest brewery company AB InBev whose signature product Stella Artois is brewed in its brewery in the midst of the university town. In Leuven, I experienced best thing about Belgium, reading books while drinking the world's best beer.
4:02 Not true at all. An egg on top op fries. EW! (Yes, I'm Belgian!)
we're still mad about the french fry thing haha
also, I've never seen anyone eat fries with eggs, I've never even seen it on a menu anywhere lol
Pretty informative, lots of truth in it and obviously subiective in its diplomatic shape
You gotta make 15 things about Bosnia and Herzegovina.. we are a country with 3 presidents, 3 regions, 2 entities.. 2 regions are devided in cantons which both belong to Bosnia and Rep. Srpska. 17 cantons, 10 are Bosnias and 7 serbs..also Brčko district, and it preety much belong to both regions but it does govurn itself, so its our 3rd region. Well its wierd right... even us Bosnians don't understand this correctly..
lol, wanna change: Belgium has 2 kings, 2 queens, 5 primeministers with 5 governments (federal, flemish, walloon, brussels, german) , and 6 parlements (federal, flemish, walloon, brussels, frenchspeaking, german)...
men does not mean love in flemish
Min, de minne=liefde. Not men. Medieval dutch.
Blue Daggers, dat komt van ‘de minne en de joene’.
Alot of my friends in Antwerp have divorced parents
I am from Belgium and i live in Belgium
Just for the record in school as get taught what Leopold did in Congo and are fully aware of the horrors that took place there.
yeh, and Napoleon was gay and danced to new beat in Gent! st0p getting indoctrinated and go party it isn't worth it ;)
here"s a fact we have the best beer over 1000 different beers i know it cuz i come from there so all you beer drinkers go there try some beers XD
strongest one is in Scotland tho and is considered a whiskey even at 50+ %
@@eezeedoesit Strongest =/= best
Wow ! I think I am in love now , in love with belgium 😄❤❤❤❤
Could you make a video about what industry is great to start in as an entrepreneur. Would be awesome.
Zac Any industry works, depending on which industry you could contribute to.
Belgium is also the head of Europe, European Union, NATO, NAVO and some more. Even though no one talks about it, but Belgium could end any country if they used all the force that their groups offer. But they wouldn't end Russia for example, due to them being close friends like America and Canada, because white Russia is in the EU, and Belgium really helped them out
Oh boy...are we living on the same planet?
I love Belgium
Belgium chocolates are really popular .
so are our terrorists it seems ;)
Proud Belgium man here 🇧🇪
6:28 Ah! Another class mistake in this video. We Dont discriminate Congolese people, We Dont discriminate any immigrant at all.
Of course There’s Racism, there is That everywhere.
we just steal all their resoures and if your lucky send our support jets to bombard you first
eeZee E Your sentence makes no sense
eeZee E what are you talking about?
About the boarders they are true and the boarders would even go thru houses like you could wake up in one country and shower in another xD
I am a belgium
The peeing boy - Oh man! :-0
Belgians call them "manneke pis"
Manneke pis is een man
send address and i send you mine, he stopped pissing tho ;)
Please make a video about science of deduction or something related to sherlock holmes
Y'all are awesome
Damn right!!
Turkey has the most underrated history
It’s the European council that is in Brussels. The headquarters of the Council of Europe are located in Strasbourg.
do Turkey part 2
new beat!
Yeahhh
_In Belgium🇧🇪, you can get money for not working... and even getting a (small)house for free._
*That’s probably the only thing that new inhabitants know when they come and live here*
So should I move out then come back and get a free house? I pay too much for rent!
Amghannam yep. Leave the country and come back as a Maroccan or any other type of moslim. There is even a welcome comittee at the border!
@@gromit3315 I am half Muslim btw (my mother Belgian, my father Arab/Muslim), but the problem is that I work and pay taxes, I should stop working, go out, then come back and they might give my half a house.
Amghannam, that’s a no go for you. You already have a job and a house and you pay a lot of money for your brothers who are not as honest and hard working as you. Sorry mate.
The best spaghetti bolognaise in Belgium can be eaten in Strombeek, Pee Klak. Amazing tast, incredible.
@Sigmund Falkner neen, ik ga daar al sinds ik 14j was, combinatie met een Tongerloo Trappist is zalig en verslavend maar is nu dicht vanwege de Corona crisis. Ik ben gewoon een lekkerbek, ben jij daar al geweest? Is een aanrader van jewelst!
You really dropped the ball on this one, you didn't cover the languages that are spoken there. "EVERY WISH FULFILLED" E.T.
Proud to be Belgian!/Trots om Belgisch Te Zijn!
Nice
I don't know if it still the ssme but Bruxelles has the best public transport I ever seen.
Please tell about a PERU COUNTRY. I waiting for your valuable uploading video. Thanks have a nice day...
If your neighbor is a country where everyone isn't trying to flee then that works
Just a little correction
While Belgium has many many beers, there's only one that's technically an ale
Sup!! 👌
Bruges has a museum called 'torture museum' and kids are allowed in.
Why not ? Gives them an idea what could happen if they misbehave in my presence.
15 things u didnt know about belgium brussels is not the only city
duh even though it was attacked by germany
Me, I was Mr. Belgium's Got talent 2012.
TOMORROWLAND 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love her voice :)
Her voice is really annoying imo.
@@dominique23hehe...ok .. I respect your opinion..however we can't do anything for that ..as its Alux's channel Alux's choice :P
In Belgium we are obligated to learn about our bad history an Leopold the second, nobody in Belgium thinks of him as a Good king or builder, and also Congolese people don’t get discriminated by the general public an aspecially not because they where Belgium’s Cologny, that woul be messed up...
13:00 Why “in Western Europe”? It’s just Europe!!! We are just one continent!
no you fucking gypsy communist
Rover Waters Go to hell
Rover Waters Go steal from Afrika
To locate where exactly in Europe it is... Salty man
and today got told by the police locally, to email HQ at an .EU email address!?!
What about Czech Republic?
There are so much faults in this video!
Laurent looks like a real badass! Fr😂
He was a wild child - but his brother King Philippe knew how to tame him : by taking his money and getting him married.
Gosh, I lived in a amaysing country all my life and I didn't even new that 😅
Now you new, lol.
@@ginarelicsgemstones1506 😎
As a belgian I wanna hear people talk ab frikandel or frikadel? But they don't have it in their countries
Does anyone know the song?
so now we need to call it belgium fries huh cool name right
Create a video of 15 Things You Didnt Know About France
Busque comentarios en Español Idioma no encontre me encantaria mucho conocer Belgica un gran Pais......uuuaaauuummm
As I Belgian, I didn't even know that fries with eggs were a popular choice LOL.
Most people here just top it with mayonnaise or sweet mayonnaise, I prefer Joppie sauce though (which was invented by the Dutch LOL). :D
Yup-
Who wants to see an alux video on '15 youtube channels you should follow if you want to be rich'?
By the way the discremenation of Congolese people is not really true the majority of people dont discrimenite Congelese people
Kobe Geyskens true. Also there aren’t many Congolese people here
don_ p75 never heard of Matongé district in Brussels? You’re a stranger in your own country!
If there is any discrimination, it's between the Christian Africans and Muslims. They really don't like each other.
Albert "Flaire" HAHAHAHAHAHH
Dont say our fries are french there from belguim no one touches our fries long live belguim fries
kevin halleux, it’s not French fries, nor Belgian fries. It’s Chinese fries these days. 😄
Chocolate, of course 🙏❤️❤️👏👏
fries and an egg on top is definetely something belgians DON'T do...
I love your english
The chocolate!
What did you say? ... means love in flemisch? Wtf u saying lmao😂😂😂😂
"Minne" old Flemish word for love. Think at "beminnen".
Do the Netherlands
The papillon dog!
Since when do we Belgian eat our fries with eggs?
Since we had fries and eggs. Eggs came first I think.
Sup!!!
France or Belgium?!
Alux.com France
they are just fries
My country 🥰
I live Belgium
Cooooooool! Chips are from belgie! Lol cool!that's awesome because our country doesn't allow same sex couples to adobt kids and I'm heterosexual and i disagree with that. I so want to move to Belgium!
chisa tatum I never expected someone to be so exited about our country... also if u like beer there is one specific beer(best beer in the world) that they only sell in Belgium, it is even so good you can not buy it in stores and you have to buy it in the brewery self. Oh yeah- don’t eat fries with egg, we never put an egg on our fries eww😂
'french' fries is just referring to the way it's cut, not France..
Huh, i'm from Belgium and had no idea about 10 and 11, really didn't knew the boerentoren was so old!
14, I don't agree with...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_demography
neither in crude divorce rate, not in divorce:marriage ratio are we the highest, ..
almost same as for example Spain...
I did read about more senoirs divorcing, that lived together for decades to divorce after pension age, sometime at the age of 80.. That age group had indeed not really dared to divorce first, and later had good routine not to be to bothered with each other in the cases there was no real big love.. and divorces only come with them seeing each other so much more after pension age :-).
Waarom is er niets gezegd over frietkoten en hoeveel sauzekes wij wel ni hebben?
Nee, niks zeggen, de wachtrij aan het fritkot is al lang genoeg.