This is Belgium
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21 Ways Belgium Makes The World A Better Place
1. Belgians have given us WAFFLES. |
2. Belgium also gave us french fries. |
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3. And then brilliantly paired said fries with mayonnaise. |
4. It's also the land of amazing beers... |
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5. And delicious chocolate and praline. |
6. Belgium also has the best cookies on earth: Jules Destrooper! |
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7. But Belgium isn't just great at coming up with delicious food, it's also great at pretty much everything. Case in point: Tintin is Belgian. |
8. And so are the Smurfs! |
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9. Without Belgium, there would be no saxophone. Just imagine what a sad world we would live in. |
10. They also gave us Magritte and his surrealism |
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11. Jean-Claude Van Damme and another type of surrealism. |
12. Jacques Brel, one of the greatest French-speaking singers of all-time, was Belgian and sang beautifully about Brussels. |
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13. And today, the amazing Stromae has taken over.
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Stromae is one of Belgium’s most famous contemporary musical exports. Born Paul Van Haver to a Belgian mother and a Rwandan father, Stromae has been making waves in the music world ever since his first big hit, “Alors on danse.” Beyond his music, he has been hailed as a perfect representation of the Belgian socio-cultural mix and also that rarest of things — a vocal advocate of Belgitude, or “Belgian pride.”
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14. Belgium is also home to gorgeous cities, such as Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, or Ghent... |
15. Belgians also have a hilarious and brilliant taste for public art. |
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16. A genius sense of festivals. |
17. A gift for resilience. |
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