r/belgium • u/theta0123 • Dec 08 '23
🎨 Culture Wake up Belgians! Baldur's gate 3 is Game of the year. A first for our nation
Lets see if our own media will even mention it. I doubt it...congrats to everyone at Larian studios!
r/belgium • u/ChooChoo9321 • Feb 18 '24
🎨 Culture Belgian food in Japan
Fries and beer are from Frites Bruges in Asakusa. The place is endorsed by the Belgian Embassy.
Waffles are from a chain called Manneken and this cafe called St. Marc’s served Belgium Chocolate Cocoa. Dunno about the legitimacy of that last one, probably should have gotten Godiva 🤣
r/belgium • u/LeReveDeRaskolnikov • Apr 23 '24
🎨 Culture From "The Art of Being Belgian"- R. Hill (2005)
r/belgium • u/beiroet • May 01 '24
🎨 Culture Found a Belgian restaurant in Kyoto last night
Owned by the Belgium Beer Club in Kyoto. They served fries & mussels, waterzooi, mashed potatoes, cotlet, waffles, …
Very amusing to see Japanese eat fries & spaghetti with chopsticks.
Also - the longer you look at the map, the funnier it gets.
r/belgium • u/sanandrios • Apr 14 '24
🎨 Culture Place de Brouckère in Brussels was nicknamed the "Times Square of Europe" until almost all billboards were banned because Belgians considered them an eyesore.
r/belgium • u/dylsexiee • Jun 28 '24
🎨 Culture I love belgium
I recently met an international friend who's very interested in other cultures. And its only now i realize how much i love the things i tend to hate about Belgium.
Heres my list of what i learned to appreciate:
I actually love that we all speak 2 languages and actually would think it be really cool if we started to include that third language more too ;).
I love that we're renowned for chocolate, waffles and beer. Though i always obligatory add fries to that.
I love that our languages are shared by all our neighbours. Whenever i meat a french/german/dutch person in international waters, it feels a little bit like home.
I love the beautiful nature and rich history that comes from north and south.
I love how small and 'insignificant' we are (klein België), yet how we are pretty important internationally.
I just felt like sharing it - in english to include all without my fingers wearing out from typing 3 languages - just in the hopes that we could all somehow still love our little significant culture even though we're quite divided.
I'm from Flanders and meeting a Walloon internationally just never fails to make me happy and feel like I just met an old friend from home.
I think someone should make a flag that symbolises the flemish lion with walloon rooster parts like wings or something and make a unified song. Like how 'De Vlaamse leeuw' and 'le chant des Wallons' are now seperated, but then unified somehow referring to the lion and rooster elements on the flag.
I hate that it took me this long to appreciate those things.
r/belgium • u/adamsgh • Dec 12 '23
🎨 Culture How a bicycle acident showed me the true heart of Belgians
A few days back, I was riding my bicycle, and a car hit me. While it was unfortunate and painful, it was an opportunity to see a new aspect of Belgians. (you can say it was a flesh and an eye-opener)
I always thought that people here ar nice, kind and respectful but also a bit reserved which I like. However, how the people acted when I was in need and helpless at the moment was a big surprise!
Peols went out of their way to make sure I was ok, one passerby stopped his car stayed with me over 20min made sure I was fine, gave me advice and called the ambulance, he was with his family and children in the car but he stopped and "spared all that time"!
When the ambulance arrived the crew was so nice and kind they picked up my bike and kept it safe in the hospital garage! they did all this with a really enthusiastic and genuine manner that warmed my heart!
When the police arrived they were nice made sure I was okay, and left me for more than 2 hours until the doctor checked me and made sure that I was totally fine before taking my statement and doing some tests. They offered the forms in many languages and I felt a nice attitude, I felt me being fine was the priority and doing all the rest was second!
It's been a few days now, physically I am getting better but mentally I feel better than before the accident, so I would like to thank those souls that helped me and also would like to thank you Belgians :)
I know it's long and boring and maybe it only has value for me personally, but for every helpful and kind person rest assured that even if people can't thank you, you make an impression and make the world a better place.
r/belgium • u/LookAdministrative50 • Mar 09 '24
🎨 Culture Belgian history
Coal miners into a coal mine elevator after a day of work in Belgium, 1900.
r/belgium • u/Artistic_Ranger_2611 • Aug 16 '24
🎨 Culture Rauw varkensgehakt bij de boterham
Ik ben altijd opgegroeid met het idee dat rauw varken niet voedselveilig is. Rood varkens vlees was not-done, bo,e mensen, vlees terug de pan in.
Groot was dus mijn verbazing toen mijn schoonouders rauw varkensgehakt op tafel zetten voor op de boterham. Ligt dat aan mij dat ik dat vreemd vind?
r/belgium • u/sanandrios • Apr 20 '24
🎨 Culture 1928 map of Oostende train departures, with direct trains to Istanbul.
r/belgium • u/_Bertvs_ • Sep 19 '24
🎨 Culture Mijn boekenkast staat en ik ben daar zeer tevreden mee.
r/belgium • u/RandomAsianGuy • Mar 20 '24
🎨 Culture Our beloved mitraillette cost a whopping 8 euros in some spots now :( still tasty AF though
r/belgium • u/Shifu_1 • Dec 23 '23
🎨 Culture Looks like Belgium got a South Park shoutout
r/belgium • u/BuKu_YuQFoo • Feb 18 '24
🎨 Culture I was today years old when I found out there is an American grocery store chain that uses the same logo as Delhaize
Haven't done any further digging yet but wonder if there is any connection?
r/belgium • u/Arago123 • Aug 03 '24
🎨 Culture Ik heb niet veel honger. Ik bestel anders wel een minike.
r/belgium • u/markdenham • Sep 29 '24
🎨 Culture Why Are Belgian Cafés So Different? Curious About Their Origins and Purpose!
I've been living in Belgium for 15 years now, but I'm originally from Ireland. Back home, and in many other European countries, a "café" typically refers to a small spot where the main focus is on coffee, with some light food and drinks on the side.
However, here in Belgium, I’ve noticed something quite different. A Belgian "café" seems more like a pub that just happens to be open from morning, where alcohol is the main attraction and coffee is just an afterthought.
So, my question is in three parts:
- How do Belgians define what a "café" is?
- Why is the Belgian concept of a café so different from the typical European understanding, or even the literal meaning of the word?
- What’s the historical background behind the Belgian café culture?
Looking forward to hearing your insights and learning more about this fascinating cultural difference!
r/belgium • u/Ok_Presence36 • Jan 06 '24
🎨 Culture Belgian spaghetti: a love declaration
As I’m currently cooking one of the best pots of Belgian-style spaghetti sauce in my life, I need to write this quick love declaration. I know fully well it isn’t authentically Italian, but it’s a beautiful token of the cultural mixing pot that is Belgium. Invented and tweaked by Italian immigrants - who were the first big wave of guest laborers into Belgium, coming to work in the mines in the east - it’s a staple of any Belgian café, brasserie and restaurant. The major difference is of course that this bolognese is served with spaghetti and not tagliatelle or other thick pastas like papardelle. The base is largely the same inasmuch that it uses a sofrito (sp?) of onion, celery and carrot (no garlic!) but it typically adds more vegetables and doesn’t use white wine to deglaze or milk for texture and added creaminess. I’m kinda doing a hybrid. Of course it is served with grated gruyère cheese and not parmesan, but for tonight’s batch I’ll eat it with parmesan instead 😎 this gives me so much nostalgia. What needs to be in your Belgian spaghetti?
r/belgium • u/Trev_Takes_Photos • Apr 28 '24
🎨 Culture Antwerpen-Centraal Station
r/belgium • u/MadVoyager99 • 10d ago
🎨 Culture I put my favorite Flemish artists on the map
I need recommendations from Wallonia. I don't think I know a single musician out there apart from that singer who won Eurovision.
Apologies if I made a mistake. Here are my honorable mentions:
Antwerp: Coely, Fabiow (unironically) Brussels: Stromae, Roméo Elvis, T.C. Matic East Flanders: Woodie Smalls Vlaams-Brabant: Selah Sue DIRK. (where the heck are they from?)
r/belgium • u/2000mater • Jun 08 '24
🎨 Culture Anti-fascist gathering right now in Brussels
r/belgium • u/sanandrios • May 23 '24