Belgium is known as the crossroads of Europe, its geographical location has been a place of contention since ancient times, the Roman Empire conquered the Celts living here, established the Belgian province of Gaul, and Belgium has continued to use this name to this day.
Belgians do not have their own language, French, Dutch, German are the official languages of Belgium, historically near the frankish center of the region speak French, next to the lower Rhine region to speak Dutch, to this day the two regions of Belgium still look down on each other.
In the early days of France and Germany, the Benelux region was the most economically and trade-developed region in Europe, especially in the tenth century AD, the Flanders and Brabant regions of Belgium were the earliest cities in Europe, and in 1071, the first urban communes in Europe were developed here.
Through marriage, the Benelux was given to Austria and later to the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, which is an important reason why Belgians speak German.
Waterloo in Belgium was Napoleon's nemesis, where he was defeated and devastated, and successive losses caused France to lose large tracts of land and led to the rearrangement of the whole of Europe.
In 1839, Belgium broke away from the Netherlands and officially entered the international arena. With the rapid development of coal and smelting processes, the Belgians also embarked on the path of colonization and began to plunder Africa's resources, indirectly leading to infighting in Rwanda.
After the baptism of the two world wars, Belgium abolished the system of permanent neutrality, and belgium, which was frightened, began to implement a constitutional monarchy and actively participated in the formulation of various covenants, so the major organizations in Europe have chosen to work in Belgium, and the heart of Europe has since been named.
As the hometown of Audrey Hepburn, Belgium is a country specializing in the hearts of girls, girls usually love to do spa, originated in Belgium, spa town hot springs, from the ancient Roman period began to relieve fatigue and pain for soldiers, and now the spa town has become the world spa.
Belgians are very good at flirting, in addition to the saxophone, pigeon racing, Belgians also invented waffles, fries and Smurfs, and potato-loving Belgians also bred the bull tough guy blue bull, from then on we no longer have to worry about excessive fat intake, but the price is a bit meat pain.
Belgians are not only gifted in eating, the "Tomorrowland" electric syllable festival is held here every year, as the world's largest electric syllable festival, tens of thousands of musical maniacs gather here every year, as a country with only four working days a week, Belgians live very elegantly.
Belgium is the world's largest beer country, with more than 100 beer production enterprises, and more than 1,000 kinds of beer, such as AB InBev located in Belgium.
Belgium is one of the world's top ten commodity import and export countries, the developed maritime trade has created the prosperity of Antwerp, the second largest port in Europe, Antwerp is not only a transit point in Europe, but also one of the world's largest diamond trading markets, with New York, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, and become the world's four largest diamond cutting centers.
As a highly developed country, Belgium is the first batch of industrial revolution countries, due to the strong manufacturing strength of automatic machine tools, Belgium's automobile industry, metal processing industry is world-famous.
The Belgians consist of three ethnic groups, the Dutch-speaking Flemish, the French-speaking Walloons, and the German-speaking Germans, but the Flemish and Bandung are more at odds.
As the fifa ranked first country in the world, the Belgian football team is known as the "European Red Devils", and in the history of A-level competitions in international football, it has a good record and is also one of the participating teams in the first World Cup.
Brussels, saved by a soak of urine, is the capital of Belgium, as an ancient city with a history of more than 1,000 years, located in the trade-offs of Europe, so it is also known as the "capital of Europe".