After seeing all this bad takes on Belgian history reappearing again, here a very short history lesson.
Belgium's modern shape can be traced back at least as far as the southern core of the medieval Burgundian Netherlands. These lands straddled the ancient boundary of the Scheldt that had divided medieval France and Germany, but were brought together under the House of Valois-Burgundy & unified into one autonomous territory by their heir Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1549 (Pragmatic Sanction).

Nine, a number that you can find everywhere in Brussels, 🇧🇪. On buildings, stations, fountains, art... monuments...

The Big Five 🇧🇪

Brussels Antwerp

Some places in Belgium I want to get to know better this year.
Do you have places in little Belgium you don't really know yet and want to discover?

1) Kortrijk 2) Mirwart

8 Hidden Classy Places in Belgium not even many Belgians know about:

1) Bieley Felsen 2) Celles

Until now I only showed 4 of the approximately 3000 castles you can find in Belgium, here some more!

Many of the castles are still private property, others can be visited.

Be prepared for a classy, noble, Belgian and frankly impressive thread. 🇧🇪

(Zellaer Castle) Marnix de Sainte Aldegonde Castle

(kasteelvanbornem.be)

Look at this image, what do we see? 🧵1/ Let's zoom in:

Waarom hebben we in België na de gruwel van de Tweede Wereldoorlog en Holocaust toch nog relatief zwak gereageerd op de colloboratie? Heel Frankrijk ligt vol straten en pleinen die vernoemd zijn naar verzetshelden, in NL is er de jaarlijkse Nationale Dodenherdenking. Bij ons worden collaborateurs in het boekje van het Vlaams parlement gezet als leidingsgevende figuren en worden graven gesubsidieerd alsook straatnamen behouden. Ik word er misselijk van.