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2 days ago · Yet, its urban pathologies aside, Brussels is not a city in decay but a place of great vibrancy and multicultural depth—a much more exciting and cosmopolitan place than it ever was during its centuries-long history.
1 day ago · As the bombing intensified, the Belgian government abandoned the city, the ministers entrusting power to the secretaries general, the senior civil servants who would become the interlocutors with the invaders. On May 18, Brussels was occupied, just eight days after the attacks started. Ten days later, the Belgian army surrendered.
3 days ago · Belgium, country of northwestern Europe. It is one of the smallest and most densely populated European countries, and it has been, since its independence in 1830, a representative democracy headed by a hereditary constitutional monarch. Initially, Belgium had a unitary form of government.
3 days ago · The country as it exists today was established following the 1830 Belgian Revolution, when it seceded from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which had incorporated the Southern Netherlands (which comprised most of modern-day Belgium) after the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
3 days ago · Manneken-Pis: The real story behind the iconic statue. Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Manneken-Pis, literally “little man pee,” in the Dutch dialect of Marols or “le petit Julien,” in French, is one of Brussels’ most famous and beloved citizens. But what’s the story behind this iconic, if tiny, figure?
May 7, 2024 · Background. Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830; it was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. The country has since prospered as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU.
3 days ago · By Richard Harris. The metro (and road) tunnel works in the Cinquantenaire Park. Belgium was a global pioneer in trains, creating the first railway on the European continent in 1834, a flourishing locomotive manufacturing industry, and later the densest rail, light rail and tram network in the world.
