INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT BELGIUM IS KNOWN FOR

BELGIUM HAS THE MOST CASTLES PER KILOMETRE

OUT OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

NEARLY 80% OF THE WORLD'S BILLIARD BALLS

ARE MADE IN BELGIUM

ANTWERP HAS BEEN THE DIAMOND CAPITAL OF THE

WORLD SINCE THE 1400’S. IN FACT, A VAST MAJORITY

OF THE WORLD'S DIAMONDS PASS THROUGH THE CITY

THE BIG BANG THEORY ACTUALLY CAME FROM

BELGIUM. GEORGES LEMAITRE WAS A BELGIAN

PRIEST AND PHYSICIST WHO CAME UP WITH THE

IDEA IN 1927

IN BELGIUM VOTING IS MANDATORY

ONLY NEW YORK HAS A BIGGER INTERNATIONAL

PRESENCE THAN BRUSSELS. THE CITY HAS OVER

120 INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

AND 1400 NGOS

BRUSSELS IS THE CAPITAL OF THE EUROPEAN

UNION AND NATO

IN SPITE OF BEING SO TINY, BELGIUM IS THE

WORLD'S 13TH BIGGEST EXPORTER

NOT EVERYTHING IN BELGIUM IS SO ROSY THOUGH.

THE COUNTRY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DIVORCE

RATES IN EUROPE. IT IS ONLY SURPASSED BY

LITHUANIA AND LATVIA