10 interesting facts about Belgium.
In this short article, I am sharing 10 interesting facts about Belgium that you may not know about. Lets get directly to the point.
- Belgium has compulsory education up to 18 years old.
- Belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002, and gay marriage in 2003.
- Belgium produces 220,000 tons of chocolate per year. Jean Neuhaus invented the pralines chocolate in Brussels in 1912. The Brussels’ International Airport is the World’s biggest chocolate selling point.
- Brussels sprouts come from Belgium and have grown in the Brussels area for over 400 years.
- In 1066, Huy, Belgium became the first European city to receive a charter of rights, making it the oldest free city on the continent.
- The saxophone was invented in Belgium, in the early 1840’s by Adolphe Sax in the city of Dinant.
- The word “Spa” is derived from the name of the town of Spa, Belgium. Europe’s first modern health resort opened in Spa in the 18th century.
- The Big Bang theory originated in Belgium. It was a Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian physicist , who first came up with “ the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe” in 1927.
- Tallest man in Belgian is Alain Delaunois (2m30).
- Antwerp Zoo, located right next to the Antwerp central railway station is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
Which one you did not know?
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