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32 unusual facts about belgium


1956–57 in English football

They began on a high note by eliminating Belgian champions Anderlecht, confirming qualification for the first knockout round by beating the Belgian side 10-0 in the premilinary round second leg at Old Trafford.

2011–12 Belgian Hockey League season

The 2011–12 Belgian Hockey League season was the 92nd season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium.

2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round and the 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa in Belgium for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

Aba Dunner

After leaving school, Aba learned in yeshiva in Kapellen, Belgium, and then in Luzern, Switzerland, where studied under Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik, with whom he maintained contact throughout the remainder of his life.

Belgian Ambassador to the Holy See

A Belgian Ambassador serves as that country's official representative to the Holy See since formal diplomatic relations began in 1832.

Beringen

Beringen, Belgium, a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.

Brantano Footwear

The company originated from a small factory run by André Brantegem and his brother in Lede, East Flanders.

Chenogne massacre

The Chenogne massacre refers to a mass execution committed on New Year's Day, January 1, 1945, where German prisoners of war were killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne (also spelled "Chegnogne"), Belgium, thought to be in retaliation for the Malmedy massacre.

Claeys Formula

The Claeys Formula is used in Belgium by the practitioners of social law to evaluate the notice period that has to be respected when an employee is dismissed.

Étalle

Étalle, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium

Europay International

The merged entity was headquartered in Waterloo, Belgium, on the same premises as EPSS (European Payment Systems Services) and MasterCard EMEA (the MasterCard region comprising Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

Europlanetarium Genk

The observatories of Grimbergen and Hove were already operating for many years at that time.

Fernande de Cartier de Marchienne

Ferdinande Louise Marie Ghislaine (Fernande) de Cartier de Marchienne (Suarlée, 23 February 1872-Bruxelles 19 June 1903) was the Belgian mother of Marguerite Yourcenar.

Hever

Hever, Belgium, a small village in the center of Flanders, Belgium

Hogeschool Gent

There are also campuses in the neighbouring cities of Aalst and Melle.

Hubert Haas

Hubert Haas (23 August 1919 – 1976) was a Belgian writer known for his work in the Walloon language.

Incourt

Incourt, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant

Kent Family Placement Project

At the conclusion of the study, Hazel embarked on another study of her own which focused on Sweden and Belgium.

Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

When he died in 1574 without a male heir, the Lordship of Rochefort fell to his daughter Anna.

Mariemont

Mariemont, Belgium, former hunting estate created in 1546 by Queen Mary of Hungary

Martina Violetta Jung

After a number of years in international management positions (Hapag Lloyd, Ahlers LMS, etc.) she founded the company Universal Intelligence in Lier, Belgium.

Montefiore Institute

The Montefiore Institute is the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Liège, Belgium.

Oberste Heeresleitung

For most of the war, the OHL was headquartered at Spa in Belgium.

Pierre Léonard Vander Linden

Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (December 12, 1797 – April 5, 1831) was a Belgian entomologist.

R.R.F.C. Montegnée

Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée is a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Saint-Nicolas, Liège.

Ransart

Ransart, Belgium, a former Belgian municipality and now part of the city of Charleroi

Roetgen

Roetgen is located approximately 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Aachen, near the border to Belgium.

RV Belgica

Belgica was and is the name of two Belgian research vessels, with a name derived ultimately from the Latin Gallia Belgica.

SAMCEF

SAMCEF development started in 1965 at the University of Liège and is still developed and sold by SAMTECH, a Belgian company the HQ of which is located in Liège, Belgium.

Signal de Botrange

The average and extreme temperatures are usually lower than at any other place in Belgium: the minimum temperature recorded (-25.6 °C) does not, however, exceed the absolute record (-30.1 °C ), observed in the valley of the Lomme, at Rochefort during a temperature inversion phenomenon.

Uccle-Calevoet railway station

Trains calling at Uccle-Calevoet are local trains running from Nivelles to Leuven, Braine-l'Alleud to Brussels-North, Nivelles to Antwerp-Central, Châtelet to Schaerbeek and Charleroi-Sud to Antwerp Central.

Vanbreda International

In 1930 Jos en Maurice Van Breda, two brothers from Lier, founded Bank J.Van Breda & C°.


Antrix Corporation

Successful Commercial Satellite Launches of Kitsat (Korea), Tubsat (DLR - Germany), BIRD (DLR - Germany), PROBA (Verhaert, Belgium) aboard the ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

The Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium is the holder of a diplomatic position within the Catholic Church, who acts as Ambassador of the Holy See to the Belgium.

Arthur Vierendeel

He obtained an MSc in construction and mining engineering in 1874 at the Université catholique de Louvain, after which he worked as an engineer for the company Nicaise et Delcuve in La Louvière, Belgium.

Béco Dranoff

In 1998, Dranoff co-founded the modern Brazilian music label Ziriguiboom in association with Belgium’s Crammed Discs, launching the international careers of artists Bebel Gilberto, Celso Fonseca, Cibelle, Zuco 103, Trio Mocotó, Bossacucanova, Apollo Nove, DJ Dolores and the late producer Suba.

Belgian media

In Flanders, VRT channels (Eén, Canvas and Ketnet/OP12) had a combined market share of 42.0% in 2012, VMMa channels (VTM, 2BE, Vitaya and vtmKzoom) 28.8%, SBS Belgium channels (VIER and VIJF) 10.5% and Concentra (Acht) 0,5%.

Berendrecht Lock

In July 2009, it was announced that the Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul, together with a consortium of contractors consisting of the Spanish Sacyr Vallehermoso, the Italian Impregilo and the Panamanian company Grupo Cusa, had been awarded the contract to build the six new locks on the enlarged Panama Canal to accommodate larger Post-Panamax vessels.

Café liégeois

However during World War I with the Battle of Liège in full swing and Vienna representing the enemy, Paris' cafés started renaming the dessert café liégeois in honour of Belgium's embattled forts.

Click Asia Summit

The speaker lineup comprised various experts in the field of online and social marketing from across the globe, including Dr. Shashi Tharoor (Indian Parliament), Bingham Willis, Lucy McCabe (Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore), Nick Decrock (Yento!, Belgium), Aditya Anupkumar (Saatchi & Saatchi, India), Namrita Sehgal (Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India), Ramon Vullings (new shoes today, Netherlands), and Ankit Fadia (eSecure Solutions, India).

Codex Eyckensis

The Codex is now on display in the St. Catherine church in Maaseik, Belgium.

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Dalen Hotel

After its opening in 1894, the hotel drew royal guests from all over Europe, playing host to the likes of King Oscar II of Sweden, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King Leopold II of Belgium, King Haakon VII of Norway and his family, and several members of the British aristocracy.

Damir Lesjak

Damir Lesjak (born 31 March 1967) is a former Croatian footballer who played for Dinamo Zagreb, Israeli side Hapoel Haifa and Belgian club Mouscron.

Duncan MacLeod Timeline:1792-1891

On June 18, on the battlefield of Waterloo (present-day Belgium), Duncan carries a sick soldier on his back and meets Immortal Darius on his way.

Felix De Smedt

After World War II had broken out in Belgium on May 10, 1940, he accompanied his father to work in Moissac near Toulouse in Southern France, which at that time was still unoccupied.

Filip Claus

He also made portraits of Belgian politicians such as former Prime Ministers of Belgium Jean-Luc Dehaene and Guy Verhofstadt.

Flemish Movement

During the existence of Belgium more and more Dutch-speaking regions have become French-speaking regions; for example, Mouscron (Moeskroen), Comines (Komen), and particularly Brussels (see Frenchification of Brussels).

French National Monotype 1924

It might originate (or vice versa) as the Scheldejol a Class originated in Antwerp, Belgium and also used in The Netherlands but is a little different at certain measurements.

Greggs

Starting in 2003, in an attempt to test the foreign market, Greggs opened a total of ten stores in Belgium; principally in Antwerp and Leuven.

Hostin

Countries like Brazil, Canada and USA had received Belgian and French immigrants with that last name.In Brazil the family Hostin arrived with other families at the Belgium settlement of Ilhota in the state of Santa Catharina in the first half of the 19th century.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jacopo Godani

He has also pursued studies at the Fine Arts High School of Carrara and was accepted to further his studies at Maurice Béjart's international dance centre, Mudra in Bruxelles, Belgium.

Joël Prévost

Born in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, Prévost was adopted soon after birth by a family from northern France, renamed Jean-Luc Potaux, and grew up at Trith-Saint-Léger, close to the border with Belgium.

Juan Manuel Asensi

He was picked for the squads at the 1978 World Cup and UEFA Euro 1980 – his last international was played in the latter competition, also against Belgium (and also 1–2 defeat) – and also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Keena Young

In 2007, Young had a short stint with Spotter Leuven, a professional team in Belgium, before joining Mobis Phoebus of the Korean Basketball League (in South Korea).

Laurent Wéry

Laurent Wéry released his first solo single "My Sound" on 14 February 2009, the song reached number 20 in Belgium.

Liesbeth List

In 1965, the duo was awarded the Europe Cup for Best Singing Performance in Knokke, Belgium.

Lorenz Kindtner

After playing at the AIS and Sunshine George Cross, Kindtner played almost a decade in Belgium, playing for a number of teams including Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge.

Macrodontopteryx

If Macrodontopteryx is indeed a distinct genus, perhaps some pseudotooth bird fossils found in Lutetian (Middle Eocene, MP11-13, about 45 Ma) deposits at Etterbeek (Belgium) belong therein.

Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969 in Geel) is a Belgian racecar driver who drove in Formula 3000 from 1994 to 1996 and part-time from 1999 to 2001.

Morgnshtern

In 1937 Morgnshtern had prepared a delegation to take part in the Workers Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, but the Polish government refused to give travel visas to the athletes.

Nabil Sayadi

Born in Lebanon, Nabil Sayadi was the director and founder of the European branch of Global Relief Foundation, centred in Belgium.

Nariné Simonian

She has also given concerts in Russia, Belgium, Switzerland (in Bulle, at Saint-Pierre des des Liens) where she has a recorded a CD, in Finland, at Kiev (Ukraine in 2003 with Dominique de Williencourt and in November 2008 at the Organ Hall), in North America (New York on 1 November 1998, at the Armenian Evangelical Church of New York, in Montreal and in South America in 1997, along with Olivier Latry (Argentina, Uruguay at the Festival Internacional del Uruguay Órgano,.

Noville

Noville, Belgium : Noville or Noville-lez-Bastogne (en wallon Noveye-dilé-Bastogne) is a section of the Belgian town of Bastogne in the Walloon Region in the province of Luxembourg.

Peteca

When Brazil was present at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium the Brazilian athletes took with them some shuttlecocks for amusement on the ship and during the intervals between games.

Plague Recordings

Artists included Maarten van der Vleuten (Netherlands), Scanner (UK), The Caretaker (UK/Germany), vidnaObmana (Belgium), Moljebka Pvlse (Sweden), Ondo (Sweden), Machinist & Mendel Kaelen (Netherlands).

Poetry Man

In 1997, Zap Mama, an African-Belgium based group, delivered a version on their album, Seven which included a dialog of sorts with Spearhead's Michael Franti playing the Poetry Man himself.

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada (Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine, born 30 September 1956, Laeken, Belgium) is a member of the Belgian Royal Family.

Psyko Punkz

The two are signed to the Belgian record label Dirty Workz, where they have been regularly releasing tracks since the year 2008.

Roberto Sabatino Lopez

There he met his future wife, Claude-Anne Kirschen, a wartime refugee from Belgium who had come to New York with her family in 1940.

Sabena Flight 548

Sabena Flight 548, registration OO-SJB, was a Boeing 707 aircraft that crashed en route to Brussels, Belgium, from New York City on February 15, 1961, killing the entire United States Figure Skating team on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

The Martian

Of a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of Paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on Mechelen in Belgium and Whitby in the 1870s, and its superb illustrations.

The Mystery of the Blue Diamond

Tintin in India: The Mystery of the Blue Diamond, is a 1941 Belgian theatre piece in three acts written by Hergé and Jacques Van Melkebeke.

Theo Wharton

Wharton was first selected for the Wales Under-17 squad for 2011 Euro qualifiers where he start 2 games against Belgium and Denmark.

Triple Espresso

The production in Belgium was the first foreign-language version of the show, playing in the city of Ghent, in Flemish.

Vicinal

Vicinal tramway or Buurtspoor, a system of narrow gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium.

Wu Qian

In October 2009, Qian represented China in the Europalia festival performing Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Brussels Philharmonic in a tour of Belgium under Carlos Kalmar.

Zakaria Bakkali

After Bakkali's superb Champions League-debut, Belgium coach Marc Wilmots selected him in the 25-man squad in the friendly-game against France.