| Visit Different Places Each Month With Kids' World News! |
| Copyright 2007-2010 - All Rights Reserved Kids' World News Contact Webmaster at debi@kidsworldnews.net |
| This Page Is Proudly Sponsored By: |
| To Find Out More About This Sponsor - Click On Their Name! |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
| The Kingdom of Belgium |
• Belgium can be found in northwestern Europe is is bordered by France,
Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.
• Belgium’s capital city is Brussels. Brussels was founded over a thousand
years ago!
• Some of the famous places in Brussels are: The Grande Place which has been
a market place since the beginning of the city’s history and St. Nicholas Church
which is named after the patron saint of traders.
• Brussel Sprouts have been grown in the Brussels area for over four hundred
years!
• Belgium has been famous for making tapestry and lace since the fifteenth
century! Belgium is also famous for high quality chocolates and has around
four hundred different kinds of beer - some of the most famous are made by
Trappist monks. Food specialties are Moules Frites (mussels and french fries),
Endives with Bechamel Sauce, Ardennes Sausages, Ham, Pate, Belgian Waffles.
• The city of Antwerp is one of the world’s main centers for diamond dealing,
cutting and polishing.
• There are three official languages in Belgium. They are Dutch, French and
German.
• Belgium is the home base for NATO and the European Union.
• The land east of the Meuse River is forested and hilly rising up to the flat
topped mountains of the Ardennes Region. The highest point is Botrange at
2,276 feet. Inland up to the Meuse River is mostly flat with many canals and
dikes.
• The government is a Constitutional Monarchy with the Head of State being
King Albert II. The Prime Minister is Yves Leterme.
• With few natural resources, Belgium must import substantial quantities of raw
materials and export a large volume of manufactured goods, making its
economy unusually dependent on the state of world markets.
• Belgium's main imports are food products, machinery, rough diamonds,
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, clothing and accessories, and
textiles. Its main exports are automobiles, food products, iron and steel, finished
diamonds, textiles, plastics, petroleum products and nonferrous metals.
• Famous Belgiums are:
Liz Claiborne, fashion designer.
Georges Cuisenaire, Belgian teacher famous for his method of teaching
mathematics.
Edward De Smedt, chemist and inventor of modern-day road asphalt.
Audrey Hepburn, actress and special ambassador to UNICEF.
Georges Lemaître, astronomer who discovered the Big Bang theory.
Louis Zimmer, world-famous clockmaker.
Eddy Merckx, cyclist and five time winner of the Tour de France.
Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone.
Peter Paul Rubens, baroque painter.
Rene Magritte, surrealist painter.
Albert Claude, the first biochemist to isolate a cancer cell.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, the inventor of bakelite.
Charlemagne, (742-814), son of Pepin the Short of Belgium, was the founder of
the Holy Roman Empire which lasted until 1806. This was the longest running
European empire.
Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.
• Belgium’s capital city is Brussels. Brussels was founded over a thousand
years ago!
• Some of the famous places in Brussels are: The Grande Place which has been
a market place since the beginning of the city’s history and St. Nicholas Church
which is named after the patron saint of traders.
• Brussel Sprouts have been grown in the Brussels area for over four hundred
years!
• Belgium has been famous for making tapestry and lace since the fifteenth
century! Belgium is also famous for high quality chocolates and has around
four hundred different kinds of beer - some of the most famous are made by
Trappist monks. Food specialties are Moules Frites (mussels and french fries),
Endives with Bechamel Sauce, Ardennes Sausages, Ham, Pate, Belgian Waffles.
• The city of Antwerp is one of the world’s main centers for diamond dealing,
cutting and polishing.
• There are three official languages in Belgium. They are Dutch, French and
German.
• Belgium is the home base for NATO and the European Union.
• The land east of the Meuse River is forested and hilly rising up to the flat
topped mountains of the Ardennes Region. The highest point is Botrange at
2,276 feet. Inland up to the Meuse River is mostly flat with many canals and
dikes.
• The government is a Constitutional Monarchy with the Head of State being
King Albert II. The Prime Minister is Yves Leterme.
• With few natural resources, Belgium must import substantial quantities of raw
materials and export a large volume of manufactured goods, making its
economy unusually dependent on the state of world markets.
• Belgium's main imports are food products, machinery, rough diamonds,
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, clothing and accessories, and
textiles. Its main exports are automobiles, food products, iron and steel, finished
diamonds, textiles, plastics, petroleum products and nonferrous metals.
• Famous Belgiums are:
Liz Claiborne, fashion designer.
Georges Cuisenaire, Belgian teacher famous for his method of teaching
mathematics.
Edward De Smedt, chemist and inventor of modern-day road asphalt.
Audrey Hepburn, actress and special ambassador to UNICEF.
Georges Lemaître, astronomer who discovered the Big Bang theory.
Louis Zimmer, world-famous clockmaker.
Eddy Merckx, cyclist and five time winner of the Tour de France.
Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone.
Peter Paul Rubens, baroque painter.
Rene Magritte, surrealist painter.
Albert Claude, the first biochemist to isolate a cancer cell.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, the inventor of bakelite.
Charlemagne, (742-814), son of Pepin the Short of Belgium, was the founder of
the Holy Roman Empire which lasted until 1806. This was the longest running
European empire.
 |  |  |  |  |  |
| The Flower Carpet at Grande Place in the capital Brussels |
| Dinant Village |
Belgium
Flag
Flag
