Comments on: Learning the Social Customs of Belgium https://www.expatify.com/belgium/learning-the-social-customs-of-belgium.html Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: qsdg https://www.expatify.com/belgium/learning-the-social-customs-of-belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-10351 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:17:53 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=3231#comment-10351 Dutch isn’t just more common in the Northern part of Belgium. That Nothern part of Belgium is called ‘Flanders’ and about everyone speaks Dutch there. Then there is the Wallonian regian in the South where people speak French. A very small part against the borders of Wallonia with Germany where German is spoken.

I am a native Belgian and after having read the text fully, I can say there is not a single thing I recognize a typical Belgian in.
We don’t pay particuraly much attention to our appearance, nor the one of our houses or gardens. We don’t necessairily bring something with us when we go on a visit (depends on how formal it is and how much you feel like bringing something, of course). Let alone it must be chocolates; flowers seem much more common. Or a bottle of alcohol, why not?

…Wait to be told to be seated… 🙂

If you truly want to learn about Belgium and our customs, do not take this text serioiusly.

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