Belgium, a small part of our history

What have i done?? I told someone i would make a blog about my country today. And I will... But where to start? And what should i focus on? history, politics, lifestyle... and even then do i focus on the flemish part or should i also mention the wallonian part? And should i try to make others understand how we flemish are??? Could anyone ever do that?

Allot of questions but since i guess it would be impossible to understand us without knowing our background, i better start with our history.

We have been an independent nation since 1830 but our history goes further back. I guess one of the first important events in our history would have been at 57BC.. The time where caesar was conquering europe. And in my country there was a tribe called the Eburonen... Their leader was Ambiorix.. A man still honoured in the oldest city of my nation.


Caesar had written in his "Commentarii de bello Gallico" that "Of all the Gauls, the Belgae are the bravest." ("...Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae..."). A legacy we have tried to uphold untill this current date and will keep doing for many more decades to come.

througout history our nation was under different rulings.. BEing dominated by france, spain, holland, Germany,... But noone of them could break our spirits. We have defeated all of them. When in 1830 we claimed our freedom from holland.

During world war 1 and 2 my nation played a keyrole, We as such a small nation wouldn't give in to the germans and refused them passage to attack france. Theirfor we became victims of that powerfull nation but We Always stood up for what we believed and in the end we had won both those wars.
After that we became one of the founding fathers of the european Union. Taken upon us major tasks within nato and united nations. To spread the honour and peace that we value so much.