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Belgium

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  • 14-08-2015 07:49PM
    #1
    meliselis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    who has been to Belgium already? Did you like it? there were things you did not like? You liked the Belgian people?

    Always wondered what others think of our country :D


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    #2
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    meliselis wrote: »
    who has been to Belgium already? Did you like it? there were things you did not like? You liked the Belgian people?

    Always wondered what others think of our country :D
    Lived there for a year. Meh.

    Bit boring all round.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Good beer and good people.


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    #4
    Icaras
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Icaras


    Was there for a weekend, very warm, cheap beer, nice people mostly.


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    #5
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    "Europe's hole"

    A blank space, which has simply tended to reflect the power dynamics in Europe, depending on who occupied it.

    They did invent chips alright.


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    RichardCeann
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 647 ✭✭✭RichardCeann


    Any country whose national dish is mussels and chips washed down with loads of good beer is alright in my book.


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    jimboblep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 546 ✭✭✭jimboblep


    Lived there and loved it, great beer,great people, beautiful women, lots of history, loved brugge in particular.


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    Cienciano
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    Best beer in the world


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    This post has been deleted.


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    #10
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,675 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Got engaged in Brussels. Love the beer and waffles!!


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    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,616 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Are those the crowd that put Mayonnaise on chips?


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    Duckworth_Luas
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    The Longford of Europe


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    TomBtheGoat
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    Apart from having some nice chocolate, I don't really know what else they do well.


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    Badly Drunk Boy
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    I went to Bruges for 5 days with an ex. Thebeer was good, and some great chocolate there too. My ex loved the wafel mit slagroom. It rainy nearly all the time we were there, and I wasn't used to that, being from Ireland.


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    ISOP
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    I love Brussels, a great city, great food, drink and nightlife. I can see why your typical Irish muldoon would hate it


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    The Longford of Europe

    And we're the Westmeath.


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Been there a few times, with the lads when I was single and then with wifey. Great everytime.


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    TheBody
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    I went to Bruges for 5 days with an ex. Thebeer was good, and some great chocolate there too. My ex loved the wafel mit slagroom. It rainy nearly all the time we were there, and I wasn't used to that, being from Ireland.

    Oh yea, I heard Bruges is supposed to be amazing.


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    kneemos
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    TomBtheGoat wrote: »
    Apart from having some nice chocolate, I don't really know what else they do well.


    I think they lack a proper identity given their proximity to other countries.
    12 million odd of them though.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Spent quite some time in Brussels over the years. Just another city, not much of great interest. The people were nice, the beer great, bit boring too.


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    #21
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    Lovely cities,Brugge,Leuven,Genk,Antwerpen (Bruxelles was a lot less impressive imo),some of the finest of European architecture coupled with fantastic,cheap and dependable public transport,a rich History,the best beer in the world.I met mostly Vlaamische people,not too many Walloons,but there were A1 in my book,very nice scenery.
    Would readily recommend as a place to visit.
    You're cool by us Belgium.


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    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,509 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Antwerp is a nice city, great beers, easily lose a weekend there. Stupidly easy to get bombed on the beer.


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    #23
    ISOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭ISOP


    some great red light action too up around gare du noord, great great city


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    #24
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    It's like a fucking fairytale.


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    #25
    [Deleted User]
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    I've never been but I love waffles, chocolate and Kipling bags.

    I know two Belgians and if they're representative of the general population, then it's a land of lovely people with kind hearts and gentle voices.


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    My first time, was like a porn/beer cruise with work.

    Incredible time but spent something like 36 hours on coach, ferry, walking around, porn shops, bars.

    It was quite an eye opener. We were all as green as. Two or three girls or boys or variations of, going into the boothes. And back again for seconds. If we'd have had overnight accomodation - well who knows :o


    Went to a place called Sluice - spelling is obviously $hoite


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    #27
    pickarooney
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    I've been there about twenty times but never once by design.


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    #28
    pauliebdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭pauliebdub


    It's ok overall. Loved Bruges and Antwerp. Brussels is a bit of a dump to be honest, boring and run down.


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    #29
    the evasion_kid
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    Been a few times,first time was with a few mates and I was like why Belgium?!? Had a ball there and didn't want to come back.


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    #30
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Duvel is fantastic, but I still havent forgiven Belgium and a corrupt Portugeuse referee for destroying our chances of qualifying for the 1982 Soccer World Cup.

    Therefore I will never be in Bruge or any other part of it.

    Pee'd on the streets of Ostend waiting on a ferry. That was my only revenge. I'm classy.


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    conorh91
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    ISOP wrote: »
    I love Brussels, a great city, great food, drink and nightlife. I can see why your typical Irish muldoon would hate it
    I find that if there is one city in Europe seasoned travelers (especially non-Europeans) enjoy bitching about, it's Brussels.

    Brussels or Milan.

    What's a muldoon?


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