{"id":1570,"date":"2014-04-30T10:32:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T10:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:28","slug":"fakta-over-belgie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/fakta-about-belgium","title":{"rendered":"Fakta over Belgi\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Bier:<\/strong>\u00a0Er worden meer dan 800 verschillende soorten bier gebrouwen in Belgi\u00eb. Een gemiddelde Belg consumeert 150 liter bier per jaar. De eerste bieracademie ter wereld werd in 1999 geopend in Herk-de-Stad, Belgi\u00eb.<\/p>\n

2. Onderwijs:<\/strong>\u00a0Belgi\u00eb is een van de weinige landen ter wereld waar onderwijs verplicht is tot 18 jaar.<\/p>\n

3. Chocolade:<\/strong>\u00a0Belgi\u00eb produceert 220.000 ton chocolade per jaar, wat neerkomt op 22 kg per inwoner. De wereldberoemde 'pralines' werden in 1912 in Brussel uitgevonden door de Zwitser Jean Neuhaus. Brussels Airport is de grootste chocoladeretailer ter wereld (800 ton per jaar).<\/p>\n

4. BMI:<\/strong>\u00a0De Body Mass Index werd tussen 1830 en 1850 uitgevonden door de Belgische wetenschapper Adolphe Qu\u00e9telet en wordt vandaag de dag nog steeds gebruikt om iemands ideale gewicht aan te geven.<\/p>\n

5. De saxofoon:<\/strong>\u00a0De saxofoon werd in 1846 uitgevonden door de Belgische instrumentenbouwer Adolphe Sax (die ook zijn naam aan het instrument gaf).<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Dylan Parker - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: De stripfiguur Kuifje is gemaakt door de Belgische kunstenaar Herg\u00e9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Kuifje:<\/strong>\u00a0De stripfiguur Kuifje werd gecre\u00eberd door de Belgische tekenaar Herg\u00e9 (wiens echte naam Georges Prosper Remi was). Van de albumreeks 'Avonturen van Kuifje' zijn meer dan 200 miljoen exemplaren verkocht.<\/p>\n

7. Burgerschap:<\/strong>\u00a0Naast Canada is Belgi\u00eb het land ter wereld dat jaarlijks de meeste nieuwe staatsburgerschappen toekent<\/p>\n

8. UNESCO:<\/strong>\u00a0Er zijn\u00a011 locaties in Belgi\u00eb<\/a> dat op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO staat<\/p>\n

9. Regio's:<\/strong>\u00a0Belgi\u00eb is verdeeld in 3 gewesten: Vlaanderen, Walloni\u00eb en Brussel. Vlaanderen en Walloni\u00eb zijn de grootste gewesten en zijn elk onderverdeeld in 5 provincies, die op hun beurt weer zijn onderverdeeld in gemeenten. Brussel is de hoofdstad<\/p>\n

10. Taalgeschillen:<\/strong>\u00a0Hoewel de offici\u00eble taalgrens tussen Nederlands, Frans en Duits in 1963 werd vastgelegd, is er altijd een taalgeschil geweest tussen de Franstalige en de Vlaamstalige Belgen. De redenen voor het geschil zijn niet alleen taalkundig, maar ook sociaal, politiek, economisch en historisch.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Dennis Jarvis - Flickr.com | Romanm + Nabokov - Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

De uitvinder van de saxofoon, Adolphe Sax, kwam uit Dinant in Belgi\u00eb.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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