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Belgium ranks among the 20 largest economies in the world
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2300 international companies and 169 different registered nationalities (87,5% of all the nationalities in the world) reside in our country
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Our capital is at the heart of decision making (European Commission, European Parliament, NATO)
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There is much more:
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Belgium produces 172 000 tons of chocolates per year
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There are over 600 different types of beer in Belgium
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Belgium is at the root of the Surrealism thanks to the Belgian painter René Magritte and the Art Nouveau movement thanks to the architect Victor Horta
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Delvaux, Folon, Ensor and Panamarenko are amongst Belgian famous artists
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Tintin, Spirou and Fantasio, Lucky Luke and the Smurfs are from Belgium too
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Durbuy is the smallest city in the world
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The city of Spa has given his name to thermal treatment centre’s all over the world and built the very first casino in Europe in 1796
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The saxophone was created in Dinant by the Walloon Adolphe Sax
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