I'm Flemish and I work for 30 years in Brussels (I lived in Brussels for 3 years). I must say, the language is a very sensitive issue in Belgium. In the Flemish schools it is mandatory to have French as the second language. In Wallonia (French speaking part of Belgium) there is no obligation whatsoever to study Dutch (about 60% of the Belgians are Flemish). In the professional world in Brussels, someone who only speaks Dutch will not be able to have a big career, someone who only speaks French can. If in a meeting there is one French speaking person and ten Flemish it will be very likely to have the meeting in French... The Flemish in Brussels speak very often 3 languages (most Flemish speak English), the French-speaking Brusselsian will very rarely speak Dutch. So if you learn French you can talk with everybody. But the Flemish appreciate it a lot if you would speak a little bit of Dutch. I don't want to be too negative : the diversity of Brussels makes it very attractive !

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your input! 🙏 you are completely right, it is definitely sensitive and as a Dutch speaker, you find that French has a higher priority that Dutch. I understood that Wallonia is moving towards making Dutch mandatory now in schools? It would be about time. I do however feel that many try to accommodate to Dutch in Brussels (even if it is only because they have to), and when they do speak a little Dutch, they give me all they got. I try to insist on using it and encourage people to learn it too, and appreciate and use every opportunity where I can speak Dutch.

@RobM.-dx8tl

9 ай бұрын

You are right. More and more French speaking parents tend to send their children to Dutch schools so they will be able to speak both languages. There is a positive evolution over the last 20 years. The future looks promising 🙂 @@JustBrusselsThings

@carthkaras6449

8 ай бұрын

I live in Wallonia and I studied Dutch in primary school... In general secondary education you also have the choice between English and Dutch for the first three years, then if you choose Dutch, English is mandatory as a third language for the other three years. iIt works the other way arround too. In my time, 70% of young people chose Dutch, now English has replaced it. Dutch is also mandatory at some universities. In total I had 10 years of dutch. The real problem in Wallonia is not that Walloons don't want to study Dutch or that the government doesn't either, no, Dutch "immersion" schools are popular, the problem is the lack of teachers of Dutch.

@lws7394

8 ай бұрын

But I reckpn all schools in Brussels are bilingual,dutch/french right? Being an official bilingual region ..

@sans_hw187

8 ай бұрын

Everytime two languages share a geographical area, the speakers of the most “powerful” language of the two tend to be lazy and even refuse to speak the other one. Between french and dutch, French is more influential because it is spoken by way more people in way more places. However, if you take French and English, the power balance is reversed, like we can see in Canada. English Canadians show the same entitlement as French speaking Belgians. In Montreal, which is a majority French speaking city, some Anglo Canadians don’t speak French even though they were born there and lived there their whole life. If in a meeting there is one English speaking person and ten French speaking persons then the meeting will most of the time take place in English. However just like in Belgium, the situation is getting a little bit better.

As a dutch speaking person who visited Brussels one weekend, I was seriously not able to use dutch on a single occasion. Since I don't speak French I ended up talking English everywhere.

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your input! ☀️ I would recommend to visit the areas around St Katelijne, Vlaamsesteenweg and around Dansaert as well. In my experience, Marollen is also a good place for Dutch - at least they can see my Dutch-looking face and switch to Dutch when I speak French to them 🤣 Laeken is also quite Dutch speaking I have heard. If you go more south, Ixelles and Saint Gilles for example, it goes more French-speaking.

@jaimereneramirezbecerra5837

8 ай бұрын

But the french is easy

@CouldBeMathijs

7 ай бұрын

@@jaimereneramirezbecerra5837 As a native Flemish speaker about half an hour outside of Brussels, I wholeheartedly disagree. Subjonctif is the pain of my existence.

@Soclean07

7 ай бұрын

@@jaimereneramirezbecerra5837 French it's one of them most difficult language to learn that's why in general english speaker find easy to talk Spanish or Portuguese or even Italian because these languages are easier than French to learn.

@freckleKaren

7 ай бұрын

@@Soclean07french is one of the easiest. mandarin and farsi are hard. finnish and russian half-way there. french, italian, spanish are all in the same group. if you can master one - you can master them all. there’re also about 50% intersection between Eng and Fr vocabularies. Donc si tu parle bien anglais, tu pourras maîtriser français sans beaucoup de difficultés.

When I was in Brussels pretty much everyone spoke French over there

Nice video!

This was helpful. Great video! I'm a Nigerian and apart from English, I speak a great deal of French... I would love to visit la Belgique bientôt

Really nice video !! You have really nice videos , keep it up !!!

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! ☀

Just found your channel Great video Nice collection of basses

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support ☀

@jawswasnevermyscene4258

7 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings out of topic but which bass would you recommend for a first timer

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

@@jawswasnevermyscene4258 Those belong to my boyfriend, I will pass on that question to him 😅

Even if you work at company where one language is dominant you won't be able to totally avoid the other language as it will be spoken by coworkers, customers, business relations, etc ...

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, good point!

I have watched all your videos now, I think, and I found them all very usable. Thanks a lot! (And I also wonder if you really play all those guitars and if yes, do you put them through amps or processors/pedals or just an interface + DAW?)

In Brussels you'll probably always get by with English. I believe French is more important in Brussels, and Dutch (locally known as Flemish) is more important in Antwerp, though it's years since I went to either place so I could be wrong.

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

I think you are right for the daily life. I though feel it is sad that people stay in Brussels for several years and have not even bothered to take any language courses. I feel knowing Dutch has brought be closer to the city than any of my non-Dutch/French speaking colleagues are experiencing.

When we were in Brussels, they would speak French to me even though I have a weird, foreign accent. I got a sense they didn't like speaking Dutch, maybe because I wasn't very good at it, and my wife (being born in The Netherlands) speaks differently than the Flemish people do. My wife spoke with a woman cleaning the building where we had rented a room, and the woman explained that it was difficult there for Flemish speakers to find good jobs. Regardless of what languages you speak, if you're there as a tourist, you will probably be able to get around without much difficulty, as nuanced communication isn't required. We had fun there, and met a lot of nice people.

When I lived in Brussels I lived in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre the local authority did help with French language courses. A good chance to try and integrate. Few people in Belgium are bilingual. Take the judiciary for example, few can speak both languages well, even though it is a requirement for the job.

When I'm in Brussel I speak Dutch. It's officially bilingual, so I speak in my own tongue. When you go south of Brussel, you will have to speak French because almost nobody there can speak Dutch or even English.

@JustBrusselsThings

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for your input! ☀️ I agree with you. You will probably have some expats in the south of Brussels who speak English though 😉 but generally French is very dominant.

Maybe show respect, learn both.

informative video

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support ☀️ appreciate it!

I speak French reasonably well, certainly I can get around France without any problems. Once I was in the Brussels train station, I asked a railway employee for directions to a certain track, but before I could finish my sentence, he held up his hand and said, "Let's just do this in English, it's easier." His English and his accent were very good. I found that in my stay in the city: in Brussels itself, it seems all the educated population speaks English. This was my experience, anyway.

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

Nice that English was an option! I think it really depends on how people use it. Some deny it completely, others are very open towards it. Maybe the railway employee as met so many tourists that he knows English works to give precise information. Hope you found your train in the end ☀

As Belgium men, living in the Flemish part (Vlaanderen) and visit BXL (Brussels) sometimes, i think it is helpfull to know both languages in Belgium, you can talk Dutch but if necessary you can talk French aswell, in school we were learning French back in the days, English is also a good idea cause BXL is the capital of EU? nice video btw, keep up the good work.

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support! 🙏 I agree, the most ideal is speaking all three. Makes life so much easier here.

@DeRikBE

9 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings Your Welcome, always nice to hear, read and see what people think about Belgium, BXL is a beautyfull city, a mix off cultures and people from all over the world, greetings Eric

although my comment is quite late, i will post a potentially controversial reply. I am a expat who grew up speaking French. I previously tried very hard to learn Flemish and used every resource available to immerse myself. However one can only immerse themselves so far without actually speaking it to people. Whenever I went to Antwerp or other cities in Flanders, they would always switch languages, usually to English. Why should I try to speak a language that even their own people have no pride in? That’s why I became the “stereotypical asshole” in Brussels who replies in French even when spoken to in Flemish or English even though I understand both, because unlike the Flemish who have given up the i language for English, we are still proud of our heritage and language and dont think our language in our capital city should be replaced by English. We would gladly learn Flemish if there was a need to, but unfortunately there isn’t. Flemish in Brussels is a symbolic move more than anything, like French traffic signs in Ottawa or Toronto in order to claim they’re “bilingual” legally speaking, but the reality is far from that

Hello Evelien, I'm planning to move to Brussels, could you please make a video about job sites or recruiters? I'm an European citizen but English speaker not French 😊. Thanks

@JustBrusselsThings

10 ай бұрын

Sure! ☀️ What kind of jobs are you looking for? I will be going on summer holiday soon, but I will plan it in my recording schedule 👍

@quickstation

10 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings my main experience is in IKEA but i have other skills beside that. If you can give me your e-mail i could send my cv to you 😁. Thanks for reply

@JustBrusselsThings

10 ай бұрын

@@quickstation I am unsure if I can help you directly within your field as I personally work in the EU institutions, but I will make a video with places where to look for jobs 👍

@quickstation

10 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings thank you, appreciate 👍🌹

belgium has three official languages. Dutch is spoken by 60% of the population, French 39%, and German 1%

You kept referencing the "municipality" but I don't really understand what that's all about. Being from the USA, I've probably been to a government office once in my life, maybe? To get a social security card. So I reckon it's exceedingly unlikely I have any use for going to government offices elsewhere either.

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

I am unsure how it works in the US, but in Belgium you will have to show up to the town hall to register your arrival. It is also where you will renew your drivers' license, renew your passport, request parking spaces, get access to your criminal record (for example for job applications) etc. The municipalities in Belgium are quite small since Brussels has 19 of them. They are moving more toward digital services as well and you can request a lot by e-mail now also. I recently had to renew my drivers' license which you have to do every 10 years in Belgium and that did require me to book a timeslot and show up to the town hall.

@towanga2221

8 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings désolé ce sont des communes municipalité est le mot utilisé en France...vous vous adressez à la commune pour toute sorte de raison et ce n'est pas le gouvernement belge d'accord?

@towanga2221

8 ай бұрын

you have to go to the" commune" to register your self

@paulvr2

7 ай бұрын

To clarify: that only applies to residents, not to tourists.

Brussels is officially both French and Dutch

@JustBrusselsThings

2 күн бұрын

Which one would you use in Brussels? ☀️

@KokkiePiet

2 күн бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings Dutch, as it is an official language in Brussels.

erg handig filmpje

If i want to work as a pharmacist in belgium, will french be enough for both having the certificate equalization test and for working in brussels?. Thanks for the info you provided andcthe good explanation of it.

@JustBrusselsThings

2 ай бұрын

Hi there! ☀️I can’t really answer on something that specific, I can only recommend to do a proper research (which it seems that you are already doing). Alternatively it could be that it is only necessary to speak French for working in Wallonia?

@jfrancobelge

Ай бұрын

Although French is largely predominant in Brussels, it officially is a bilingual city and many people from nearby Flanders commute to Brussels for work daily. It's better to know at least some basic Dutch.

I study both i love it!!!

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

👏👏❤️

If you want to move to Eupen, Sankt Vith or other places within the German speaking community you are supposed to learn German. It's only fair to expect people to learn the language of where you want to settle down. Bien, si c'est la Valonie on y parle le français, in Vlaanderen spreek je nederlands und in der DG spricht man eben Deutsch. In Brussels zou je de twee talen (frans en nederlands) kunnen praten. C'est une question du respecte, au moins faire l'effort d'apprendre le plus basique en les deux langues. The consensus of speaking English works somehow but it's fake as it kills local identities that correspond with speaking different languages. It would be sad to lose this diversity in the world.

@andr386

7 ай бұрын

My family comes from a place pretty close to Eupen (4km). And most germanophones can speak French to some extent if not are completely fluent. It's seldom the case the other way around. Especially older generations that still felt the stigma of WWII. But honestly nobody should be scared to go to Eupen only speaking French. You can even live there only speaking French. Try that in Flanders and it will be another experience. Obviously younger generations in the area are far keener to learn German.

@hannofranz7973

7 ай бұрын

​@@andr386That sounds interesting. I wouldn't expect the younger ones to be keener on learning German than others. In the DG I noticed the presence of the French language. The German speaking community is so small and it is somehow part of Valonia. Nevertheless, if you really want to integrate in the local society, wouldn't you be expected to pick up German? You know better. (Du weisst es besser, tu en sais mieux.)

Kernewek! Cornish 😎👍 or Irish or Breton.

@Melvorgazh

8 ай бұрын

@@caudron5926 Na petra 'ta! Chom rit ba Brusel?

@Melvorgazh

8 ай бұрын

@@caudron5926 Eskuzit ac'hanon, ne gomzan ked italianeg. Hogen degemer mat ba Brusel ma feus c'hoant evâ ur banne bier pe sistr ganin 😼

If you are moving to another country you have to learn the language of the people living there. Even though the local can and do comunicate with you and are very skillfull in explaining what's going on you will never be able to read the mindset of of the people in your new country, in short if you want to understand why the wallons are what they areyou've got to learn french and if you want to understand why the Flemish are behaveing and thinking like they do you have to learn Dutch or Flemish. I do understand thatexpatriates residing for a very short time do not try to learn the language of the people living there. But I do know so called expats ( in reality immigrants) that have been living in the country 25years+ and only speak English. That feel very often insulting

Learn both.

@JustBrusselsThings

2 ай бұрын

Agreed! ☀️

You must learn ze GLOBISH. Globish is ze official language in ze Belgium and in ze Nederlands. Ze Belgians and ze Dutch are ze best Globish locutors in ze world.

@Wahrheit_

8 ай бұрын

Globish de beste taal ter wereld

@jandron94

8 ай бұрын

If you hate French being the lingua franca (as it is in BXL and even in Belgium as a whole) then Globish is a much lesser evil than French.

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

Merci! Ik neem votre avis!

Learn both they are useful in Brussels

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

I agree! It’s useful and also respectful. However, learning two languages may seem a little overwhelming for some I assume 😅

@feryneimrios3145

8 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings it's overwhelming only for dumb-ass monolingual gringos. I'm Mexican and picked up both languages and became conversational in both in three years. I've never even been to Belgium. Godverdomme. Interest and respect for the culture is key. But I guess gringos don't know those terms.

Well, that's is a sensitive question in Belgium... not only about language, but also communities... I'm Walloon, the parents of my father were Flemish but spoke French when they lived to Brussels, that's is why my father learned French only unfortunately... The parents of my mother were Walloon and lived in Wallonia. However... I don't want to create any trouble, but people who live in Brussels don't speak French or Dutch as native language... that's why quite many Belgian people leaves the capital...

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

Hi Cedric! Thanks for your honest opinion🙏 I agree that it can make you feel quite excluded from your own capital. In my view I have not experienced people leaving due to that, as I see that people often know that Brussels is very international. But I guess that is not for everyone. What I have seen is that people often find the city a bit chaotic and not always well regulated (either you like it or not 😅), not always safe (for example around stations) and a strong culture of wanting to buy houses and live a life outside the city.

@cedricceddy4697

8 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings , that's true about houses etc, and the city is chaotic, there are always works for the streets or another renovations there and there, too many traffics of vehicles, not safe, etc. My father left Brussels because he didn't feel the city Belgian anymore... Many friends of mine left it because it misses safety a lot as well... When I go there with strangers friends who want to visit Brussels, they ask to me if we are still in Belgium... That's sad for us... 😕

Is it Flemish similar with Dutch?

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

It’s quite similar. Flemish is officially Dutch, but Flemish speakers have a different dialect/accent. Flemish also has words that are more inspired by French so some words become like a hybrid Dutch/French. Flemish has sometimes different expressions than the Dutch from the Netherlands, and sometimes they even have different grammar rules, although only minor differences. But overall it is the same language - although Dutch speakers from the Netherlands often find Flemish difficult to understand, if they are not so used to hearing it - but that also really much depends on where the Flemish are from in Belgium, as regional dialects differ a lot! Hope this makes it more clear! 👍☀️

@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands

7 ай бұрын

It is the same language, is American English?

Brussels people understand Italian & German ?

@JustBrusselsThings

4 ай бұрын

There is a region in Belgium that is German speaking, but for speaking German and Italian in Brussels, you might want to seek out the international community in the city! There are lots if German and Italian speakers in Brussels 🇧🇪

Please level up sound

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

I have bought a new microphone so the problem has been solved in future videos 😅

i would suggest to consider arabic or nigerian instead

Do you speak German?

If I was a foreigner coming to live in Brussels and spoke neither Dutch nor French I would learn French. Reason is that most Flemish people speak French while the French speaking Belgians hardly speak Dutch.

If you live in Brussels learn both Flemish and French if you only visit ... speak English or French or Flemish if you know any of those . Problem you won't go far outside of Belgium with Flemish ... Holland may be ?.

@Sander_van_de_Reep

7 ай бұрын

You can go to Suriname, the Netherlands, Dutch Caribbean and some parts of South Africa and Namibia with Dutch. Ofc you can go to more countries with French.

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

It is still around 23,5 million people who speak Dutch/Flemish. I think there is also a huge value in learning a language in to get by in the country you live in, not only because you have to be able to speak it around the world ❤

@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands

7 ай бұрын

You probably meant the Netherlands? You Texans don't learn much geography probably? Dutch is spoken in Suriname, the Dutch West Indies, Suid Afrika, the Netherlands, Belgium, and border areas of Germany.

French is politically dominant and more useful both in Brussels as well as internationally (that said, French people don't really appreciate you speaking their language xd)

@JustBrusselsThings

2 күн бұрын

I think people to appreciate when people speak French in Brussels though. If they don’t, I will quickly switch to Dutch and see people sweat 😂

French only .

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

Isn’t there just a little hope for the Dutch language? 🙏🤣 🇳🇱🇧🇪

@audreycoeckelberghs3855

8 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings It depends whether you want to broaden your social life in Brussels or not. With such a small minority of Dutch speakers in town, I think Dutch should be prioritized only by those who have a specific professional reason to speak it. Of course the more languages the better, i sure agree. :)

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

@@audreycoeckelberghs3855 I don’t know - I think I still meet a lot who speak Dutch or are able to speak both French and Dutch. And then of course you can live in Brussels and have a lot of friends in Flanders as well 😃 but you are right, if you know none of them, maybe look into the professional reasons for learning the language. And at least basic French always helps!

@audreycoeckelberghs3855

8 ай бұрын

@ExploringBrussels Sure but you could live in Brussels and have a lot of friends in Wallonia too ! ;) Of course there are people who can speak Dutch in Brussels, but I think even Flemish people of Brussels tend to use French quite a lot. Lots of courses, workshops, cultural events are in French and often English is used as a second language more than Dutch. Of course if Dutch is your mothertongue you're gonna use it ! :) Also if your mothertongue is quite close to Dutch it might be easier to start with it. If not, and if not for professional reasons, I think starting with Dutch would be a bit of a strange choice, to be honest. Not making any judgement here, just talking from a practical point of view.

@JustBrusselsThings

8 ай бұрын

@@audreycoeckelberghs3855 Of course you can have friends from Wallonia too 🤣🤣 you are right that Dutch for some might be easier to start with, I have a friend of mine who started learning Dutch because switching from a Germanic language to a Latin one was just too overwhelming for him 😅 I try to hesitate telling people what they have to do, but make their own choices based on different reasons to learn either one (as a minimum).

From a point of view of job opportunities: learn dutch, it is the majority language in Belgium and the Flemish economy/companies are doing way better than those in French speaking companies.

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

I think it is definitely something to consider - maybe people will also not work in Brussels for all time, but relocate within Belgium later on. Pay usually is also higher in Flanders.

@edmerc92

8 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings But they could also relocate to France or Luxembourg. Altogether there are about three times as many French speakers in Europe as Dutch speakers. Dutch makes sense if you are confident you will stay in Flanders or the Netherlands.

@jandron94

8 ай бұрын

So many foreign expats in Flanders or the Netherlands actually do end up speaking Dutch as the main language ?

Die beide

My personal experience with French speaking Belgians is pretty negative. My French is far from perfect yet in Paris, Avignon, Nimes, Annecy (you get my point) they understand my "boerenkool Frans". So I'd opt for Dutch and behave like tourist 😂

@JustBrusselsThings

9 ай бұрын

I think you are right, your French needs to be pretty good in order to be fully “accepted”. The Dutch speakers seem more understanding towards accents. I hope one day you will be able to convince them that you speak it well enough! 🙏

@michelvondenhoff9673

9 ай бұрын

@@JustBrusselsThings Wallonie I avoid like the plague, no convincing desired. When going to France I fill up so I don not have to stop until Luxemburg or Valenciennes.

@flitsertheo

9 ай бұрын

In general Flemish people have a more open, broader view of the world. The French speaking remain in their French-speaking bubble, not only in Belgium see Québec for instance.

@maxrolland3148

9 ай бұрын

@@flitsertheo french canadians are very open minded…

@russedangereux3682

9 ай бұрын

@@flitsertheo The Québécois are desesperaly trying to protect their French language from the Anglophone imperialism that threatens their land. It's not about being open-minded or anything, it's simply about cultural self-protection.

learn Belgian

@JustBrusselsThings

3 күн бұрын

Which is what exactly? 😂

Vous devriez apprendre le français à Bruxelles...

I find it a great injustice to the Flemings that in a city that is historically theirs their language is being pushed out. It is colonization 101. What are your thoughts on Flemish independence or "Dietsland" (Flanders joining Netherlands to form a new country). I am for independent Flanders.

@JustBrusselsThings

2 ай бұрын

Well, I am for sure not for splitting up the country 😅

You should learn both, but you should insist on speaking Flemish, because Brussels is in Flanders.

In Brussels? French!

@buurmeisje

8 ай бұрын

It's a Flemish city.

@eric1966tomson

8 ай бұрын

@@buurmeisje HA HA HA!!! 😂 Go tell them!! Go tell every citizen and every bugmeister!! 🤣

@CouldBeMathijs

7 ай бұрын

@@buurmeisje It's a city in the Brussels Capital Region, Flemish nor Walloon in nature.

The majority of the people in Brussels were speaking Flemish / Dutch until a hundred years ago, there’s even a special Brussels Flemish dialect. Due to the fact that French speakers are very chauvinistic and the influx from French speaking regions / countries it overtook Flemish as the main language.

Do NOT use any French in Belgium, everybody has had Dutch lessons in School, or should have had, simply refuse to speak French, and if you go to a shop and they do not serve you in Dutch, simply do not pay. That usually helps them to remember how to speak Dutch.

bon je vais répondre en français cette langue si détestée dans les commentaires. Si vous restez dans les communes chics de Bruxelles évidement on vous parlera français et flamand. Je suppose que comme fonctionnaire européen votre connaissance de Bruxelles s'arrête aux quartiers chics et chers. Aurez-vous un jour l'audace d'aller à Saint Josse , à Molenbeek? dans les quartiers défavorisés où on parle arabe et surtout français? Une langue latine comme l'est le français recèle beaucoup de richesses et Bruxelles n'est pas la Belgique

Don't speak French in Brussels. It's officially the capital of the Belgian Dutch speaking region (called Flanders; not to be confused with the actual region of Flanders) and a city in the Brabant part of what is theoretically the southern Netherlands. In today's French speaking region they originally used to have at least five languages being spoken, often also Dutch because part of the Netherlands. Brussels or Brussel used to be called Broekzele.

French that's all.. even Dutch belgians know french and spwak it, french belgians dont care about dutch language. Im sorry but thats the reality. It s the same situation -then in Canada, in Ottawa 90% of people speak english and not french. Dutch is usefull in blegium only in Flanders

The most appropriate solution to this ridiculous mess would be simply to divide up the country (which basically exists only because it was set up by the Great Powers as a buffer state) and give the parts to France, The Netherlands and Germany, respectively. And to separate Brussels out and make the official language there Simple English (for the monment), transitioning to Russian & Mandarin Chinese farther down the line.🤣

Learn English! French and Dutch will disappear.

@JustBrusselsThings

8 сағат бұрын

*insert the ‘are you sure about that’ gif

Its not ducht its Vlaams nederlands

@CouldBeMathijs

7 ай бұрын

Okkk maar het Engelse woord voor Nederlands is letterlijk Dutch, dus...

@JustBrusselsThings

7 ай бұрын

Allez zeg, heb ik nu een fout gemaakt of 'wa? 😅