There's a Belgian saying that goes: "if you understood something about Belgium, it means we didn't explain it to you properly".

@theemirofjaffa2266

3 жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂👍

@ramsesbams

3 жыл бұрын

first time hearing that one, but i don't disagree. i'm not actually even sure what happened with the elections

@landerlaurits

3 жыл бұрын

in Dutch, French or German?

@ilovehats7638

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing about the polish language.

@fclp67

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who isn't confused clearly doesn't understand the situation

As a Belgian I wake up every morning and ask myself this question

@abloodorange5233

4 жыл бұрын

Would you like to be split up?

@sid2112

4 жыл бұрын

It's the chocolate.

@chombus2602

4 жыл бұрын

I wish i was belgian

@viktorcipo

4 жыл бұрын

And now belgium does include all the European institutions... Guess who won Dat.

@judecaruso434

4 жыл бұрын

Andrea CastiGo yes it does but that is because we are seen as a point of neutrality. Imagine if the EU took place in Germany!

As near as I can tell Belgium exists so that a bunch of French speakers can claim they aren't French and a bunch of Dutch speakers can claim they aren't Dutch. But damn the beer is incredible.

@leonpaelinck

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the chocolate and the waffles and of cours the totally not Frech Fries :-)

@cochonchon4223

Жыл бұрын

Exactly but you forget the FRENCH fries

@PieterFret

Жыл бұрын

As a Belgian, I agree on all counts 😄

@resolvanlemmy

Жыл бұрын

Smurfs

@elebusto2180

Жыл бұрын

@Davy Anthonissen It was an American and a Belgian who worked on the W3C

If schools would educate students with animated history, many more kids would pay attention. I'm 54 and enjoying history for the 1st time. Nice job, guys. Thank you

@nicholasm7822

8 ай бұрын

It is the responsibility of students to study and pay attention to the teacher, but it is not the responsibility of the teacher to entertain the students. If a doctor tells a patient "you need to stop smoking and exercise more" would it be reasonable for the patient to ignore it because the doctor did not give the medical advice in an entertaining way?

@kellyjohns6612

8 ай бұрын

@@nicholasm7822 Who asked for your opinion? I did not.

@nicholasm7822

8 ай бұрын

@@kellyjohns6612 have a nice day

@tehspoderman7491

8 ай бұрын

@@nicholasm7822that’s a bit of a false equivalence though. A doctors advice is usually for the benefit for the patient and their health, so if the patient ignores it, it is under their discretion. History isn’t really necessary or even interesting for a lot of people. Making history interesting for people who don’t have an inherent interest in the subject is something that I think is pretty impressive, which I think history matters does pretty well no?

@nicholasm7822

8 ай бұрын

@@tehspoderman7491 i think it is an appropriate analogy. Whether a student is interested in history or not, school is for the student's benefit, and the student would do well to listen to the teacher. Similarly medical advice is for the patient's benefit, whether the patient has a sufficient interest in taking care of his or her health or not.

Luxembourg be like: if I don't move, they won't harm me

@PaStef37

3 жыл бұрын

They did succeed at being unoticed. And now they're rich.

@cirmogcirmog3088

3 жыл бұрын

Amsterdam=🚬🍄🌵

@bigironcheems9278

3 жыл бұрын

Our leader is probably motion detecting

@hhiippiittyy

3 жыл бұрын

Gets hot under the covers and decides it can sacrifice a leg.

@harbl99

3 жыл бұрын

Luxemburg: "I was emperor of all this." Garmeny: "What you say?" Luxemburg: "Nothing. Nothing. Don't mind me."

Being a Belgian nationalist in the 19th and early 20th century must have been like having an existential crisis that never stopped

@lessthanpinochet

4 жыл бұрын

Belgium has almost zero national identity. You're either Flemish or Walloon . It's two completely different regions, with different cultures, languages and ways of life.

@CarthagoMike

4 жыл бұрын

And lets not forget the few who still identify as Brabantian, hating the Flemish, Walloons and the expats from Brussels.

@robertjarman3703

4 жыл бұрын

I guess the only one would have been the monarch, who is known as the King of the Belgians.

@atruv2089

4 жыл бұрын

@@lessthanpinochet "The United Kingdom has almost zero national identity. You're either Scottish, English, Welsh, Cornish, or Irish. They're completely different regions, with different cultures, languages, and ways of life"

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

4 жыл бұрын

You cant bee a belgian nationalist as there is no belgian nation, you can be a belguian patriot.

I love that the belgian have the "I rather put up with family then strangers" mentality

@Atlas3060

2 ай бұрын

"We'll all be painful TOGETHER! Go Team!" yeah I can see that being a Belgian motivational poster somehow.

0:11 I love the realism. As a resident of Brussels, I certainly agree about coloring it French. The "Dual Language" area speaks French first, and Dutch third. The Second Language of Brussels is English, the unofficial fourth language of Belgium.

@SunlessSage

Жыл бұрын

As someone from Flanders, it's exactly the same around here just switch Dutch and French around in the ranking. My English is better than my French.

@Antikyth

Ай бұрын

@@SunlessSage I think I can tell based on you and @Trigm's English being perfect. Ik zou graag in Vlaanderen willen wonen, en ik leer Nederlands om dat te doen (maar het is nog steeds slecht). Engels is mijn moedertaal.

@DoomsYann

13 күн бұрын

@@AntikythKomt goed

"...and was rejected by the British because 'France can't have nice things' had been British foreign policy for over 400 years at this point" had me ROLLING

@habib6499

2 жыл бұрын

Cause tradition

@matei8master8

2 жыл бұрын

And that wasn't going to change anytime soon.

@RDA000

2 жыл бұрын

We all know that Elizabeth II secretly hates the French...its in her blood

@himaro101

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, we and the French really have a love hate relationship. It's like we will stand up for our rights to independently hate each other...

@R0ssMM

2 жыл бұрын

@@himaro101 Yep, we'll defend each other's independence, as without it we wouldn't have our dearest frenemy

Belgium is just the center of a complicated love-triangle.

@noth606

3 жыл бұрын

More like the fight pit between Germany, France and Britain seems to me. As a dutch speaker flemish is funny for me as it's like a weird dialect of dutch, everything is written the same but pronounced like you have something uncomfortable in your mouth, as opposed to dutch which has the pronunciation like a similar object is in your throat lol.

@dionysusssy

3 жыл бұрын

**cries**

@d3laiah

3 жыл бұрын

*hate-triangle

@sharic397

3 жыл бұрын

Thought it always is the it's own Europes Devil's Triangle where problem solving mysteriously disappears

@Dark_Peace

3 жыл бұрын

JP Beaubien approve

I don't know why Belgium exists but as a belgian I am happy I live in Belgium.

@archer9338

9 ай бұрын

Because of waffles :)

@pindol69

9 ай бұрын

So,are you from the dutch,german,or french speaking part?

@RedditPoes

9 ай бұрын

@@pindol69 dutch

@bradcapello6875

8 ай бұрын

​@@RedditPoes Hoi. 👋

@gameknightjek2640

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a great country. I mean, i can study for free, same as my medecine, my salary is bond to follow the inflation by law, we have a super economy... Like, that's really a great place to live. Long live the King, the Law, the Liberty!

It's kind of remarkable that they even found a name for this collection of Dutch, French and German leftovers. It's equally remarkable that to France and Germany, Belgium was never an enemy or an ally, but simply "in the way". Like a geographically challenged Switzerland.

@essaly7969

Жыл бұрын

'Geographically and politically challenged Switzerland' is the most fitting title for Belgium.

@remington2216

Жыл бұрын

Belgium come from the name of an old Germanic tribes first written by the Romans 'belgae' which also gave the region they inhabit it's name

@ekn_38

10 ай бұрын

The Belgae were Celtic not Germanic

@Stryfe564

10 ай бұрын

They were not just leftovers. It has been a politically and culturally connected region for hundreds of years. Also, the region was of incredible importance relative to its size. Throughout the middle ages and later it was consistently one of the more economically and strategically important regions under whatever crown ruled it. It has its internal divisions especially nowadays, but the same would go if it was part of any other adjacent nation.

@RustieFawn

5 ай бұрын

Remarkably is have your pfp and also have the ability to read or set up a KZread account.

As a Belgian I can confirm that we don't know why we exist.

@iAmThatOneDuck

3 жыл бұрын

As a belgian I can confirm that the belgian above can confirm that we don't know why we exist.

@arefkr

3 жыл бұрын

Why you exist or why your country exists?

@caporal8

3 жыл бұрын

I can confirm too

@iAmThatOneDuck

3 жыл бұрын

@@arefkr both

@axellukkien

3 жыл бұрын

Belgium exists to give the world André Franquin and Raymond van het Groenewoud. And we thank you.

“France can’t have nice things” - British foreign policy for 400 years. Love it.

@yc2673

4 жыл бұрын

Its wrong, as British and French divided the world between themselves for 2 centuries now...

@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167

4 жыл бұрын

YC please try watching videos before commentating on the validity of their content. I quoted a rough outline of Britains foreign policy.........from some time ago.

@OptLab

4 жыл бұрын

British policy has always been about making a coalition about the strongest european country. Meanwhile they colonised the planet. But be careful, this is what China is saying to do the same thing to the world. With network control, data control, international institutions, intellectual property control, supply chain dependancy, dept loans diplomacy, and acquisition of foreign medias.

@johnmcalinden4293

3 жыл бұрын

Taken from "Yes, Prime Minister".

@leonoreskovic2535

3 жыл бұрын

@@yc2673 Yea and there came Germany and... France surrendered in 40 days, British were saved by Americans.

You have quickly become one of my favorite channels. I now look forward to see how you incorporate someone dancing thru the daisies into every episode. You never disappoint

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

I learned the term "Belgian Compromise" as "a half-assed compromise that neither solves the problem nor satisfies either side."

@NS-li9jd

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but we’re pragmatic people so if it sorta works, we’ll go along with it

@Bheretus

3 жыл бұрын

you mean like our reaction to covid...

@TheGunkTv

3 жыл бұрын

And for some reason the EU looked at that and said we want that too. For the second time they took a Belgian president for the European counsil.

@Ralphieboy

3 жыл бұрын

In the case of Covid, there can only be compromises: from a public health point of view, the best option would be to like people in their houses as was done in Wuhan, from the economic standpoint, just go for Herd Immunity.

@jakubcidlik

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGunkTv So thats why EU sucks?

Belgium: _"We hate eachother. But we hate the neighbours even more..."_

@jaspertepas8433

3 жыл бұрын

Nee die graftakken Bende bij jullie word je vrolijk van

@rubenskiii

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaspertepas8433 kalmeert uw tieten buurman.

@jaspertepas8433

3 жыл бұрын

@RUBENSKI wablief?

@marcsiefer1678

3 жыл бұрын

Als Belg kan ik ik dit bevestigen.

@bertcornelissen6294

3 жыл бұрын

It's when you go abroad you notice you might have more in common with those damn Flemings/Francophones than you'd thought.

You're a great history teacher. I've never learned so much of it in such a short time.

You videos are brilliant. They explain things that I have never understood in just five minutes. Though, of course, it takes me much longer since I have to re-watch sections and then usually look up several people or places on Wikipedia. Bravo.

Everyone always asks: 'Why is Belgium' never *"How is Belgium?"*

@merrittanimation7721

4 жыл бұрын

Who is Belgium?

@AAREONN

4 жыл бұрын

What is Belgium

@joehudson3042

4 жыл бұрын

Why is Belgium?

@Randomperson-ts8bm

4 жыл бұрын

We are fine... Most of the time

@kingbookser

4 жыл бұрын

With who is Belgium

"If you understand Belgian politics, you understand politics everywhere in the world." US embassador to Belgium in the 80s.

@robbelambrechts9693

3 жыл бұрын

As a Belgian, I can agree lol

@sfx9387

3 жыл бұрын

One does not simply understand Belgian politics

@desven123

3 жыл бұрын

it's true

@edh9999

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenarichard One for each comunity (3), one for each language group (3), one for Brussel and one Federal. So, yeah, we have 8 cabinets for a nation the size of a pancake:)

@rohyourboat

3 жыл бұрын

@@edh9999 This is incorrect, since the Flanders community and the Dutch language group have been merged into 1 government for quite a while. We have 7 cabinets.

I love your humo(u)r and the questions you raise that I never thought of.

Great narration of history. 👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽

“0/3 isn’t bad” -History Matters

@AndrewPonti

4 жыл бұрын

“2/3 AIN’T bad” -Meat Loaf

@djohn4904

4 жыл бұрын

"We still have 2 out of 3 branches of government and that ain't half bad." -Jack Nicholson, Mars Attacks

@CA999

4 жыл бұрын

That was hilarious! I like the whitty humour in this narrator. It keeps me hooked.

Dutch: who is Belgium. Germans: where is Belgium Congo: why is Belgium?!

@kermitthefrog9818

4 жыл бұрын

No USA: *Where* *is* *Belgium*

@attiepollard7847

4 жыл бұрын

@@kermitthefrog9818 I still have a special hate for Belgium for beating the USA in the world playoffs in 2014. Damnit

@BuriedFlame

4 жыл бұрын

I never thought Drax was Congolese...

@theyoshi202

4 жыл бұрын

@ShadowRaven If you’re not sad when your country loses you’re not watching the World Cup correctly

@vmzheyko

4 жыл бұрын

Netherlanders will say this: 'Belgium? Southern Netherlands!'

Great content!

I always enjoy your videos. They are concise, educational and enjoyable. I also appreciate your sarcasm and humour in addition to the information each video contains.

Belgium: * exist * History matters: Why?

@KimliksizDevlet_

4 жыл бұрын

More like Belgium: * exists * Almost everyone who is interested in geoghraphy and history: Why?

@Thumbsupurbum

4 жыл бұрын

Because Germany can't win a World War.

@quintiax

4 жыл бұрын

@@Thumbsupurbum As a Belgian myself I find this the best answer tbh.

@PANZERFAUST90

4 жыл бұрын

exists*

@seanm241

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Vsauce

"Zero out of three isn't bad" was the political philosophy we started with, and we will stick with it, dammit.

@mitchellline3398

3 жыл бұрын

Well King Albert I was all 3. So you just needed patience

@Edmonton-of2ec

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitchellline3398 Not to mention he was BADASS

@bonsoir5170

3 жыл бұрын

@@loscilla so it's 0,5 out of 3, even better :)

@Rambleon31

3 жыл бұрын

so true, typical Belgium philosophy.

I think this is one of your best episodes you’ve produced.

This is one of my favorite videos! Thank you for the laughs and the knowledge!

'Why does Belgium exist?' Alfred von Schlieffen: Good question

@someguywithadog3239

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@janicechristiedenton0451

4 жыл бұрын

Just imagine, in another world, Flanders-Wallonia exists instead, under King Adalbert.

@trevorhanlin4247

4 жыл бұрын

name checks out

@kaiserwilhelmii9897

4 жыл бұрын

Melinda Louise imagine that in another universe, Belgium is ruled by the house of Hohenzollern

@Pierrick2009

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch!! Lol

A country can't work without a good government Belgium: hold my waffle

@Aranimda

3 жыл бұрын

German Waffle SS: *Takes waffle*

@BibiBoJ

3 жыл бұрын

That's why we have 6 governments xD if they all do 1/6th right, it is functioning well

@Vanessa-dx7dy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aranimda Ha

@yeetumuscoppos6034

3 жыл бұрын

how bout no government

@amargabela7018

3 жыл бұрын

Bosnia: Hold my... Actualy he has a point!

Love the title of this video. I’m Dutch so I ask myself this question really often 😁

i adore the tone of your humor i must have it

World: Belgium is a country France: Belgium is a meat shield

@karath51

4 жыл бұрын

Germany: Belgium is a speed bump

@anne.andromeda

4 жыл бұрын

Germany: Belgium is the shortest route to Paris

@PyroPuffs777

4 жыл бұрын

A very flimsy meat shield.

@boi-chan150

4 жыл бұрын

I made it 69 likes

@gamebawesome

4 жыл бұрын

Netherlands: Southern Netherlands

"Belgian Lives Matter" - ISP 2017

@atleastimnotgae2124

4 жыл бұрын

anonymous opinions agreed

@augustopinochet6899

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for an ISP reference, and now found it

@jumperwilli7770

4 жыл бұрын

Revolver Ocelot nah they don’t

@MrRamazanLale2

4 жыл бұрын

That's so true in 2020

@noahbrasseur1490

4 жыл бұрын

There it is

I love the humor in the videos especially the skipping through daisies haha

Love the consistent use of orange, because of William of Orange.

"Zero out of three isn't bad." Brilliant.

@Gangkoyt

3 жыл бұрын

Yea if you score at least a zero out of three you can rule is the rule

@MrMaro1995

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like something I could put in my tinder bio.

@hetedeleambacht6608

Жыл бұрын

the Belgian schizofrenic mind in a nutshell

@Mi_Fa_Volare

4 ай бұрын

It isn't bad, it's a failure.

@Furienna

3 ай бұрын

All of the later Belgian kings seem to have been Catholics though.

"I don't believe in Luxembourg." Proceeds to reference the existence of Luxembourg several times.

@BobbyBaratheon998

4 жыл бұрын

What're you looking at? You haven't seen a hypocrite before?

@Christophe.C

4 жыл бұрын

It's the grand duchy of Luxembourg!you should read a book form time to time!

@DiamondDust132

4 жыл бұрын

It's almost like it's a joke or something.

@PANZERFAUST90

4 жыл бұрын

@@DiamondDust132 It's almost like you missed the joke within the joke.

@geoffreycharles6330

4 жыл бұрын

@@DiamondDust132 the money ze have here is not a joke

“Why Does Belgium exist?” Asked Hitler Calmly

I just found this channel today. The presentation is slick, smooth and well-done. The animation is actually GOOD and some of the signs the characters bring out are funny: "You may exist" had me giggling. I didn't know about any of this, to be quite honest; it's been some years since my ass has set foot in a school. These bite-size yet in-depth history lessons are going to prove invaluable to some kid struggling with a history exam someday; mark my words.

Why does Belgium exist? France: Shield from Germany Germany: Invasion path into France England: Reason to fight Germany Netherlands: Give us back our land

@voided_sun

4 жыл бұрын

Some people still want it, but it's not a real concern. Here in the Netherlands, it's kinda nice having Belgium as a BFF though.

@maneskin8097

4 жыл бұрын

@@voided_sun We dont want them back I rather prefer to join Germany. Belgium go with France and make a lot of debt.

@michaellin4553

4 жыл бұрын

Congo: Give us back our hand

@dutchtheguy849

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@heronofheaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaellin4553 Congo: Give us back our hands

France: **Has lots of defences along the german border** Germany in the 20th century: *Why does Belgium exist?*

@aureavita8653

4 жыл бұрын

*does belgium really need to exist?*

@bwc153

4 жыл бұрын

To bait Germany into fighting an offensive war in the Belgian lowlands.

@massyarchai146

4 жыл бұрын

Alfred Von Schleiffen And Nazi Generals: *"Good Question."*

@YuiFunami

4 жыл бұрын

France: *has an agreement to use the existing belgian defenses in case of war* Belgium: *doesn't like the french response to the rhineland so ends the agreement with france leaving them open to invasion and ruining french plans*

This video bookends nicely with many of Tim the Travelers many "Belgium's Wobbly Border" videos.

0:07 Good to know History Matters' stance on the extremely complex geopolitical issue of Luxembourg.

Belgium: *wins war* Britain: “what are your demands?” Belgium: “... *Netherlands* “

@robindemeyer8960

4 жыл бұрын

We got Rwanda and Burundi

@grangermontag1824

4 жыл бұрын

"Wins" war

@feartheghus

4 жыл бұрын

It’s like watching a retard hoi4 game, the country didn’t win the war by itself, it wasn’t a major power, and apparently it wanted land from the Netherlands, not one of its enemies in the war.

@philippeverhoosel2740

4 жыл бұрын

It would literally never have gotten it

@emilandersen2195

4 жыл бұрын

@@feartheghus the amount of dumb demands and border gore that can happen in that game is staggering.

In Germany there is a saying that Belgium is like high school. We just need to pass through it.

@economicapple2609

4 жыл бұрын

For both, it's easier said than done.

@Brentlolgamez

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Belgium we have the saying 'all Germans are welcome here, just not all at once' lol

@simongoossens2840

3 жыл бұрын

I would say: in Belgium we have a saying: keep on trying....

@gromit3315

3 жыл бұрын

TheAnonymous1940, you already did. Short memory? Or you just didn’t know...

@KR-jt4ut

3 жыл бұрын

So, why did you wanted to stay here, in 1914 and 1940? Strange, ...

I live in Belgium and I learned more in those 5 minutes than in my whole school career until now

"Why does Belgium exist?" Me, a Dutchman, grabbing my shotgun: "Good question..."

Grandma of my wife here in East-Belgium changed nationality multiple times, without ever leaving her village :D

@memzboiz

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes i live there too, in eupen to be exact

@arnosaxena

3 жыл бұрын

@@memzboiz wie ich auch :D

@zurafar6954

3 жыл бұрын

@@arnosaxena Grüße an meine Deutsch-Belgischen Freunde aus Österreich :D

@WCGreeny

2 жыл бұрын

"Where are you from?" "Luxembourg this week"

@BadDayLp

2 жыл бұрын

Ich mag Belgien.

Belgium: **exists for centuries as a sovereign nation despite being sandwiched between two great powers that want to annex it** Poland: “God I wish that were me”

@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247

4 жыл бұрын

I am learning english. Is "were" here correct or should it be "was"? "I wish that was me" sounds better to me.

@jaredgarciacolin4261

4 жыл бұрын

hsdjsd shdhsdnsmsd I agree that “was” works

@ClickHappyGames

4 жыл бұрын

Were is correct, it's subjunctive form. I wish it were, if it were, etc.

@ClickHappyGames

4 жыл бұрын

Example: if you were writing a sentence such as this, it would seem more natural. If you was writing a sentence like this, I'd think you're from the south.

@TheAngryPheonix

4 жыл бұрын

Was is used when a condition/ wish is more real, where as were is used when it isn’t. So “I wish that were me” is technically correct as that isn’t them. However most people say “was”, so it’s really fine either way.

2:26 as a Flemish person this is correct

can you make a video like this on the formation of the german state? It had some interesting tactics in regards to how the prussians basically forced a war with france to get the southern states to join them

Sandwiched between France, Germany, and the Netherlands... Luxembourg: Am I a joke to you

@luxembourgishempire2826

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly...

@rockonmadonna

3 жыл бұрын

Mais, oui ! MdR Mon ami alsacien a appelé le Luxembourg le pays le plus étrange de l’Europe occidentale. Je n’y suis jamais allé, et donc j’en reste agnostique. Toutefois, il me semble que d’être plus étrange qu’un pays qui veut garder son patrimoine culturel et sa langue et à la fois ne parler qu’en franglais en s’ouvrant grand les portes aux plus grands associations américaines comme McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmart partout et à tout musulman, même s’il veut venir sans devenir français (la langue, du vin, du porc, du catholicisme culturel, etc., même la loi laïque) ça serait vraiment un défi de taille ! Sauf faire de l’anglais une des langues nationales quand aucune région ne l’a comme langue principale et historique, la Suisse me semblait plus raisonnable et plus réussite que la France -sauf si l’on parle des vins. 😂🤣🍷😍

@yobhsiFehT

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no offense to anyone, but did I somehow miss the part explaining why *Luxembourg* exists?? 🤔 lol

@mauricematla1215

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@CrowColdblade

3 жыл бұрын

@@yobhsiFehT because nobody wanted it when they signed the peace at Westphalia

Belgium: *exists* Germany in both World wars: *interesting*

@Nutnchancy

4 жыл бұрын

Germany: hold my beer stein!

@NyJoanzy

4 жыл бұрын

Germany invades Belgium. Canada: alright. I'm getting up.

@123akash121

4 жыл бұрын

Germany: Holde my Schlieffen plan

@kingnothing5678

4 жыл бұрын

Get in loser we're going to get come Belgium chocolate

Im from belguim Hallo ik ben blij dat je hier een video over maakt

"Zero out of three isn't bad..." LMFAO!

Belgium has made quite a career out of going "Wouldn't it suck if this belonged to your enemy?" They managed to turn Brussels into the center of EU bureaucracy in much the same way since the big early EU countries couldn't tolerate the idea that one of the other big boys had the EU "capital". Vote Brussels, at least it's not Paris, Berlin, London (lol) or Rome!

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

Or Madrid (after Spain became more democratic).

@swamidude2214

2 жыл бұрын

If it even splits I would suggest making Brussels a city state from the EU, much as Washington DC is not a state but the capital city.

@TexboyGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@swamidude2214 gross

@Sanu.sk167

2 жыл бұрын

@@swamidude2214 never gonna happen, the Flemish army will then invade Brussels and take it over by any costs...

@lv2668

2 жыл бұрын

The same way we acquired congo at the Berlin conference, the british didn’t want the french to have it and the french didn’t want the british to have it 🤣

"Leopold I, a German speaking protestant who quickly expanded the power of the monarchy, but you know 0/3 isn't bad" got me laughing

@algiz21

4 жыл бұрын

And they threw a revolution to get away from us so that they could get the same only now less powerful?

@faraoofegypt

4 жыл бұрын

@@algiz21 Less powerfull? I would argue that the Belgians became much more powerfull (you know The Congo and stuff)

@brandonlyon730

4 жыл бұрын

The Greeks had one time a Danish Protestant as their King.

@sdsd2e2321

4 жыл бұрын

But he wasn't bad really. Leopold was quite liberal (so no killing catholics) and he sponsored the industrial revolution

@brandonlyon730

4 жыл бұрын

There was also that time in Russia where the help overthrow there Russian Tsar in favor of his German wife.

Love the comment in the first ten seconds regarding Luxembourg. Quality move

@ouaisjsuisbelgeetquoi

Жыл бұрын

fax

Belgium has gone long periods without a government. The two main parties are Flemish and Walloon, and are fairly evenly matched. At one point, there was a period of 11 months following elections where they argued about which party or parties would form government. It's been suggested, quite seriously, that Brussels become a city-state, and the two halves of the country then join The Netherlands and France. The border between Belgium and the Netherlands so porous that there are houses built on it. The nation it's in is decided by the location of the front door!

The Real Question is Who is James Bissonnette?

@joelthomastr

4 жыл бұрын

Bise en nette

@user-uq3um5nq7d

4 жыл бұрын

He's been the mastermind all along, changing the history based of what he wanted it to be, cause he's the patron (French for boss) That's just a theory, a GAME THEORY

@yarpen26

4 жыл бұрын

The French know him as Jacques the Little Bison.

@CBielski87

4 жыл бұрын

biz nasty

@jaxonjaxon-i1309

4 жыл бұрын

Better question, what happened to David Archeologist?

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

as a true belgian i can only say that we are pretty good into finding solutions to create problems, even when everything is doing perfect..

History Matters: Why does Belgium exist? Germany: Look, we tried, okay?

@alihani1830

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@matthies8431

3 жыл бұрын

The Netherlands tried better

@nielsdecoene2925

3 жыл бұрын

M4tth13s and still failed

@matthies8431

3 жыл бұрын

@@nielsdecoene2925 yes and that is very sad

Two months into quarantine: questioning an entire country’s existence

@kensley94

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@bigbrother6333

4 жыл бұрын

Captain Cook it’s already here

@randomverse8770

4 жыл бұрын

That's so funny man😂🤣😂🤣

"the intention was to get the northeners over time to speak french byut fun fact: no" god damn, the belgians inherited more dutch than i thought, including the stubbornness

Belgium exists because of neighboring tyrants wanting to annex it, so the Belgians decided we better stick together no matter what.

During wartime Belgium exists as a place where the Dutch, Germans, French and British can have a fight outside their own borders. . Outside of wartime Belgium exists as a political reality comedy show for the rest of Europe.

@valentinmassart1962

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're overestimating our political system. It is far too complex and dull to be worth a reality show. Especially when you see what some of our neighbors are up to sometimes, they're the real clowns.

@grepominer8820

3 жыл бұрын

@@valentinmassart1962 Calimero much?

@timmy7201

3 жыл бұрын

​@@valentinmassart1962 I would say: There is the political system for complexity and the politicians for the comedy, with additionally some healthy political soap opera competition from our neighbors to keep everything in balance.

@MysteryOfMovies

3 жыл бұрын

@@valentinmassart1962 Belgian spotted. How? The fatalism & negativism while having it better than 99% of the world showed it.

@timmy7201

3 жыл бұрын

@@MysteryOfMovies We could also just ignore all problems and warning signs and be overly positive. It would probably take another decade or two before you wake up one morning wondering why the electricity is out and why your crazy neighbor is wearing his hazmat suit, so why worry now. Instead of building new nuclear power plants let's postpone it for another decade or two and see how long those old plants keep on going...

As a Belgian, I've been asking myself this question since 31 years and even after 5 minutes of this video, my questions remain unanswered.

@BozesanVlad

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Belgium exists so UK can fuck France and Nederland, and the last two to have a diplomatic lever against each other? Always are some "frozen" countries/ places left in the world so the powerful continue to have power. Sadly for the people who continue to have hope from the exact powers who fuck em.

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly amazed you guys never swallowed up Luxembourg entirely and simply made its Duchy another title for your king. And honestly, the reason you exist from what I can tell is to keep Germany, France and the Netherlands at bay (while consisting of ethnic lands of all three backgrounds). It's honestly why you guys struggle to form governments: You're not really one country, but a union of 2-3 microstates under one crown.

@chaoticdanor

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 this is true but as a Flemish, i would just rather be part of the Netherlands and have the Walloons be part of France because it just makes more sense and the dutch have better laws anyway. The german part is so tiny that even we don't talk or think about them.

@EncIave-

Жыл бұрын

@@chaoticdanor Based Vlaamse Broeder

@VintageCR

Жыл бұрын

@@chaoticdanor as a Dutchy i agree, but i also disagree because your country keeps everything balanced. if your country became part of the Netherlands (border removed) our laws would then intertwine, meaning the combined laws would make everything worse. and why your country STILL exists today comes down to 1 word: POLITICS

Im from belgium and its so BEUTIFUL

"Sandwiched between France, Germany, and the Netherlands." Luxembourg: *Am I a joke to you?*

History Matters: "Why does Belgium exist?" Answer: So Germany can go through shortcut when it attacks France.

@LF-hj8kk

4 жыл бұрын

*so that germany can lose WW1 thinking it can go through shortcut when it attacks France

@ziadjouini1671

4 жыл бұрын

@@LF-hj8kk u gotta cut the germans some slack .. in ww1 they fought france uk blegium and later the usa in the west and russia in the east and later italy in the south .. lets face the facts in a duel germany would've won against the frensh with ease ! in ww2 it did"nt even matter france lost so quickly it became a meme

@GdotWdot

4 жыл бұрын

"Belgium is like school, one has to go through it," - old German joke

@skiteufr

4 жыл бұрын

@@si-jd9oq but France never lost to Germany in ww1. France fought back in 1914 and was the main winner of the allies in 1918 by looking at the contribution

@elbentos7803

4 жыл бұрын

@@ziadjouini1671 Not exactly, you seem to conveniently forget the very existence of Austria- Hungary empire (quite a huge country at the time) who faced Italy alone (germans were barely involved on this front) and shared the burden against Russia. You also conveniently forget the importance of Turkey, notably against Russia in Caucasus, as well as well as minor allies (Bulgaria...). You are hugely mistaken when you implies that Germany have fought the allied coalition all alone.

I'm belgian, the fact that we exist is still a national debate

@MrOK-yb3rw

4 жыл бұрын

Jasper Op de Beeck it hasn’t been tried yet, so how can you know

@heatea5255

4 жыл бұрын

I was talking with a walloon once that despite being very patriotic for belgium somehow disliked the flemish more than the french, she was convinced that with the current political situation in belgium there wouldnt be a belgium anymore within the next 100 years because tensions with the south and the north are just too much

@Jart988

4 жыл бұрын

In the hypothetical case there was no Belgium, what would you be?

@dailydose8035

4 жыл бұрын

Jart988 Wallonia and Flanders.

@Litovskyy

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh

As soon as i watch this video... first recommended video: why does Luxembourg exist? Good job!

I love the square figures - they can convey a lot of emotion, just by adding a line here and a line there. The subject matter's pretty good too - I lived in Mons (Wallonia) for around 18 months in 67 and 68, after Le Grande Charles threw NATO out of France. I loved my time there - the Belgians seemed much more down-to-earth than the Parisians. Their French was much easier to understand, too!

Fun fact: the border between Belgium and the Netherlands follows the front line between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish troops in the 80-year war. On aerial photographs, you can still see traces of this front line such as old ramparts.

@richardweil8813

Жыл бұрын

And in Baarle-Nassau the border is totally mixed up because of feudal land holdings that came along with the national division in 1839. About two dozen enclaves and counter-enclaves exist between Belgium and the Netherlands. Walking down the street markers in the sidewalk show what country you are in. Shops next to each other may have different national rules, building permits and so on. Somehow it works.

@IHaveALotOfNamesI

Жыл бұрын

Thats a cool little fact i didnt know about my country are you bzlgian too?

@nielsreyngoud2870

Жыл бұрын

@@IHaveALotOfNamesI I’m Dutch ☺️.

To prove to the world that you can perfectly function without a government.

@Minox_

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I barely notice when we do or don't have a government, so this probably is correct.

@maikwouters2415

3 жыл бұрын

Look at brussel and say no more

@Flat_E-ric

3 жыл бұрын

As a northern neighbour it looks to me that the infrastructure is being upgraded tho.

@vilkiee

3 жыл бұрын

@@Minox_ as a belgian i highly agree

@cirmogcirmog3088

3 жыл бұрын

I hate all government. Criminals.

4:04 best line in the video

@barsukascool

2 ай бұрын

YEEEEEEEEES

This reminds me of the situation near the beginning of Asimov’s “Foundation.” The planet of Terminus, near the edge of the Galaxy, had been chosen as the site of the Foundation which would save the Galaxy’s knowledge of science in order to rebuild the Empire after the fall. Soon, four provinces nearby broke away from the Empire, declared themselves kingdoms, and one of them threatened to annex Terminus. The already falling Empire was too weak to save them, but the threat disappeared, because the other three kingdoms threatened the one that had threatened the Foundation. None of the four kings wanted their enemies to possess the knowledge of the Foundation, so they arranged that no one should steal it, and the Foundation remained independent (as predicted, but kept secret in the Foundation’s tamper proof video vault, until the time the first Crisis report was due, AFTER the threat was withdrawn).

Why does Belgium exists? Something that even Belgians themselves often asking

@davute9546

3 жыл бұрын

We have good BELGIAN FRIES

@nielsdecoene2925

3 жыл бұрын

Bc Europe needed a country to preserve amazing fries, beer and waffles and honestly, I think that’s beautiful

@user-wi8mn3id8z

3 жыл бұрын

@@davute9546 HEX: DELETE LEGION

@devos2560

3 жыл бұрын

@Strawberry Kiys Same

@mugofbrown6234

3 жыл бұрын

Their food and drink.

"And that, is why Belgium exists." Excellent ending to an excellent video!

@vasishtvasudevan4059

4 жыл бұрын

But that wasn't the end 4:55 "wasn't a bad plan exactly"

@LookBackHistory

4 жыл бұрын

@@vasishtvasudevan4059 Ending, not end. But, yeah that line's not too bad either.

I just love how first Burgundian resistance to France and their expansion in the general Netherlands, subsequent continuation by the hubsburgs and the confessional split after Reformation (of course along territorial boarders "cuius regio eius religio") laid the groundwork for a Belgian state that exists until today and could just as easily exist a 2 split countries in the EU, if they wanted so.

Made me laugh xd 1:43

« Sandwiched between France, Germany and the Netherlands... » - me: starts crying in luxembourgish

@putraduha3176

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, luxembourg actually has a population??

@abloodorange5233

4 жыл бұрын

putra duha WhAtT???

@FredericSchwarzSim

4 жыл бұрын

putra duha Man ... my disappointment is unmeasurable

@FiredAndIced

4 жыл бұрын

0:07 "I don't believe in Luxembourg." Someone's channeling big brain technology.

@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687

4 жыл бұрын

@@putraduha3176 No one lives in Luxembourg 😂

"I mean, it wasn't a bad plan exactly." -History Matters (or 10 minute History depending on how long you have been following) end Card.

@slewone4905

4 жыл бұрын

What Plan. To Poland Belgium.

Thanks!

Thank you for the explaination. I have almost zero knowledge of Belgium. Except that the Battle of Waterloo was fought there. And that Fabrique Nationale make arms there.

as a belgian, I'm less concerned with the why and more with the 'how'

@nielsdoumen9277

3 жыл бұрын

Het zelfde haha onze politiek werkt weer is ni

@bingola45

3 жыл бұрын

@@nielsdoumen9277 Do you still have Belgian Futurists?

@nielsdoumen9277

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingola45 no, not that i know 😂

@010Rotterdamm0

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingola45 the netherlands is better

@bjvink0130

3 жыл бұрын

Niels Doumen kunnen jullie je wegen eens fixen het lijkt wel een Afrikaans land

There is one major error in this video: When French was chosen as the official language it wasn't yet the language of the south (Wallonia). At the time, Walloons spoke different dialects of mostly Walloon, Picard and Lorrain languages, which are separate languages from the same family as French but quasi non intelligible with the French language. French was chosen as the official language because it was the lingua franca of the bourgeoisie and nobility of the country (both Flemish and Walloon). At that time, French was thus as much a foreign language for the Walloons as it was for the Flemish. It is only after WW1 that Walloons began to widely speak French (and were punished at school and considered inferior if they spoke Walloon). This is something a lot of Flemish separatists still don't understand today: Walloons have been as much as the Flemish the victims of the frenchification of Belgium and, contrary to the Flemish, they have now completely lost their language.

@cecilevanderputten7542

4 жыл бұрын

A second error is that on your map you've colored Brussels as being "Walloon" and french-speaking in 1830. It is false for two reasons 1) At that time, inhabitants of Brussels spoke Brabantian (language close to Dutch) and it is only since the begining of the 20th century that people in Brussels widely speak French ; 2) French speakers in Brussels are not "Walloons", they are usually descendants of Brabantian speakers who have changed their language to French overtime (to climb up the social ladder) and do not identify neither as Flemish nor as Walloons.

@carthkaras6449

4 жыл бұрын

My parents and grand-parents spoke walloon and even if they think that walloon was a "convivial" language, they consider that french is better. Better for all the cultural heritage to which it gives acces and on how it sounds. I think that this is a shared sentiment.

@carthkaras6449

4 жыл бұрын

You mention a frenchification of Belgium but you could also mention that there has been a dutchification of the four flemish provinces under Wilhelm von Oranien (1822) and flemishes were hostile to dutch. Wilhelm with a royal decree made Dutch necessary to acces public employment. It is one of the reasons Belgium was created because the wallons and the bourgeoisie didn't want to be forced to speak dutch.

@cecilevanderputten7542

4 жыл бұрын

@@carthkaras6449 Of course, but it was also the case for a lot of Flemish people in the first century of existence of Belgium. That's why there are so many French speaking Belgians in Brussels for instance who have Flemish (or Brabantian) names, because their grand parents and parents progressivey stopped to speak Dutch as they thought French was more usefull and seemed more "educated" at the time. But what you notice is indeed interesting, maybe the conversion of Wallons to French was easier because they had a more "positive view" on the French language or felt it was closely related to Walloon, it's difficult to know.

@cecilevanderputten7542

4 жыл бұрын

@@carthkaras6449 That is of course another important fact to be remembered but I was talking specifically about the creation of Belgium and why it is false to say that "Walloons imposed their language to the Flemish". What you say is indeed true but there is a little inaccuracy in my opinion when you say that "It is one of the reasons Belgium was created because the wallons and the bourgeoisie didn't want to be forced to speak dutch". The language reform of Willem was badly welcomed by Flemish people and by the French-speaking aristocracy but as you said, it was only imposed on the Flemish provinces, not on (modern-day) Wallonia. If I am not mistaken, the only impact on "all Belgians" was on the central administration where people had to use Dutch (but it was composed mostly of educated people from the aristocracy/bourgeoisie). In fact, Belgium was created, among other factors, because the Francophone bourgeoisie as much as Flemish people and Walloons were hostile to this reform (and not just because Walloons and the french-speaking bourgeoisie didn't want to speak dutch).

“I don’t believe in Luxembourg” he killed me

As a Belgium i can confirm that all of us dont know why this land does exist.

@IHaveALotOfNamesI

Жыл бұрын

En als een belg is ons engels ook niet zo goed🤣🤣🤣🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

0:06 😆 Luxembourg: Am I a joke to you? Next episode: Why does Luxembourg exist?

@Darkfawfulx

4 жыл бұрын

I hope.

@alexanderherckenrath7099

4 жыл бұрын

Ask any eurosceptic and you'll know why 😅

@luxembourgishempire2826

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@mikeolson7011

Жыл бұрын

Look in the bottom right corner, there's text that reads "I don't believe in Luxembourg."

“I don’t believe in Luxembourg” (History Matters, 2020)

@luxembourgishempire2826

4 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hall 😓

@questionmark532

3 жыл бұрын

Luxembourg is British because France can’t have nice things so Britain annexed it before France

@KangarooCheese55

3 жыл бұрын

I sense a r/woooosh coming

@user-golos

3 жыл бұрын

Cheese98752 people who say “I can smell a wooooosh coming” are just as obnoxious and annoying as people who can’t take painfully obvious jokes

thanks for this.. do your patrons really need name checks at the end? lol

Everyone asks: "Why is Belgium?" But nobody asks: "How is Belgium?" ... 😔

@noidontwantthat7237

4 жыл бұрын

Sad waffle hours

@kyleplatter8954

4 жыл бұрын

TRUEnsal I can do one up... when is Belgium?

@mrrandom1265

4 жыл бұрын

Belgium is not doing well. It has no government for more than one year and half the people in the North are separatist.

@poubelle317

4 жыл бұрын

Still have nice beers, and fantastic fries. The rest really is superfluous.

@fullmetalalchemist9126

4 жыл бұрын

Because they don't need to

Wait, it does?

@a_random_dane7492

3 жыл бұрын

Your lucky you exist where fading here in Denmark

@omokok1877

3 жыл бұрын

woah blud

@AudieHolland

3 жыл бұрын

More's the pity.

@letheas6175

3 жыл бұрын

Omg you here, love your channel. I was as shocked to find out this ''belgium'' thing is real too o:

@AudieHolland

3 жыл бұрын

Belgium used to be the bumpy first stretch of the annual Dutch holiday trek to the south.