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BELGIUM: A LAND OF CONTRASTS...
The links selected here are not an exhaustive list for any of the subjects... inclusive Belgium.
For a more complete list you may refer to the BLAS pages.
The selection you will find here is to enlighten some more typical or unusual subjects, all found in the Belgium WEB servers or made somewhere else about Belgium.
I hope you will enjoy this WEBORGERS view on the country and its people!

THE COUNTRY

• Countryside:
  Escapades en Namurois - Jaunts in the Namurois Land - An interesting idea: detailed description for VTT bicycles (stunt/ dirt track bikes) treks through paths and nature in the Southern Province of Namur.
  Well organized, each itinerary being detailed as in a real notebook for trekking. In French, but easy to follow on the computer: ...just look to the beautiful country scenery of the photos.
  
  
  
  
• Trees of the South Brabant Province:
  The Extraordinary Trees of the Walloon Brabant - An impressive series of photos of beautiful trees, some of them very old like the 800 years YEW located near Hamme-Mille; text in French but any tree lover should check for this page.
  
  
  
  
• WATERLOO!
  This village (now a town) located at approx 20 km from the south of Brussels is the place where 1815 Europe stopped Napoleon by defeating his troops in the surrounding plains.
  The history of Europe was definitely changed there.
  Check for a brief description of the place and a short report of the battle; in English.
  Waterloo- The City and Battlefield.
  
  
  Want to know more about this Waterloo battle? Then you have to go to to:
  Waterloo Booklet (in English). Detailed historic presentation of the battle.
  
  A well organized web site will give you details and illustrations of what is still to be seen on the historical site of Waterloo and surroundings. Not forgeting the famous "Lion of Waterloo" casted and erected on a conical hill by the Britsh victors ... on the grounds of Braîne-L'Alleud, neighbor commune. In English ( 3 more languages available on-site)
  Waterloo 1815
  
  

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THE PEOPLE

• Belgian Family Names: Geo Nome Map - A neat realization: you enter your family name in a form and automatically the Belgian map will be cover with statistics for geographical repartition of this name in the country! Works only for names having roots in Belgium, of course.
  
  
• Belgian Social Culture
  Belgium: character and culture - A good and honnest essay to explain the origin of the Belgian specifics. This should help non-Belgians to understand better why Belgians are what they are.
  
  

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OTHER INTERESTING LINKS ABOUT BELGIUM

• Brussels' Legendary Hotel: Le Métropole
  Visit the impressively ornate lobby, dining room and many other incredibly well kept decorations of this hotel located in the very center of downtown Brussels. Check for the "fin de siècle" atmosphere present everywhere in its impressive internal architecture.
  The very well done WEB pages will give you also a glimpse to the guest book with famous signatures. In 1995 the Metropole celebrated its 100th anniversary.
  _{(There is no commercial intention from WEBORGERS with this link)}
  
  
• Belgian News
  Le Soir en ligne - Daily news given by the biggest Belgian Newspaper: Le Soir. In French. Dutch, ENGLISH, Spanish and Italian versions for the introduction chapter.
  
  
• Belgian History
  Brussels over the years - Short historical list of the principal events and rulers succeeding over the centuries; starts from the 10th Century (foundation of Brussels= 979) until modern days. A good introduction to the Belgian complex history.
  
  
• French Speaking Belgium
  Belgique Côté Francophone - Dossier (essay) by the famous French newspaper: "Le Monde" , about all important aspects of life for the French speaking part of the Belgian population. Mainly orientated to politics, culture, arts and social analysis. A very good introduction to this part of Belgium. Extensive treatment of each chapter. Was originally published in their newspaper in September 97. In French only.
  
  

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BELGIANS IN THE WORLD

• Babel:Belgians abroad electronic link- From the other side of the Pacific, Vancouver-Canada, a very well kept site by local Belgians; Belgian culture and humor is part of the deal.
  
• Les Bonnes Adresses de Radio Belche - A very good list of interesting Belgian links; in other pages, this site gives also weekly news from Belgium. In French only
• Belgian Abroad Home Pages - Site gathering all the electronic addresses of Belgians abroad; carries also a set of interesting links

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HOMEPAGES FROM BELGIUM

• AXEL On Line: a friend's homepage- Check for his interesting links: Morrison the pop singer and the Doors, ROUTE 66 the legendary road to California and much more; in English. Axel keeps a list of links automatically entered in his page by the visitors wishing to help.
  
• DELA: a clever and interesting site based on graphics, but with real contents. See all originals things you can do with Netscape and some creativity. No framemania, which make it even more interesting. In French only, but should be visited by anyone interested in pages structures and assembly.
  
• LES GROUPES ELECTRO-INDUSTRIELS EN BELGIQUE: The Electro-Industrial Groups in Belgium -a short historical introduction to "techno music". Gives a lot of links to other interesting pages related to the history of this music and its creators, proving the important role of the Belgian musicians and groups for the foundation and evolution of this modern pop music. In French.
  A second part of the site is named FOE which gathers encyclopaedic data, links, studies and... 40 commented audio-clips (on-line) for the "Insustrial Music". Bilingual texts: French and English. A 'must visit' for the fans of this music genre!
  Dimitri the creator of the pages is a Belgian living in Montreal- Canada. He is the brother of Dela, still in Belgium (see previous link in this list).
  
  
• CYBERCAFÉ : Weekly Belgian Radio 21 programme in French dedicated to the WEB and Web sites, worldwide. Simultaneously transmitted on the channel of the Belgian TV 2, with some Web pages presented on-screen!
  Check out for Cybercafé Web site, where you can find the list with links of all the sites selected by them. Some very interesting findings are there.
  WEBORGERS was selected in March 97 to appear in their broadcastings, with on-line interview of the author.
  
  
• PING Belgium:
  one of the most popular Internet server in Belgium. Check for the innovative style of presentation of their own homepage and support for the users. In English. Versions in Dutch and French are there as well.
  

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