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The lion, especially the Leo Belgicus (Latin for "Belgian Lion") has been used as a heraldic animal to represent the Benelux for centuries. A heraldic lion can be seen on the Belgian coat of arms and can be seen as the countries de facto national animal. Moules-frites is often considered the unofficial national dish of Belgium.
The coat of arms of Belgium bears a lion or, known as Leo Belgicus (Latin for the Belgian lion), as its charge. This is in accordance with article 193 (originally 125) of the Belgian Constitution : The Belgian nation takes red, yellow and black as colours, and as state coat of arms the Belgian lion with the motto UNITY MAKES STRENGTH .
The UEFA European Football Championship for men has featured mascots since 1980. The first mascot was Pinocchio, for the UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy. [1] Since then, every tournament has had a mascot except for the UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012, that both had two. The mascots are mostly targeted at children, with cartoon shows and other ...
Belgian hip-hop started with the rise of Starflam, CNN (a Brussels-based crew) and 't Hof van Commerce in the mid-1990s. The country has also influenced electronic music with a.o. Front 242, Praga Khan (also known as Lords of Acid) and 2 Many DJ's. Belgium is also home to some very popular music festivals such as Tomorrowland, Rock Werchter and ...
The three-day Carnival of Binche, near Mons, is one of the best known in Belgium. It takes place around Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) just before Lent (the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter). Performers known as Gilles wear elaborate costumes in the national colours of red, black and yellow.
A Belgian drill platoon wearing jigsaw camouflage uniforms in 2006. The main Belgian four-tone temperate version was officially designated as "Woodland". [3] A desert version was also produced. A number of jigsaw camouflage patterns inspired on the Belgian original have been adopted by foreign militaries.
Belgian mascots (10 P) W. Fictional characters from Wallonia (2 P) Pages in category "Fictional Belgian people" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 ...