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Rogerioandrade said:
rutea7 said:

Portugal - Nice mild weather, good food (especially sweets), beatiful landscapes and historical buildings, lively nightlife and good alcohol. Economy might be shit but overall we have it good.

oh and Cristiano Ronaldo for those who care, I'm more proud of Figo.

And roller hockey. Portugal is the king of that sport. A sport that really should deserve more attention worldwide.


i heard we are really good at it but that sport doesnt get much atention here, we barely hear about the team in the news. too bad



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maximrace said:
Qwark said:

Home of the European Union too, although I don't know if that is something to be very proud of these days. Your beer and waffles are great, your chocolate bloody expensive. Your languages kind a odd since half of your country doesn't speak language A (Vlaams), but everyone is expected to know French.


I think most Belgians are proud Brussels is the home of the EU. I am :P


And so am I :D .

Btw, Qwark, 'Vlaams' isn't a language, it's still Dutch. Also notable is that the level of French the Flemish youngsters know is drastically getting poorer.

(the average score in French of Flemish students in the University of Antwerp was a drastic 35,9 % in 2013).

I don't know how Wallonia fares, but I believe I've read Dutch is gaining popularity, but is still however, and very sadly, not obligatory (they can choose between learning Dutch or English, Flemish kids get to learn atleast 3 languages).

On the other hand, bilingual students are on the rise in Brussels due to the popularity of Flemish/Dutchspeaking education and bilangual education, and the level of Dutch the frenchspeaking youngsters achieve is getting better because of that.
Basically, the argument that Flemish know French better then Frenchspeaking know Dutch, is getting quite eradicated by the younger generations. 

Younger generation I say, because what I've experienced with 'older' people, is the opposite (Flemish know French better).

Myself, as a Flemish 24-year old (but living in the suburbs of Brussels), barely know Flemish young people outside the Brussels' suburbs my age who are any good in French. I actually can count them on one hand. In the suburbs of Brussels however, there's lots of frenchspeaking youth who speak Dutch perfectly(because of their Dutchspeaking schooling). And lots of Dutchspeaking who can speak French quite well. The Dutchspeaking youth here is more Belgium-minded then Flanders-minded. Atleast, all the people I know here are. But I notice the complete absence of any frenchspeaking cultural influence beyond the borders of Brussels' suburbs. Young people I know in Antwerp, Ghent, ... simply don't get to use French or hear French and thus are not even slightly interested and not capable of the simplest conversation in French.

That's quite a shame. Bilinguality is something to be proud of. Especially here, cause every youngster gets the chance to be fluent in at least three languages (and that's even excluding German). Heck, I'm jealous of the perfect bilinguality of my frenchspeaking friends. 



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Rogerioandrade said:
POE said:
Uruguay. We have Suarez :D


And the best barbecue of the world. Period.

yep, I tried Brazilian and Argentinian barbecue, they´re great, but Uruguayan-style barbecue is simply amazing. You guys really know how to cook meats.


Yes and we call it "asado".



I decided to make a slightly more.... picturesque post I guess.

Here we go:

Northern lights in Tromsø

 

Trolltunga:

Sognefjorden:

Trollfjorden (we have a lot of fjords okay?):

 

Mountains in Lofoten:

More mountains in Lofoten:

We also have midnight sun (during the summer, the sun is up 24/7 so we have sun at every time of the day. Doesn't make it any warmer though.)

More mountains and stuff:

 

We are a people that really take pride in our nature. It doesn't look to shabby either, does it?



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The Netherlands: bikes, drugs and prostitutes lol



Teeqoz said:

More mountains and stuff:

 

We are a people that really take pride in our nature. It doesn't look to shabby either, does it?

 

WOAH! You sure that's not shopped?



Mystro-Sama said:
Teeqoz said:

More mountains and stuff:

 

We are a people that really take pride in our nature. It doesn't look to shabby either, does it?

 

WOAH! You sure that's not shopped?


I've been there, so yeah, it's legit.



NobleTeam360 said:
ChristianTheAtheist said:
Lots of fatty and spicy food.
Our police murders the innocent all the time, they recently handed over 43 students to the drugdealers who burned all of them (some alive).
We/ours introduced chocolate and color TV.
We have the dumbest president.
US's bitch.
Guess who.

United Kingdom? 


Poor guess, We don't have a president nor do we spell colour like that.



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