[WORLDKINGS] On this day - May 31, 2023 – The 153rd Anniversary of Edward de Smedt's patent for asphalt pavement (1870)
30-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) Edward J. De Smedt is a professor who emigrated from Belgium. Known for having invented modern road asphalt in 1870. The word asphalt comes from the Greek “asphaltos” and meaning “secure”.
[Worldkings] Top 100 innovation events in the world (P. 80) Startup Bar.on creates world's first molecular beer printer (Belgium)
08-04-2023
(Worldkings.org) Thanks to this way of making beer with innovative molecular recipes and dispensing technology, Bar.on caters to all beer drinkers with customizations that can be made to a beer's percentage, bitterness, sweetness and more.
[Worldkings] Top 50 annual creative events in the world (P. 21) Tomorrowland (Belgium): The world's most explosive “EDM music seism”
16-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) Tomorrowland is one of the most watched and most attended music festivals in the world.
[Worldkings] Top ideas organizations in the world (P. 27) CEPS Ideas Lab (Belgium): High-level intellectual forum for the development of the European Union
13-12-2022
(Worldkings.org) Organised by CEPS – one of Europe’s most independent and reputable think-tanks, Ideas Lab is the most high-profile annual event on policies of the European Union.
Top 100 spectacular natural landmarks of the world (P.16) Hallerbos: The bluebell carpet of Belgium
30-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) The Hallerbos is a forest in Belgium, covering an area of 552 ha. It is mostly situated in the municipality of Halle, in Flemish Brabant, and has also a little part in Walloon Brabant.
[WorldKings – World Almanac Event 2022] 191st Anniversary of Belgian National Day - the Belgium Independence Day (July 21, 1831 - July 21, 2022)
21-07-2022
(Worldkings.org) Belgian National Day celebrates the birth of the Belgian nation, Belgian culture and pride and Belgium’s independence from the Netherlands. On July 21, 1831, Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha swore allegiance to the Belgian constitution and became King Leopold I, the first King of the Belgians. The new King’s swearing in marked the beginning of a constitutional monarchy that ruled over the independent state of Belgium.
[WORLDKINGS] Fascinating collections in the world (P.77) - Verbeke Foundation: Museum of strange art in Kemzeke, Belgium.
08-09-2020
(WorldKings.org) A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Anheuser-Busch InBev: World's largest brewer
17-03-2020
(Worldkings.org) Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world's largest brewer.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Coast Tram: World's longest tram rail line
16-03-2020
(Worldkings.org) Coast Tram is the world's longest tram rail line.
A Photo From Space Shows Belgium Shining Bright, and Social Media Lights Up
15-05-2017
(WorldKings.org) Alone among the sea of star-shaped cities, one country glowed as a whole: Belgium.