Understanding Global Cultures

UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE (journal archives)

The Library of Congress
- Global Gateway > Portals to the World > Belgium

country profiles
- Belgium -- CIA World Factbook
- Belgium -- U.S. Department of State
- Belgium -- Lonely Planet
- Belgium -- BBC News
- Belgium -- NationMaster.com
- Belgium -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Belgium -- CountryReports.org
- Belgium -- Wikipedia
general information
- Adminet > World > Western Europe > Belgium

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timelines
- BBC News timeline

World News Atlas > Europe > Belgium

holidays
- Holidays in Belgium -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for Belgium -- Q++ Studio
travel
national anthem
- Belgium
  - Wikipedia > National anthem> List of national anthems > Belgium > The Brabançonne (The Song of Brabant)
  - national-anthems.net > Europe > Belgium
- Flanders
  - Wikipedia > National anthem> List of national anthems > Belgium > Flanders > De Vlaamse Leeuw (The Flemish Lion)
  - national-anthems.net > Europe > Flanders
- Wallonia
  - Wikipedia > National anthem > List of national anthems > Belgium> Wallonia > Li Tchant des Walons (Song of the Walloons)
  - national-anthems.net > Europe > Wallonia

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newspapers / newsnetworks specific to Belgium and its environs
- The Media in Belgium
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Europe > Belgium
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Europe > Belgium
- OnlineNewspapers.com > Belgium
- economist.com > Belgium
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > Belgium
- topix.net » Front Page » World News » Europe » Belgium

newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and European scope
- BBC Online
- BBC News Headlines from Europe
- EuroNews
- The New York Times Knowledge Network

radio
- OneWorld Radio

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government resources

Embassy of Belgium, Washington, DC
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium
Embassy of the United States, Brussels, Belgium
U.S. International Information Programs: Europe and Eurasia -- U.S. policy and issues related to Europe and Eurasia
Belgian monarchy
Belgian government

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The European Union
European Union related WebSites

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language
- Flemish
  - Flemish Dictionary
  - Wikipedia > Flemish linguistics
- Walloon
  - Walloon Dictionary
  - Wikipedia > Walloon language
  - French in Action -- Annenberg Media Foundation

food

"The Success Story of the Belgian Chocolate," read "The Story"
- Marieke Chocolatier
- ChocoWit Chocolatier
Belgian Cuisine -- Wikipedia
- Cookbook:Cuisine of Belgium
World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
Belgium -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Belgian
Belgian chefs -- Wikipedia
Belgium -- Epicurious.com

M. Luck, [Mrs. Brian] (Ed.). The Belgian Cookbook. (1915). [Keesingner, 2008.]

on-line edition -- Project Gutenberg

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religion
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
  - Legends and Sagas
- Sacred Destinations > Belgium -- Holly Hayes
the arts
- Timeline of Art History > Low Countries -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- James Ensor -- Museum of Modern Art
cities

architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Architecture of Europe > Belgium -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc.

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other WebSites

Famous Belgians
- List of Belgians -- Wikipedia

famousbelgians.net

Father Louis Hennepin

(1626?- 1705?)
Named the Falls of St. Anthony,
later the site of Minneapolis, MN

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
Ename 974 -- "the site offers a good example of how archaeological work actually happens in the field, along with offering some insights into the world of medieval northwestern Europe"
Belgian-American Research Collection
Belgian Emigrants Abroad and Their Descendants
UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Europe >> Belgium
Migration Information Source -- Migration Policy Institute
- European Migration
- Belgium
Belgium-Roots Project -- Georges Picavet
Confronted by a political standoff, the country of Belgium goes up for sale on eBay -- The Scout Report
The Belgian-American Collection -- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Belgium Slides

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