Moroccan Man Sued for Impersonating Muscular Italian Man on Tinder
A 50-year-old Moroccan man was recently acquitted of sexual assault charges after impersonating a muscular Italian man on Tinder to sleep with a woman. In one of the most bizarre legal cases we’ve ever covered, a Belgian man of Moroccan descent allegedly deceived a 47-year-old woman into sleeping with him by posing as a muscular […]
Belgium Accused of Literally Stealing the Wind of Its Neighbor
The CEO of a Dutch weather forecaster recently suggested that Belgian wind farms are inadvertently “stealing” wind from his own country’s wind farms in the North Sea. In an interview with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Remco Verzijlbergh, the CEO of Dutch weather forecasting service Whiffle, claimed that Belgian wind farms in the North Sea have an […]
Belgian Couple Share Their Home with a Wild Boar
Tiffany and Grégory, a couple from Belgium’s Wallonia region, have been sharing their home with Oscar, a rescued wild boar, for more than a year now. It all started about a year ago, during a hunting trip, when Grégory Guiot brought home a 700-gram boar cub that his dogs had found. It was December 6th, […]
After Failing 12 Times, Man Finds Body Double to Take Driving Test on His Behalf
A Ghanaian man living in Belgium became so frustrated with constantly failing the theoretical part of the driving test that he paid a lookalike to take the test in his place. Serge, a Ghanaian immigrant living in Grammont, Belgium, had been struggling to pass his driving license exam for over a year. The man had […]
Company Develops Technology to Distil Pig Blood into Drinkable Water
A Belgian company has developed a water processing installation that allows it to convert pig’s blood into water fit for human consumption. Based in Zwevezele, West Flanders, Veos specializes in producing animal proteins for the food industry by processing animal blood and collagen into high-quality protein powder used in human and animal food products. Until […]
$2.70 Supermarket Wine Wins Gold Medal at International Wine Contest
The judges of the prestigious Gilbert et Gaillard international wine competition were duped into awarding this year’s gold medal to a €2.50 ($2.70) supermarket wine they deemed “exceptional”. Ever wonder how the average person chooses wine at a supermarket? Well, it turns out that having one or more medals plastered on the bottle can increase […]
Undocumented Immigrant Wins $270,000 From Lottery Scratchcard, Can’t Claim It
Imagine going from having nothing to your name to winning over a quarter of a million dollars only to be unable to claim it due to a lack of ID. That’s exactly the problem an Algerian undocumented immigrant in Belgium is facing right now. A few ago, the lottery winner, whose name has not been […]
Couple Use Variations of the Same 4 Letters to Name Their 11 Children
A couple in Belgium has become famous for giving their 11 children first names based on different variations of just four letters from the alphabet – A, E, L, and X. Gwenny Blanckaert and Marino Vaneeno are the proud parents of eleven children – seven girls and four boys – all of whom have four-letter […]
Woman Banned From Belgian Zoo Over “Relationship” With Chimpanzee
A Belgian woman has been issued a ban by the Antwerp Zoo, because of her close “relationship” with a male chimp that she had been visiting frequently for years. Adie Timmermans has been visiting Chita, a 38-year-old male chimpanzee, for at least four years, and claims that they’ve developed a very powerful bond that can be described as […]
The Curious Case of a Belgian Woman Who Temporarily Thought She Was a Chicken
Doctors at KU Leuven University in Belgium recently reported the bizarre case of a 54-year-old woman who was convinced she was a chicken and temporarily behaved like one. The married woman, whose name was not revealed, reportedly had a stable job at a pharmacy and had no history of drug or alcohol abuse before the […]
The Impossible Climb – No Dirt Bike Has Ever Made It Atop This Notorious Hillside
The Andler Hillclimb is an annual dirt bike competition that has dirt bikers from around Europe try to reach the top of a treacherous hillside course in Belgium. It’s been held every year for the last two decades, but so far no one has been able to reach the top. The so-called “impossible climb”, starts […]
Belgian Man Has Been Receiving Pizzas He Never Ordered for Almost a Decade
Seeing the pizza deliveryman at your doorstep is usually a cause for joy, but one Belgian man claims that he starts shaking whenever he hears a scooter, thinking it’s yet another delivery he never asked for. They’ve been coming for the last nine years, and he has had enough. Jean Van Landeghem, a 65-year-old man […]
Belgian Man Has Been Eating Fries for Dinner Every Day for the Last 32 Years
A 45-year-old Belgian man claims that he has eaten only potato fries and a fricadelle – Dutch hot dog – for dinner every day ever since he was 13. Rudy Gybels, a resident of Schaffen in Belgium’s Flemish Brabant province, has had the same food for dinner every evening since he was a teenager. It […]
Belgian Restaurant Serves Drinking Water Recycled from Its Toilets
To highlight a new type of water purification system, a restaurant in Kuurne, Belgium, has started serving its customers free drinking water recycled from its sinks and toilets. The water served at the Gust’eaux restaurant in Kuurne these days is the same as any other potable water – it has no smell, no taste, no […]
Belgian Bar Takes Patrons’ Shoes as Collateral to Prevent Beer Glass Theft
Stealing elaborate beer glasses has become an increasingly popular trend among patrons of Belgian beer bars, so much so that in recent years owners of such establishments have started implementing all sorts of safety measures. For example, one bar in Ghent asks visitors to hand over one of their shoes as collateral. Belgian beer is […]