Travel Kuperard Culture Smart Belgium 2nd Ed (2022) EPUB PDF

Author: Bernadett Maria Varga
Full Title: Culture Smart! Belgium, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Kuperard; 2nd edition (August 30, 2022)
Year: 2022
ISBN-13: 9781787023123 (978-1-78702-312-3)
ISBN-10: 1787023125
Pages: 200
Language: English
Genre: Travel: Europe
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)


Belgium has somehow acquired the reputation of being Europe's most boring country―a reputation that is entirely undeserved. But perhaps this bland image is a smokescreen, the conventional exterior hiding a subversive sense of humor, a surreal imagination, and a deep-rooted disdain for authority. Or perhaps it is a camouflage, a way in which Belgium, still overrun―however peacefully―by foreigners, can keep a few of its secrets to itself.

Two main factors seem to determine the values Belgians hold and the ways they approach life: the effects of the linguistic divide, and the country's long history of exposure to other cultures through trade, war, and occupation―its experience of being simultaneously very small and very strategically placed.

Culture Smart! Belgium will help you navigate these swirling waters. It is for anyone who wants to understand Belgian society and encounter it with sensitivity and poise. We trace the land's turbulent history and look at how the past has shaped the collective and personal values of today's Belgians. We look at the Belgian people at work, at play, and at home, and offer tips to help you get along with the people you will meet, on both sides of the divide, and navigate the new situations that you are likely to encounter.


-Wolves