Country Crossword: Belgium 2
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- 3. The national dish of Belgium.
- 5. Belgium's most important port.
- 7. This soup-like dish used to use fish as its primary ingredient, but now uses chicken, most likely due to pollution.
- 12. City square annually decorated with flowers.
- 13. City where the treaty for the War of 1812 was signed.
- 18. Painting by Jacob Ensor that parodies a biblical tale, now held at the Getty Museum.
- 22. Chief of the Eburones, one of the Gallic peoples who fought Caesar.
- 24. Spanish troops led three days of destruction in this massacre of the Eighty Years' War.
- 26. Statue of a baby urinating, often dressed up for special occasions.
- 27. Second largest city by population in Belgium; it is a center of the diamond trade.
- 28. Medieval town known for its canals.
- 29. A hard, sweet biscuit named for the town it was invented in.
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- 1. Created the first modern atlas.
- 2. Centerpiece of the 1958 World's Fair that is a bit bigger than submolecular.
- 4. An Irish gangster is sent on a fairy tale vacation before he is disposed of in this dark comedy.
- 6. Revolt against Count Louis II that marked one of the first instances of gunpowder use on a Western battlefield.
- 7. Final battle of Napoleon's career, after he lost to a combined British, Dutch, and Prussian assault.
- 8. Capital of Flanders and home to the world's largest beer brewer.
- 9. Yes, this common side dish was invented in Belgium.
- 10. First king to unite the Franks; he would take much of Northern Gaul from the Western Roman Empire.
- 11. Public park created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence.
- 14. Magritte's most famous painting, depicting a man with a fruit replacing his face.
- 15. Capital of Belgium and the EU.
- 16. Famous harmonica player.
- 17. Snowy, Haddock, Castafiore, etc. all feature in this legendary comic series.
- 18. Largest city in Wallonia.
- 19. "The Founder of Modern Anatomy."
- 20. Flemish artist and diplomat knighted by both Spain and England.
- 21. Battle of WWI notable for its usage of chlorine gas against British forces.
- 23. Massacre of the French garrison by night, leading to the Franco-Flemish War.
- 25. King who led the Belgian atrocities against the Congolese people.