Tag: belgium

Car navigation: Wrong expected arrival times!

Car navigation systems can sometimes provide VERY erronous information. I did recently need to go by car in another part of the city of Brussels, Belgium. In the absence of public transportation, due…
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Holy placenames in Belgium

Placenames in Belgium and the cultural influences Belgium is a very small country in the Western part of Europe. It lies between The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Despite being so…
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Molenbeek, Maalbeek, Schaarbeek. How many beek?

beek here, beek there ... Since terrorist attacks in Paris and in Brussels, the world learned the existence of some of the "beek" places in Brussels: Molenbeek, Maalbeek, Schaarbeek. The question that…
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IKEA Stores and their catchment areas in the Benelux countries

The catchment area of a store is its nearby surroundings where the customers are living. If we take into account the Reilly's law of retail gravitation, "customers may be willing…
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Belgium – Germany Border

Belgium, small country in Western Europe, shares its borders with The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. The length of the border with Germany has been reported to be 167km long ...…
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WC 14 – Belgian Red Devils

To open The Magiscian Blog, I decided to talk you about an app whose is currently in all the newspaper: The World Cup in Brazil! Being a Belgian, and supporting of course…
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