Eddy Merckx

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Omnium Gallorum Belgae fortissimi sunt (J.
Caesar, D.B.G.,I,3)
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Ambiorix

• Leader of a Belgian Tribe
• Defeated Caesar in the war in Gallia

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Eddy Merckx

• Sportsman of the world 3 times
• won the Tour de France 5 times
• won 525 races gt the cannibal
• worldhourrecord 51.151 km in 1 hour (1984)
• his son Axel Merckx

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Dirk Frimout

• First Belgian in space
• In 1992
• In collaboration with NASA
• One week in space circling around the earth

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Father Damiaan

• Priest
• Missionary in Molokaï ? took care of lepers
• Diagnosed in 1884
• Died in 1889 at the age of 49
• Beatificated in 1995
• Greatest Belgian in 2005

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Kim Clijsters
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Kim Clijsters

• Tennis player
• Champion of Belgium at the age of 11
• 45 titles, 3 Grand Slams, 1 Master, 1 Fed Cup
• WTA-1 in 2003
• Very sympathetic ? popular
• Justine Henin, an even better tennis player

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Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin
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The Belgian coast

• Important cities Nieuwpoort, Zeebrugge,
  Oostende, Blankenberge
• Shopping streets, sports facilities and other
  recreation forms

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• Approximately 65 km
• Sand beaches

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The Atomium
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The Atomium

• For the Brussels Worlds fair in 1958
• Iron atome x 165 billion
• nine steel spheres, 18 metres in diametre
• Designer André Waterkeyn
• Original plan stay for six months
• Made of aluminium

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The Atomium

• Some numbers
• heigth 103 metres
• Surface hexagon diametre of 95 metres
• Each sphere 48 plates x 2mm
• Restored in 2004-2006 720 plates for each sphere
• Weight over 2500 tons

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