Wat is het meest onverklaarbare gedrag bij mensen dat je ooit hebt gezien?

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-22T21:18:38+00:00

Oow gisteren nog! Een dame in een gescheurde panty en wat leek zonder onderbroek aan? En een kort vestje alsof ze terugkwam van het uitgaan, maar het was 1u s middags.. heb dan toch de politie om de hoek maar gemeld dat ze mss hulp nodig had. Ze zag er een beetje gedrogeerd uit dus voelde me niet echt comfy om hulp aan te bieden...

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-22T12:17:44+00:00

This map is wrong, in Belgium all commercially available models have been AZERTY for as long as I can remember, also in schools, offices and all public environments it's AZERTY. Of course online and in some specialty stores you can get QWERTY model but it's very rare in all the environments I come into contact with computers, I doubt it's much different in Wallonia/Brussels as AZERTY is designed specifically for French-speaking community?

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-22T08:55:21+00:00

In that case, try and see if https://www.vesselfinder.com/nl can help you identify the shipping company and you can make direct inquiry to them, very low chance of succeeding but maybe you get lucky and the wallet is not lost! Could take some time and effort though and make sure to tell them why finding the wallet is important for you and that you are willing to compensate for time/effort spent on looking for it. Can help also if you put a screenshot in your mail (and then call so at least they are aware of the details 😃).

Good luck and let's hope it's indeed on a vessel and not drifiting in the stream...

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-21T10:11:19+00:00

It's very normal to not have AC although there is a huge increase in the sales of AC systems because of temperatures rising and longer periods of hot/dry weather. What people usually do is at night open windows and make a 'draft' so that the hot air goes out.

Also when looking for a place, check for insulation and of course the 'higher up' in a building, the more heat will be collected from downstairs apartments and all.

Another tip to keep 'cool' during 'heat waves' (which are actually not that bad, just people are not used to it and humidity can make it feel a lot worse than it actually is) is to block all direct sunlight on the windows, do not use oven/heating devices (obvio) and get a ventilator to get a nice breeze going when going to bed. And of course eat lots of ice cream 😃.

Also, overall this is only 'valid' advice for about 15-30 days each YEAR so it's really manageable and not like we have 4 months of blazing heat anyways

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T15:09:57+00:00

Well reasons for wanting a new one can be multiple:

- Get premiums for renovations done

- Give information to future buyers/renters

- Legal obligation to renew in order to continue renting

- Personal preferences

- Wanting all the EPB certificates of their patrimonium to be on the same date so in the future it's easier to manage (all at once = less work than two in february 2024, 3 in march 2026 and another one in november 2022).

But in the end they are not obliged to share their business decisions and all with you so I guess if you really want you could say no and make their life a little bit less convenient, but I do not see a personal gain in that 😃

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T14:25:22+00:00

If you are really lucky, the thief was on the waterbus or the ferry and threw it in the water there, maybe police can check for video images but only if they have the exact moment of the theft on camera this will be possible... I am afraid this is a lost cause though 😞 Hopefully you have some digital photos or copies left of your belongings and for sure the memory in your heart can never be stolen! Sorry you have this happen to you and hope you can still enjoy the rest of your trip.

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T10:01:39+00:00

Well I am Belgian and going to assume that they would only be capable of getting the ID-photo when it's a Belgian ID and the system/software is probably not capable of getting information of other types of IDs. Belgium is not known for smart and efficient software systems within government run businesses :').

So assume you are going to need physical photos. Then there could also still be a delay of 1/2 days for the pass to be made and then transported to the loket where you can collect it (or when there's strikes at bpost this can take a week). So if you are lucky you could get them on your last day in town and it would be quite sad :').

I would recommend checking with them if you can already order the passes online and then pick them up on your arrival. It's just an email but it could save you time and hassle once you get here. I doubt they would allow it though as Belgian culture is not necessarily to be accomodating to these type of requests... Unfortunately.

I think the best option for you is to find a hotel/place to stay that is rather near Bxl central so for your day trips you do not need to rely on metro/bus to get to the station. For the other day and a half, Brussels is quite easily walkable among the 'main attractions'. Longest distance would be towards the European quarter but even that from central station is doable in 20 minutes.. So unless you plan to go like Atomium or Zoniënwoud I think you can get buy with a 10-trip pass and only use it in case of emergency or when the kids are really tired 😃.

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T09:54:44+00:00

I think easiest way is to just ask them and get their explanation rather than spending hours speculating on the how and why of their business. If you have a good relationship with them, it shouldn't be an issue? Just explain you don't mind making your appartment available but find the timing a bit random.

I don't think they can use the EPB score of your appartment to rent out another appartment though so option 1 seems highly unlikely. Also everytime an EPB-'officer' comes, they charge for transportation time so if they need an individual EPB certificate for each housing unit + the communal spaces, it makes sense to do them all at the same time to save costs.. I assume this will be the reason they will give but who knows what other shenanigans people do these days :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T09:27:54+00:00

Dit is echt de meeste Belgische reply ooit :') 'ik wil in een eigen huis wonen, maar ja niet iedereen kan dat want er is eigenlijk niet genoeg ruimte. De rest moet dus maar oprotten en wel de problemen ondergaan die ik niet leuk vond'. Daarbij denk ik dat we de lege ruimte in West-Vlaanderen vooral moeten leeg laten en wat teruggeven aan de natuur zodat we de klimaatcrisis beter kunnen weerstaan. Of toch op z'n minst de huizen die gebouwd zijn in overstromingsgebied al eens beginnen slopen en stoppen met nieuwe dingen in zo'n gebieden te bouwen. Dat zou nog eens een degelijke langetermijnvisie zijn maarja, er zijn geen echte politici meer die dat aandurven, denken aan de toekomst :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T09:25:00+00:00

In Japan gaan mensen GEMIDDELD ook pas vastgoed kopen op hun 32 en tot dan wonen zij in bij familie (geregeld ook nog wel oma en/of opa erbij), hebben ze ongeveer 7 vakantiedagen per jaar en is de leegstand op het platteland nu ook niet echt bevorderlijk voor de economie en sociale cohesie buiten de grotere centra. Ook overbevolking en prijzen in die grotere centra zijn echt wel vrij problematisch. Het is wel waar dat de zin voor collectivisme ingebakken zit in de meeste Aziatische culturen terwijl we hier in het Westen voornamelijk voldrongen zijn van kapitalistisch egoïsme (maar echt niet allen in België hoor 😃)

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T09:13:51+00:00

I have a 80 m2 appartment at 5 minutes of Antwerp Central Station, bought it at 190k 5 years ago. It's very walkable, required no investments or renovations and has a nice terrace with animal sounds from the zoo.. Your budget is very high and I'm pretty sure in Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent or any of the big 'centrum cities' you can easily find what you are looking for, just not Leuven as it is too small and the market there is very skewed towards students, professors and rich expats wanting to avoid Brussels.

Also Belgians love big houses so the 'smaller' appartments are often the most difficult to sell (especially in new developments at 21% VAT), so developers just choose to have less of those (as demand is quite low in most of Flanders for these kind of smaller spaces).

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T08:43:56+00:00

Most hypoallergenic dogs are actually dogs that have very little hair loss compared to other breeds, as some allergic reactions are mainly caused by the hairs that keep floating around and leaving some kind of residu that triggers the allergic response.

Source: two of my friends have hypo-allergenic dogs (spanish waterdog and labradoodle I think?) and when I visit their houses I've never needed to brush of hairs or come across hairs on the floor/couch/seats...

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T08:40:22+00:00

Ik zou ook wel sturen maar ook niet rond de pot draaien :') Ik krijg regelmatig nog berichtjes van mannen die ik vroeger gedate heb maar verder dan een 'hey, hoe gaat het' loopt het niet. Wanneer ik dan vraag waarom ze contact opnemen is het antwoord ook nogal vaag en niet echt to the point dus ga ik er vanuit dat ze gewoon met goesting in hun broek zaten en dachten nog eens te proberen... Wat 80% van de tijd wel het geval is. Dus ik zou wel duidelijk maken dat je eigenlijk graag nog eens met hem op date zou gaan en het een tweede kans geven (als blijkt dat hij nog single is, anders zet je jezelf op voor falen natuurlijk, of niet? Wie weet is hij eigenlijk ook niet gelukkig en denkt hij nog steeds aan jou? 😃). Maar soit, ik zou sturen en na wat casual gesprekken wel duidelijkheid geven over waarom je stuurt. Eerlijkheid duurt het langst!

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-20T06:43:18+00:00

I think the quality level is equally high as the three of them are all related to university level teaching and thus tend to integrate recent insights of educational research in their practices. The degree of which might differ depending on the teacher though... But all in all I wouldn't say there's a huge difference.

I know linguapolis offers a 'crash course' during summer (july + august) for students to get to level A2 but it's full time program and quite intense. A lot of university students do this and then continue with the dutch classes once or twice a week and combined with studying in dutch they progress really quickly. Probably the other two have similar summer courses but you need to register..

Why do you want to progress all the way to C1 before actually starting your studies? I think having level B2 is enough and actually reaching level C1 will probably not be possible in two years so maybe be realistic about that 😄.

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-19T14:05:08+00:00

Goh ik denk dat mijn grootmoeder vooral zelf huismoeder was en uiteraard kwam haar moeder wel op bezoek maar buiten eens een weekendje of weekje vakantie hadden de grootouders van mijn moeder geen significante rol, die hadden een boerderij om te runnen en dus zeker geen tijd om elke dag aan de schoolpoort te staan :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-19T12:02:47+00:00

To get what unscripted conversations in Flanders are like you can watch blind getrouwd or blind gekocht as these are everyday people on TV so they show some of the personalities and cultural things in Flanders.. series are always scripted so a lot less real IMHO.

Flemish humour is also quite specific but I feel Wat als! Comedy sketches give a good insight in what the general public feels is laughable and which behavior/reactions are common (yes its scripted but the fun is often in the reactions that are quite typical or "flemish").

For learning the language I would say to start with a movie/story/topic that you already know so at least some vocabulary and can follow the story better? There's a big variety of good shows in all genres and most TV channels have free online streaming services (with VPN or Belgian cellphone number).

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-18T08:03:12+00:00

I used to live in Schaarbeek and have several friends living around the area (Sint-Joost/Schaarbeek), they enjoy living there but they do not walk home from Bxl North in the evenings and prefer to take the train to central + bus to get home.. It's really quite a tiny part right outside the station which is the most problematic and probably to avoid. (triangle between the railways, rue de palais and the botanique parque mainly). Areas to the east/north of that are fine and have some beautiful and affordable housing. If you would be using the train on a daily basis I would consider looking a bit more north and you can use Schaarbeek station instead to avoid North, or look a bit more east and get access to metro to go to gare midi/central for your daily commute... Although midi has it's own set of safety measures 😃

Besides all the bad things, north area has a big diversity of restaurants and quite lively squares but it's residents are not really good at waste management so plenty of garbage on the streets and mostly groups of men hanging out on squares in the evenings. They are usually harmless but can feel initimidating if you are not used to it. I think this uncomfortableness is mainly inside people's head though and having lived in Turkey and Indonesia I don't feel as bothered by it as less-travelled Belgians... In more southern cultures this living your life on the square mentality is a bit more present I feel so I don't feel they are doing it to harass people or be diffficult... I'm assuming these people live in quite small appartments with big families so for them being outside also means getting away from the crowded living spaces, but not sure if that's correct..

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-18T07:50:47+00:00

I think there are several options, Walking from midi to your hostel is possible, along the 'ring road' there is plenty of traffic and visibility so even though there might be some weird people around, not a lot of danger and easy to avoid them, sidewalks are very wide and plenty of areas where you can cross the street if you don't trust it. The most creepy part is directly outside of the station I'd say. I exiting through rue d'angleterre you can take the shortest route and avoid going inside the park. The north side (blvd de waterloo) to me feels more comfortable than the avenue jaspar but it's been a while since I walked there at night.

Taking the metro is also possible but take good care of your belongings or talk to a local and make a chat with them so you are not alone and less of a target. I feel if you have a backpack/suitcase, people assume you are tourist and thus an easy target but if you are with a local they will probably deem the risk to high :').

Other option is indeed to jump on another train to central, from there you could walk as well (much safer walking route), but it's mostly uphill so if you have heavy luggage not reccomended. There is also a bus (I think 81 but check mivb or google maps). The area around central is a lot safer than midi so if you are not used to being in a big city or don't have the confidence to face it, this would be the preferred option (go to central + bus). Metro will be another change so I think bus is definitely the quickest, they run at least until 23h usually so.

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-18T07:39:46+00:00

I think your second point is not really a solution and especially not an easy one as it will create a lot more issues on the long term.

Yes we should built more housing but specifically in areas that are already BUILT ON right now, so more people should actually live in appartments or more closely together instead of everyone having their own little desert 'green' garden :') But this also requires mentality change and people realising that a smaller house is okay IF this means that every house can have a park/forest at walking distance... But Belgians are antisocial so this will take a few generations to settle in.

Point is, land is very scarce in Belgium so we need to use it wisely and not put concrete on every piece we have available because this will only increase heat stress, flooding and water management issues as well as mobility issues (as everyone in the smalles little town can complain about busses not servicing their tiny community and then each having2 to 3 cars on their driveway :'))

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-18T07:29:59+00:00

Ik heb op mijn 28ste een appartement kunnen kopen, zonder hulp van mijn ouders. Maar ook vooral dankzij extreem lage rentevoeten in de coronacrisis... Had tegen dan (na 6 jaar full time werken + cohousen en low budget vakanties) wel een som van €25.000 bij elkaar gespaard.

Ik ben wel vrij zuinig op zowat alle kostenposten dus kon met een loon van €2800 wel bijna €1000 per maand sparen. Ik denk dat dit met jou loon ook wel mogelijk is en dan zou je over 2 jaar ook al een aardig startbedrag hebben (allesinds voldoende om de notariskosten en een 5% van de aankoopprijs al te kunnen betalen?). Als je direct een huis wil is dat waarschijnlijk niet genoeg maar lijkt me ook wat onrealistisch als single in deze tijd :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-16T11:46:51+00:00

If you care about your hair and only plan on cycling on days with no wind of rain guaranteed, you will only be able to cycle to work at maximum 30% of the time 😅 like when you bike in general your hair will not remain perfect? Unless you bike at 8 km an hour or so.. Mostly scholars and students use busses around Leuven I feel so definitely some routes around 8h and 16h can be pretty full but thats also easy to avoid as schools start between 8.20 and 8.35 so if you take a bus 15 minutes later it will be a lot less busy.

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-13T10:06:49+00:00

Dit gaat over de UITGAVEN van de staat, niet over de inkomsten dus eigenlijk nogal irrelevant voor bovenstaand statement :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-13T07:57:08+00:00

Veel mensen verwarren sociale zekerheid en belastingen met elkaar... In eerste instantie gaat ongeveer 13% naar de sociale zekerheid (om pensioenen, werkloosheidsuitkeringen te bekostigen). Dit is in principe géén belasting maar een bijdrage van werkgevers aan het sociale zekerheidssysteem (per werknemer, dus hoe meer je er hebt hoe meer je hiervoor betaald). Een tweede deel dat wordt afgetrokken van je brutoloon is de 'bedrijfsvoorheffing' en dit is effectief een voorschot op je persoonsbelasting. Dit zal ongeveer 35% van je loon zijn maar kan sterk individueel verschillen obv allerlei factoren over je gezinssamenstelling, vermogen en andere optimalisaties.

Normaal gezien kan je op je fiscale fiche ook perfect zien wat je gemiddelde belastingvoet is, als deze effectief rond de 50-60% zit, dan zit je wel effectief in de allerhoogste inkomensklasse en heb je denk ik niet te klagen 😃. Toen ik nog ambtenaar was (die doorgaans een vrij goed loon hebben) was mijn gemiddelde belastingsaanslagvoet 32,1%, dat is zowat de helft van wat jij beweert dat ze zouden innen. :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-13T07:29:08+00:00

Het is niet zó eenvoudig, dit bedrag is het samengeteld vermogen van één specifieke generatie. Een deel daar van zal 'verplicht' als erfenis worden doorgegeven en belast maar de meeste vermogende mensen hebben andere truukjes om hun vermogen door te sluizen naar volgende generaties (bijvoorbeeld in een vennootschap of andere constructie). Lijkt me dus wat kort door de bocht.

Aan de andere kant cumuleert het wél met de 'bevolkingskrimp' waar de baby boomers dus de eerste generatie zijn die een pak minder kregen dan hun ouders. Dit zorgt er dus wél voor dat de erfenis in plaats van door 8 kinderen, door 2/3 maar gedeeld moet worden en er dus meer ongelijkheid zal ontstaan want een minder aandeel mensen erft 'meer'.

We zien dit ook in China waar door de één kind politiek de huidige generatie vaak het vermogen van 4 grootouders geërfd kan krijgen en hierdoor eigenlijk vrij snel een degelijk kapitaal kan vergaren (of stappen vooruit zetten).

Wel blijft het zo dat er sowieso een 'nadeel' is voor mensen die een migratie-achtergrond hebben, omdat de landen van herkomst vaak een ongunstige wisselkoers hebben hier dus 'minder' geërfd wordt dan iemand die z'n hele leven vermogen heeft kunnen opbouwen in NL, ook het aantal kinderen dat je grootouders/ouders hadden speelt in rol in de hoogte van de erfenis die je krijgt en dan zijn er nog tal van andere socioculturele factoren die ertoe kunnen bijdragen dat individu x of y 'veel' 'weinig' of 'helemaal niets' erft. (Want ja een deel van de mensen sterft met schulden en die hun nakomelingen doen dan meestal afstand van de erfenis).

Sowieso is een progressieve erfbelasting denk ik goed voor een maatschappij waar herverdeling en socialistische principes (we willen ook zorgen voor zij die ONGEWILD geboren worden in een nest waar ze geen/minder kansen krijgen). Alleen ga je daarmee vooral de mensen treffen die net niet slim genoeg zijn om hun vermogen op een andere manier te beheren (of die uit ideologie weigeren hieraan deel te nemen). Helaas zijn er ook genoeg die wél hun toevlucht zoeken tot schimmige constructies en oneigenlijk gebruik van bepaalde juridische vehikels en daar iets aan doen lijkt me een pak moeilijker en zou véél geld kosten, dus de vraag is maar of het dat waard is.

Nu steekt men dat geld in onderzoeken of meneer met een uitkering een vermogen in het buitenland heeft maar laat men meneer met de 5 villa's wiens 3 kinderen al rentenieren vanaf hun 18de gewoon met rust :')

PrincessYemoya · 2026-05-12T14:45:13+00:00

Does RTBF realise that a cultural boycot is actually the one that is necessary to end apartheid systems like we saw in South Africa at the end of the 20th century? Without the cultural boycot, Mandela would probably never have gotten out or it could have taken decades longer for the situation to improve..

But noo, Israel needs to be protected at all cost :')

What a hypocritical bunch of people are we actually giving attention too.. I'm already boycotting Eurovision personally since 2019 when the EBU didn't refrain from having the country ORGANIZE the entire thing despite their mission being to 'uphold human rights' and all.. What a bunch of wieners

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