#Belgium

Mayor #Buls delivered his first public speech in #Dutch during a visit by #King #Leopold

#Brussels is actually #Flemish territory

What a #wonderful person that Buls was !

Next time #Europe is way too #expensive

#Brussels

On the Grasmarkt, you'll see a monument to #Former Mayor #Buls

#Flemish Engineers

He was appointed in 1881 and required all city officials to have a thorough command of both languages

He had bilingual street signs installed
More about #King Leopold next time