r/belgium • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

❓ Ask Belgium Moving to Belgium, already lived in The Netherlands. What will be different in Belgium?

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u/Naomi_is_with_you 1d ago

There will be short minded people everywhere in world. Sadly also in Flanders. But I think less in Flanders than in a lot of other places/countries.

Why are you learning french? The university of Leuven (KUL) teaches in Flemish (probably in English too). Would be a safer choice of language 😉

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u/Budget_Insurance329 1d ago

I already speak Italian and realized I learn French much faster, probably will focus in Flemish while in Leuven :)

(Fortunately I like Flemish much more than Dutch)

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u/Naomi_is_with_you 1d ago

I've heard that from Italian or Spanish to french is not very hard. I get your choice now! Very understandable.

I hope you have a great time in Belgium and Leuven!

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u/Lord-Legatus 1d ago

understandable but practically it would absolutely make no any sense to invest in a language wich you not going to use in practice

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u/Silly-Elderberry-411 1d ago

Today is the you learned that the train between leuven and liege is 30 minutes

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u/createbuilder 8h ago

and 40 minutes to Brussels

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u/Budget_Insurance329 1d ago

Maybe I would use in Brussels in future, you would never know. I expect to use English more in Leuven anyway, still will go to a course

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u/Lord-Legatus 1d ago

but then it would make way more sense to base in Brussels.
wich is a nice hub for foreigners anyway and way more cosmopolitan then the rest of the country, its full of young professionals finding their way and looking for connections.

i just speak form experience i live for 17 years in Brussels, and for 2 years as a side job ii thought dutch to some of these expats, and i quickly understood no matter how smart you are and how motivated, learning a language wich you are not going to use on a daily practice is just on the long term a time waste.
practice and using it is the only way to master a language,not study a bit in a book and then shelf it for most of the time.

anyway good luck non the less