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Survey: One word that describes Belgians? Top results are… Bon vivant, modest, surreal, nice!

If you could describe Belgians in one single word, what would it be? This is the question that was asked on social media by Belgian representations in foreign countries. Website Focus on Belgium published the results and one word that came on top was….Bon vivant! That was closely followed by adjectives such as modest, surreal and nice! 🙂

More than 800 people around the world participated in the survey. Participants were asked to simply chose one word to describe people in Belgium and the results are here – Belgians are:

Bon vivant, modest, surreal, nice, courageous, warm, accommodating, kind, jovial, convivial, flexible, friendly, unique, simple, authentic, resourceful, multicultural, welcoming, complicated, chameleon, convivial, reserved, diverse, great, creative, relaxed, varied, proud, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, good-natured, beer-loving, formidable, hard-working, introverted, resilient, multilingual, positive, adorable, pragmatic, open, divided, funny, festive, reliable, sociable, multidimensional, comical, entertaining, calm, Flemish, slow, mad, naive, generous, versatile, cool, intelligent, shy, brave, multifaceted, tolerant, indefinable, industrious, ingenious, rich, boring, dynamic, polite, bureaucratic, peculiar, appealing, honest, the best, loyal, trendy, inclusive, cold, distant, melting pot, diversified, quirky, cautious, determined, diligent, French, eclectic, charming, zinneke, sincere, organised, special, diplomatic, elegant, peaceful, enthusiastic, clever, idealistic, humorous, European, fake, ingenuous, party animal, devoted, human, talented, extrovert, curious, spoiled, knowledgeable, easy-going, Eurocentric, unusual, decadent, gorgeous, pleasant, transparent, food lover, informal,…

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