vancouteren.com » Belgium http://vancouteren.com/blog "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein Wed, 12 May 2010 21:46:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Belgian “Dez Moma” at “De wereld draait door” http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/10/belgian-dez-moma-at-de-wereld-draait-door/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/10/belgian-dez-moma-at-de-wereld-draait-door/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:33 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=468

Belgian music formation “Dez Moma” performs in  “De wereld draait door”,  a talkshow hosted by Matthijs Van Nieuwkerk on VARA (Dutch TV station) .

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]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/10/belgian-dez-moma-at-de-wereld-draait-door/feed/ 0 Small in Belgium but big on-line http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/05/small-in-belgium-but-big-on-line/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/05/small-in-belgium-but-big-on-line/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:41:57 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=416 Becoming famous in  Belgium in one day is one thing, becoming a worldwide youtube star is something completely different. But nothing is impossible, this man parks his 1m49 wided car (Fiat Panda)  in a 1m55 wide parking garage. Indeed one starts wondering, how do you get out and that is exactly why Eugène became famous.

The item was featured in a belgian television show (Man bijt hond/Man bites dog) and was afterwards covered by other channels and  on-line in UK ( BBC – TOP gear) , Croatia, Poland and Korea

With over 1 million views before it fully reaches the US and China this could become a real youtube hit and show up in the viral video charts soon. Eugène explained to a Belgian newspaper (de standaard) how he was asked to give demonstrations for different TV stations and receives phone calls from all over the world. Eugène would like this stop (when he again parks his car in front of another camera) but it can only get worse for the man from Liedekerke, Belgium. (Facebook fan page in dutch)

(Visit youtube for English captions)

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mmm, unboxing can be fun… More information about the award wining chocolate visit the NewTree website. This Belgian chocolate became famous in the US after getting O-listed by Oprah Winfrey.

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/31/unboxing-chocolate-bar/feed/ 0 Belgium is only a small spot in the world http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/16/belgium-is-only-a-small-spot-in-the-world/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/16/belgium-is-only-a-small-spot-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:37:59 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=234 Design a poster for Europe day 2010
Europe as a collection of spots… Take look at the submissions from Diana Jung, Senhora da Hora, Portugal

Europe - Spots - Screen shot 2010-01-16 at 00.57.31

More about “EUROPE DAY 2010″ poster competition

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/16/belgium-is-only-a-small-spot-in-the-world/feed/ 0 The eleventh province of Belgium http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/12/the-eleventh-province-of-belgium/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/12/the-eleventh-province-of-belgium/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:35:52 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=195 Is Belgium a real banana republic, meet governor Meulemans in the eleventh province of Belgium. Nice viral (in Dutch) from vredeseilanden.be, covered on Belgian television (Canvas - Phara – 17/11/09).

Played 1,654 times on vimeo and 144 inhabitants so far (Uploaded on 18 November 2009)
http://lebelge.vredeseilanden.be/

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