KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Brussels became the capital of Belgium when it became an independent country in 1830, and in 1958 was made the seat of the European Economic Community, the precursor to today’s European Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common theory of the origin of the name Brussels is that it derives from the Old Dutch Bruocsella, Broekzele or Broeksel, meaning “marsh” (bruoc / broek) and “home” or “settlement” (sella / zele / sel) or “settlement in the marsh".

Detailed explanation-3: -Belgium is situated in the west of Europe, bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and to the south and the west by France.