Everyone should know by now that fries are Belgian and not French, so they are referred to as Belgian fries and not French fries, you should adjust the pronunciation if you haven't done that already. The most modern and largest Belgian factory in Europe is, of course, in Belgium. 3.5 million kilograms of fries a week roll off the production line in the small town of Poperinge. Aviko is the global market leader in refrigerated chips and one of the four largest potato processing companies in the world, they mainly produce frozen chips for the whole of Europe. Colossal steam engines peel potatoes in seconds, a river of potatoes goes through cutting machines at 90 per hour, and robots scan day and night for defects and black dots, so that only perfect fries remain real Belgian fries.
In the city of Ghent, there is a square that used to be known as the square of death. In the Middle Ages and even long after, all kinds of executions were carried out on the market square. The square is just in front of the centuries-old Castle of the Counts. and has the name Veerleplein. From 1407 until the end of the 18th century, the square served as a court for criminals. It was the only place of punishment in Flanders for counterfeiters. The fact that counterfeiters were punished here had to do with the location of the count's mint in nearby Gravensteen. The counterfeiters were thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil or boiling water. On March 17, 1540, nine of the leaders of the Ghent Revolt were beheaded here by order of Emperor Charles V. Five more followed on May 4. The same fate was suffered here, by Jan van Hembyse, one of the leaders of the Ghent Republic in 1584. Picture by Mith Now that Ghent is mainly a tourist city and executions are a thing of the past, the city cou