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Even the Smurfs, a Belgian favorite, are getting into the soccer act in Brussels

How one American in Brussels is dealing with the upcoming World Cup clash between the US and Belgium

Sports

No more ties. No more “losing,” but still “winning.” All bets are off at the World Cup in Brazil, and if you lose, you’re going home. So now that it’s serious, it means that Americans overseas have to decide where their loyalties lie. From his perch in a Brussels cafe, The World’s Clark Boyd comes to terms with Tuesday’s clash between the US and Belgium.

Even the Smurfs, a Belgian favorite, are getting into the soccer act in Brussels

How one American in Brussels is dealing with the upcoming World Cup clash between the US and Belgium

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Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s geoquiz we were looking for a city in northwest Belgium known as the Venice of the North. The answer is Bruges or Brugge. Producer Abbie Fentress Swanson sends us an audio postcard.

The World

Geo answer

Global Politics

The poem “In Flanders Fields” was written by a Canadian military surgeon during World War One. Flanders Fields is the answer to our Geo Quiz. We speak with Piet Chielens, a curator at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Belgium.