Explorer mode is a GeoGuessr game mode in which players are tasked with getting the best possible score in every country in the world (among those with Street View, at least). A score over 5000 grants a bronze medal; a score over 15000 grants a silver medal; a score over 22500 grants a golden medal. However, the most dedicated players aim to collect a perfect score (25000) in every country.

I thought of having weekly threads dedicated to each country to share tips and go over strategies, and you can chronicle your quest for the gold medal.

Week #1: Belgium

Country overview

Belgium is a country in western Europe which is made up of two halves: Flanders (Vlaanderen), a Dutch-speaking region in the north, and Wallonia (Wallonie), a French-speaking region in the south. The capital city, Bruxelles, is a bit of an oddball as it is a French-speaking enclave within Flanders; signs there are bilingual. There is also a small German-speaking region in the eastern part of Wallonia, around the city of Eupen. This is very helpful as you'll be able to rule half of the country out as soon as you spot a sign :)

It's hard to tell apart different parts of Belgium as the country has a rather uniform look- it's largely flat and rural. The most distinct area is the southeast, near the borders with France and Luxembourg- the terrain gets hilly there, and it's covered in thick forests.

In rural rounds, the road numbering system can really help. The main highways all stem off Bruxelles and are numbered clockwise: N1 heads north, N2 heads northeast, N3 heads east... and so on. Secondary highways are numbered according to the province they're in:

As for the cities, look out for the signs with the roads' names as they usually carry the name of the city too!

With the amount of signs and the accuracy of the maps, Belgium is usually a fairly easy country in GeoGuessr, and thus a good way to start this Explorer campaign easily. Pinpointing

PART 2: THE LONG AND TUMULTUOUS SHARED HISTORY OF ROMANCE AND GERMANIC NATIONS

This is Part 2-D-η, the direct continuation of 2-D-ζ, which you can find here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AttackOnRetards/comments/rjxxzr/continuation_of_my_previous_posts_about_the/

2-D: THE OTHER ROMANCE AND GERMANIC NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

2-D-η: ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL NETHERLANDS

Roman Era

ROMAN SETTLEMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

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During the Gallic Wars, the Belgic area south of the Oude Rijn and west of the Rhine was conquered by Roman forces under Julius Caesar in a series of campaigns from 57 BC to 53 BC. The tribes located in the area of the Netherlands at this time did not leave behind written records, so all the information known about them during this pre-Roman period is based on what the Romans and Greeks wrote about them. One of the most important is Caesar's own Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Two main tribes he described as living in what is now the Netherlands were the Menapii, and the Eburones, both in the south, which is where Caesar was active. He established the principle that the Rhine defined a natural boundary between Gaul and Germania Magna. But the Rhine was not a strong border, and he made it clear that there was a part of Belgic Gaul where many of the local tribes (including the Eburones) were "Germani cisrhenani", or in other cases, of mixed origin.

Starting about 15 BC, the part of the Rhine in the Netherlands came to be defended by the Lower Limes Germanicus. After a series of military actions, the Rhine became fixed around 12 AD as Rome's northern frontier on the European mainland. A number of towns and developments would

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.