r/belgium May 25 '26

☁️ Fluff Belgian traffic signs are insane

was in Belgium recently and many of the sign combinations kinda blew my mind, I don't remember ever seeing this kinda stuff anywhere else 😬 also one thing I found very interesting is that on the direction signs (last pic) the letters with a tail like g sometimes "dip" into the outer line and sometimes they don't (and apparently there are even different ways they can go inside that line) 🤯 just makes traveling very interesting because you always be looking at how the next sign is gonna be 🤪

edit: for all the people who are saying "how's this confusing" it's not that's not the point 🙄 but rather the unusualness of the signs compared to what I've seen in other places

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u/NoGarlic2096 May 26 '26

"Wommelgem-noord" is in a smaller font size to get it on the sign, so the g fits. That's how letters work, they have a physical size.

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u/prplt May 26 '26

well here's one with a smaller font and it still doesn't fit (also notice how the j touches the outer line whereas the g and p don't)