There are several State universities and higher educational establishments that depend directly from the Belgian public authorities. They are divided between several main towns according to their specialist areas.
In Brussels, the free education system predominates, namely due to the famous ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and its Flemish equivalent, the VUB. For many years considered the country's best university, UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) is split both linguistically and geographically: the Flemish KUL is in Louvain whereas the French UCL is in a new town, Louvain-la-Neuve, located in the commune of Ottignies, 25 kilometres from Brussels. The capital also has other establishments delivering undergraduate courses, such as the faculty of Saint-Louis. 
No two animals are the same
- My family, my childrens -
When the erudite minds preparing the Robert & Collins dictionary decide to play with words, it's the perfect reminder that French and English speakers do not have the same references when it comes to animals used in sayings... You sometimes get: I smell an eel, instead of the usual furry analogy.
