Jan Jaap Van der Wal - Amor Fati, 10 years in Flanders

"Amor fati is Latin. Then we know for sure that Prime Minister Bart De Wever approves. Love of fate. Fate brought me to this beautiful country 10 years ago, where life is fantastic, but where things also go fantastically wrong so often. That too is fate and I embrace that with pleasure as well.” Jan Jaap van der Wal is now 10 years a ‘Flemish person in training’ and can no longer be imagined out of the Flemish theaters and on television. The love is mutual and to celebrate that, Jan Jaap is bringing his biggest show to date in Flanders. “Because whether we go under due to a possible war, or a budget deficit, or we choke on a shrimp croquette at the seaside; we are going under anyway, so let's do it with a big smile.” Jan Jaap van der Wal has been a comedian for almost thirty years and has made four full-length shows in Flanders since 2015, including the acclaimed election conference Geen Stem . On television, he made a splash as a jury member of De Slimste Mens ter Wereld and as a presenter of De Ideale Wereld and Jan Jaap Op Zondag .