Jan Jaap Van der Wal | Amor Fati: 10 years in Flanders

Amor Fati. “That is Latin. Then we know for sure that Prime Minister Bart De Wever approves. Love for 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 it with pleasure.” - Jan Jaap van der Wal Jan Jaap van der Wal has been a “Flemish person in training” for 10 years now and has become an indispensable part of Flemish theaters and television. The love is mutual, and to celebrate that, Jan Jaap is bringing his biggest show yet to Flanders. “Because whether we go under due to a potential 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 has been a comedian for almost thirty years and has created 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.