Flanders Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
land of the Flemish people
About Flanders
Nowadays, Flanders is one of the three federal regions of Belgium (the other two beingWalloniaandBrussels). This means that it has its own government, a parliament and separate laws. The capital, however, isBrussels, over which Flanders has only partial jurisdiction. But Flanders has travelled a long historic road before arriving at its present situation. Once being its own County of Flanders, the territory has been part of several larger countries or empires. Since Belgium's founding in 1830, tensions between the Flemish and French-speaking population have led to the federalisation of Belgium. There is an active independence movement in Flanders, but the struggle has largely been peaceful and is of no danger to any tourist. The split between the regions is quite noticeable when travelling
Flanders Travel Guide Sections
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