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When Flemish Rabbits Fed the Poor of London
11 January 2022
When people think about Ostend and food, it tends to be shrimps or mussels. But for Londoners in 19th century, it would have been rabbits. From the 1840s on, vast numbers of rabbits – skinned and packed into crates – were sent across the Channel by steamer to be sold in London’s markets. These
Results of the Survey ‘The State of the Dutch Language’ 2021
8 November 2021
In social settings, on social media, and at work, the Dutch language is doing well. But the use of Dutch demands continued support in higher education, and the use of dialects and regional languages deserves further attention too.
Duelling in the Dunes. When Tourists Fought in Flanders
9 September 2021
In the 19th century, a very particular kind of tourist came to Flanders: foreigners looking for a quiet place to fight. They came to settle debts of honour out of the public eye, and to avoid the increasing prohibitions on duelling in their home countries. Any trouble with the Belgian authorities co
Belgium Is Europe in Miniature
6 April 2020
Belgium has an interim minority government to deal with the corona crisis. The emergency has exacerbated the division in the country. Will Belgium fall apart, or is it actually a laboratory for Europe?
Flemings have a problematic and complex relationship with their language
6 December 2019
Flemish and Dutch people have a totally different relationship with their language. Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere explains why.
Wizo Flandrensis and the Flemish Settlers in Wales
11 July 2019
Given their geographical proximity, it is unsurprising that in the last thousand years there has been much migration from the Low Countries to the British Isles. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, there were reports of people of Flemish heritage in Scotland, the north of England and Wales. It
With Eddy Merckx to the Moon
1 July 2019
Nearly every Belgian who lived back then will remember the atmosphere that hung in the air on 20 and 21 July 1969, fifty years ago. History was written twice within the timeframe of two hours. Eddy Merckx won his first Tour de France, a few moments later the first man set foot on the moon. The paral
A Black Lion of Flanders
15 May 2019
Within the confines of society’s norms and expectations, Roland Gunst – half Flemish, half Congolese – uses installations, performances, film and video to explore the search for his own identity. He has travelled from rage to reconciliation. Flandria is his first musical theatre performance.
That Undigested Vomit of the Sea
8 April 2019
In June of 1667, Dutch Admiral de Ruyter commanded the Dutch fleet to carry out a devastating raid on the English fleet as they were lying at anchor at Chatham in the Thames estuary. At the time, Britons referred to Holland as “that undigested vomit of the sea”. Moreover, an official propagandis
Why Flanders Is Mad about Cycling
19 March 2019
Flanders has been synonymous with bicycle racing for many years. However, is cycling truly ‘ours’, as one popular Flemish newspaper keeps claiming? Journalist and cycling enthusiast Rik Van Puymbroeck channels his inner ‘flandrien’ in an attempt to find out whether cycling is actually in Fla
Welcome to the low countries, with Tender Loving Care
18 March 2019
Dear reader, Here we are then, and no, this is not an April Fools’ joke. Allow me to introduce a platform that aims to inform you about artistic, cultural and social topics in the Low Countries, that is to say in Flanders and the Netherlands. Inform and so much more: offering background and interp
