It's often said that Southern Europe meets Northern Europe in Belgium. Flanders too can be very Nordic, but always with a Mediterranean touch. For centuries, the county of Flanders was (at least the part west of the Schelde river) a fief of the French crown.
Present Flanders is spreaded over three countries; Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
Very cosmopolitan since medieval times, the county was greatly influenced by France, Spain and Italy.
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