De Grootste Belg is a 2005 vote conducted by Belgian public TV broadcaster Canvas, public radio broadcaster Radio 1, and newspaper De Standaard, to determine who is the Greatest Belgian of all time. I
Father Damian in 1878 on Molokai. He was voted the "Greatest Belgian" in 2005.
Father Damien, photograph by William Brigham
Beerse Statue Paul Janssen 070225
The Flemish Movement is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less commonly, in French Flanders. Ideologically, it encompasses groups which
Jan Frans Willems
Bust of Hugo Verriest [nl] in Roeselare, Belgium.
Excerpt from the newspaper De Vlaamsche Strijd of 1899. Preserverd in the Ghent University Library. Good example of the propaganda that was held.
Bilingual road sign in Linkebeek. The French words have been painted over, leaving the Dutch words only.