Today Belgium has three regions: Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels capital. Flanders (in yellow) is where they primarily speak Flemish, a dialect that’s very similar to Dutch whilst Wallonia (red) is where they mainly speak French. The country is a composite nation.
Those Flags
Flags are used to represent nations, statehood, ideology and other political concepts and the Lion of Flanders is no exception. Belgium’s flag is the black, yellow and red stripes. The regional flag of Vlaanderen, Flanders, is the black lion on a yellow background but, crucially with red claws. The separatist politicians and their supporters wave a similar flag only with black claws. The flag of Wallonia is a cockerel. You’ll see all these flags at races but remember one is the national banner, two represent regions and the fourth is a disputed political symbol.
Thanks to innering for the Belgian political primer.
I'd hate to buy the wrong flag.
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