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Prostitution is legal in Belgium, but making gains from third party activities such as pimping is illegal. Most of the red-light districts in Belgium consist of window prostitution, where prostitutes sit in a window with a curtained-off workspace behind, although there is also some street prostitution.
Prostitution was known to exist in what is now Belgium since the Middle Ages. [21] Regulation of prostitutes was introduced during the Burgundian regime (1384–1482) but often ignored. [ 13 ] [ 22 ] In Brussels, the public executioner was tasked with controlling the trade in the city.
Bredene (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbreːdənə] ⓘ; West Flemish: Brèinienge) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.The municipality only comprises the town of Bredene proper.
Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries. Its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe makes it a popular tourist destination. The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population (142,000 people). [1] 6.7 million people travelled to Belgium in 2005. [2]
The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Hoboken, Ekeren, Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium to 589 and was the last reorganization of the municipalities for several decades because the merger of the 19 municipalities of Brussels was postponed indefinitely.
Flemish strijdvlag as adopted by large parts of the Flemish Movement. The Flemish Movement or (Flemish nationalism) (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging, pronounced [ˈvlaːmsə bəˈʋeːɣɪŋ]) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less commonly, in French Flanders.
In the Federal election, Volt Belgium received 7,245 votes or 0.10% of the total votes. In elections for the Flemish parliament, Volt Belgium received 7,678 votes or 0.18% of the vote. In the Brussels regional election, they received 1,531 votes, or 0.39% of the vote. No Volt Belgium candidates were elected in any of these elections.
Belgium, [b] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [c] is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries , it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.