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Belgium is a country that is all about its regions. Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking region has a strong everyday cycling culture inspired by the bordering Netherlands. Wallonia, the southern, French-speaking part, has traditionally been more industrial, a lot hillier, and therefore less cycling- and more car-friendly – or at least, that’s what one would assume. And then there is Brussels, the capital, one of Europe’s most congested cities.
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