It’s an odd thing but it feels like there is more Dutch/Flemish spoken even as the city becomes more multilingual. I do live in the Pentagon, and near Dansaert too, but still….
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But many are there for work during the day and live elsewhere perhaps too?
sep 2, 2025, 10:46 am • 0 0 • view
True, plenty will come in from the Vlaamse Rand and of course I also live in a very Flemish wijk, wife works for the Vlaamse Overheid, I'm not in a "normal" situation
sep 2, 2025, 11:25 am • 1 0 • view
You are a true Dansaertvlaming :-D
sep 2, 2025, 12:22 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm not sure anyone coming into Brussels comes in a 'normal' situation - we came for spouse to work in Europe, and then I went back to work in education. Brxl is full of these overlapping bubbles, I think. It's fascinating.
sep 2, 2025, 12:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I think Brxl is just becoming very, very multilingual anyway. When we arrived 25 years ago, it was hard to get by without French. Now, I look at colleagues arriving and it's much easier - even the local Commune bulletins are published not just bilingually but with other languages too.
sep 2, 2025, 10:47 am • 1 0 • view