31/36.- Flanders: Pajottenland

Towards the west of Brussels, the fertile Pajottenland region has for centuries provided Brussels not only with meat and vegetables but also with workers and merchants. Today the area is popular with wealthy Flemish people, but has been able to maintain some of its rural charm. The countryside is reminiscent of the scenes in many Flemish paintings, from Brueghel to the more modern School of Lathem.

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