Schaerbeek or also known as Schaarbeek in Dutch is an municipality within the Brussels-Capital Region. Its one of the three regions of Belgium and those are the Dutch speaking Flanders and French speaking Wallonia. Schaerbeek and the other 18 municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual. Once was Brussels and its current municipalities
Dutch speaking but nowadays its 85% French speaking and Dutch is good for 15%. Schaerbeek have an population of around 133 thousand and the second municipality in the region. Once it was known for cherry cultivation and the sour type, which its used in lambic beers. Lambic is an spontaneous fermented beerstyle and added with cherries for an additional refermentation, get the beer an fruitier taste and it will knows as kriek lambic. Kriek is an local dialect for cherry. In the past when harvest the cherries they put them in basket on backs of donkeys, then to sell it at the market in Brussels. At one point in time there were as many donkeys and people in Schaerbeek. Nowadays the cherries of Schaerbeek are rare but the municipality planted some trees in the neighborhood of Diamantkwartier. The donkeys not so prominent anymore but some can be seen in Josaphatpark. Schaerbeek is nickname la cité des ânes (Dutch: de ezelsgemeente), translated "city of donkeys". So lets take an look at the flag.
Dutch speaking but nowadays its 85% French speaking and Dutch is good for 15%. Schaerbeek have an population of around 133 thousand and the second municipality in the region. Once it was known for cherry cultivation and the sour type, which its used in lambic beers. Lambic is an spontaneous fermented beerstyle and added with cherries for an additional refermentation, get the beer an fruitier taste and it will knows as kriek lambic. Kriek is an local dialect for cherry. In the past when harvest the cherries they put them in basket on backs of donkeys, then to sell it at the market in Brussels. At one point in time there were as many donkeys and people in Schaerbeek. Nowadays the cherries of Schaerbeek are rare but the municipality planted some trees in the neighborhood of Diamantkwartier. The donkeys not so prominent anymore but some can be seen in Josaphatpark. Schaerbeek is nickname la cité des ânes (Dutch: de ezelsgemeente), translated "city of donkeys". So lets take an look at the flag.
Colors green and white derived from the coat of arms so lets check that out. The white bend line represented the Maalbeek an stream that runs under Schaerbeek, completely vaulted by the municipality and its more an memory of the stream. Next the flowers are cherry blossoms, because of the rare cherries variation i explained earlier. The green represented the grassy banks of the vaulted stream. The flag is unexcited and the coat of arms reminds of the past, but i like kriek lambic.
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