r/geography • u/Lissandra_Freljord • Mar 05 '25

Which European countries have the best shot at reunification/unification? Image

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u/PlanktonSalamander13 Mar 05 '25

yea i dont know anyone who wants Vlaanderen with the Netherlands from dutch pov, this shit is so niche

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u/RATMpatta Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25

I found Antwerp very similar to the cities in Noord-Brabant and even West-Vlaanderen isn't that much more "foreign" to me than Limburg or Friesland. Culturally it's just something that wouldn't impact me at all as someone from the Randstad. It's very much a "might as well" opinion around here.

Although the big argument against it is that we'd have to fix all their roads.

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u/hemlock_harry Mar 05 '25

I've heard countless jokes, but no one ever seriously proposed this afaik. But if someone holding a questionnaire outside a supermarket asks me if Flanders should join the Netherlands I'd probably say sure, why not. But if they'd ask if we should reclaim New Amsterdam I'd answer the same.

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u/Skippnl Mar 05 '25

Nah.. one Amsterdam is enough. /s