City & Country

Flanders Open is one of the few international wheelchair tennis tournaments that are organized in Flanders, Belgium.

Belgium, our country!

Belgium Belgium is situated in the west of Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and to the south and the west by France.

Although its surface area of 32.545 km² makes it a small country, its location has made it the economic and urban nerve centre of Europe.

"Belgium, heart of Europe" is not just a catch phrase: the geographical centre of the countries of the European Union is actually in Belgium!

Website: www.belgium.be

Flanders

Belgium is partitioned in three regions:

	the Walloon region in the south
	the Brussels-Capital region in the center
	and ... the Flemish region in the north

Flanders has its own flag, showing a great lion.

Websites: www.vlaanderen.be, www.visitflanders.be

Schoten, Antwerp...

... where all the action is! Flanders Open is organized in tennis center Witte Wilg.
It is situated in Schoten, near the big city of Antwerp.

Schoten was founded in the year 420 a.C. and is thereby older than Antwerp (650 a.C.).
Before it got the name "Schoten", the Franks called it "Scota" and later "Scote".

Websites: www.schoten.be, www.schotenhof.be, www.antwerpen.be, www.visitantwerp.be