Zemst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Elewijt, Eppegem, Hofstade, Weerde, Zemst-Laar, Zemst-Bos and Zemst proper. On January 1, 2006, Zemst had a total population of 21,327. The total area is 42.83 km2 which gives a population density of 498 inhabitants per km2.
Het Laatste Nieuws is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and Belgium.
Miss Belgium is a national beauty pageant in Belgium. The winner of Miss Belgium automatically represents her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants if the dates do not overlap.
K3 is a Belgian-Dutch girl group with a Dutch-language pop repertoire, consisting of Hanne Verbruggen, Marthe De Pillecyn, and Julia Boschman. In addition to music, they are also central to many cinema films, television series and musicals. The signature style and iconicity of K3 rely on all three girls mostly wearing the same outfit, and they are traditionally a redhead, a brunette, and a blonde. Throughout its career, K3 has built a space within Dutch and Belgian pop culture, becoming one of the most successful groups of the Benelux. The group's name is derived from the first letters of the three first members from 1998: Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke, and Kathleen Aerts.
Simon Pierre F. Gougnard is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing and the Belgium national team.
The Belgian Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the Lotto Basketball Cup, is the top tier national basketball cup competition in Belgium. The tournament is played in a knock-out format, in which teams are drawn against each other. Oostende is the most successful club in the competition's history, as it won 19 titles. Antwerp Giants are the last team to have won the Cup, having won the 2023 edition.
Björn Lionel G. Engels is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian First Division A team Royal Antwerp.
Michaël Heylen is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot club PAC Omonia 29M.
The Pro Basketball League MVP is an annual award of the Pro Basketball League (PBL), the highest tier professional basketball league in Belgium, given since the 2000–01 season, to the league's most valuable player in the regular season.
The Basketball League Belgium Division I Coach of the Year is an annual Basketball League Belgium Division I award given to the best coach of the league. The award is handed out after the end of the regular season.
Heylen is a Dutch patronymic or matronymic surname most common in the province of Antwerp. Heile is an archaic Germanic given name, sometimes a short form of the name Heilwig. Notable people with the surname include:
Dirk Demeersman is a Belgian equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
Victor Nicky Wegnez is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Waterloo Ducks and the Belgium national team.
Renaud Hardy, known as The Parkinson's Murderer, is a Belgian serial killer who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, rape and attempted murder in 2018.
Annie Lambrechts is a Belgian roller skating champion. She was awarded the Belgian Sportsman of the year prize in 1981. The same year she was also given the Belgian National Sports Merit Award. She won a total of 140 Belgian titles, 22 European titles, 2 gold and 2 bronze medals at the 1981 World Games. Between 1964 and 1981 she won 19 worldtitles. She was also the first Belgian to win the Flemish Sportsjewel in 1982.
Big Brother is the Dutch & Belgian cooperation version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother produced by Endemol. The show aired in Netherlands on RTL5 and in the Flemish Region on VIER/Play4 and has had a total of three seasons. The first season of the show aired in 2021. A fourth season will air in 2024.
Olivia Trappeniers, better known by the acronym and stage name OT and by her mononym Olivia, is a Belgian Flemish singer.
Veerle Geerinckx is a Belgian politician and curler.
Club Brugge G-Ploeg Recreas is a Belgian disability football club. The team was founded in 2006 and they play their home games and practice on the training fields around the Jan Breydel Stadium.
Belgium 
