.vlaanderen

.vlaanderen is a generic top-level domain for Flanders, Belgium first introduced in 2014.

== History == In mid-2011, ICANN, the umbrella organization for domain names, decided that organizations could apply for their own Top-Level Domain (TLD). In addition to the existing country codes such as .be and generic extensions such as .com, extensions such as .ibm, .shop or .limburg were also possible. The first applications could be submitted to ICANN from 12 January 2012. This expansion is particularly interesting for brands, but also for geographical, ethnic and linguistic organizations and institutions. All newly created extensions belong to the group of gTLDs or 'generic Top Level Domains', as opposed to the country codes, which has consequences for their management. DNS.be was immediately one of the candidates to drive the geographical gTLDs.