Vreemde plaatsnamen in Vlaanderen

Iedereen kent wellicht ‘Kontich’ en ‘Reet’, maar in Vlaanderen hebben we nog veel meer merkwaardige, onverwachte, en vaak grappige plaatsnamen. Heb je bijvoorbeeld ooit al gehoord van Buitenland, Dikkebus, of Grote Homo?

In dit kaartje zetten we de vreemdste namen van Vlaamse gemeenten, dorpen of gehuchten voor jou op een rijtje. Veel zoekplezier!

Ontbreekt er nog een merkwaardige plaatsnaam? Laat het me dan zeker weten op koen@baryon.be.

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Dear Data: Dataviz book review

Last February, on a cold and rainy day, I received the Dear Data book as part of a Dataviz Drawing workshop by Stefanie Posavec. A pretty large and heavy book, the kind you could put on your coffee table to show off (which I did!). Let's review it!

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Data visualization tools: Datawrapper

If you are writing articles online and need to quickly insert beautiful, interactive charts, maps or tables, Datawrapper is the tool you are looking for.

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Uncommon chart types: Waffle charts

If you thought a pie chart was the only food-related chart type out there, think again! Waffle charts are a great alternative.

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