Culture
Essential elements in Limburgian culture are:
- Music (most places have their own brass-band; From 1965 until 1981 yearly an internationally known jazz- en rockfestival took place at Bilzen, before it moved outside of Limburg to Werchter, where it's still held, by now as "Rock Werchter"). Another well known yearly music festival is Pukkelpop in Hasselt.
- Religion (predominantly Roman Catholic)
- Folklore (For instance several places still have a now folkloristic "citizen force"),
- Carnival
- Sports, of which especially bicycle racing and soccer are most popular. Professional soccer clubs playing in the three highest national divisions are: K.R.C. Genk (Division 1), Lommel United and K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (Division 2); K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and KSK Hasselt (Division 3). K.R.C. Genk have won the national championship three times. Motocross is also popular, with four former world champions in this sport coming from Belgian Limburg; together they won 20 world championships.
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