The Zinneke Pis which can be found at the corner of rue des Chartreux and rue du Vieux-Marché is a little bronze statue of a dog peeing. In Brussels dialect the word “Zinneke” would mean bastard dog. it’s the latest (1998) of the three peeing statues that you can find at a short distance from one another in the center of Brussels. The most famous is the Manneke pis little boy statue dating back from 1619 which attracts the brunt of the tourists followed by the little girl one Jeanneke Pis erected in 1987.
December 2007
La Maison communale de Schaerbeek or in English the Town Hall of Schaarbeek is a building of Neo-Gothic style that was finished being built in 1887.
Approaching the town hall
Just in from of the Schaerbeek town hall from the square
From one corner
And the other
From the back
Town hall of Schaerbeek tower
Statue on a corner
Place des Martyrs or Martyrs square was completed in 1775 on a spot that used to be filled with green grass where drapers came to lay their fabrics to dry.
This statue is to remember and honor the death of the 455 patriots who died a Martyrs death in the 1830 uprising
The four angels that surround the statue are there to look after them in their eternal resting place
Here is the monument to Count Frédéric de Mérode
He was wounded near Bercherm in 1830 and later died of his wounds