As most of you probably already know the winter 2009-2010 was one the coldest we have experienced in Europe in a very long time. Brussels was no exception to this and the initial sense of  fun and excitement of having snow stay for a few days slowly became irritating and in the end frankly outright depressing when had to deal with it non stop from December to March. This is partly why there was been no interest on my part in updating the blog for that period of time but now that’s all a thing of the past and I happily look back, knowing summer is approaching and post a few pictures of my last attempt in winter photography dating from December.

Snow in Brussels photos:

Man shoveling snow on my street

Deserted chairs and bench in my neighborhood

Couple holding hands behind Berlaymont building

Empty street

Snow covered Parc Leopold

More Parc Leopold

Ice forming on the lake

Espace Léopold European Parliament building

Parc Leopold in the snow

Christmas tree

Bikes in the snow

Vibrant activity

Kids playing in the snow

Waiting for the bus

Center of Brussels

Parc de Bruxelles covered in a white coat

Tree at sunset

Snowman

Brussels public bikes

Cars covered in show near St. Catherine

More of the Villo rent-a-bike system in Brussels

More cars covered in snow

]]> http://www.brusselspictures.com/2010/05/20/brussels-under-the-snow/feed/ 3 http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/01/11/snowing-in-brussels/ http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/01/11/snowing-in-brussels/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:57:54 +0000 admin http://www.brusselspictures.com/?p=658 2009 so far has brought us some unusually cold weather that has swept for a week now all over Europe. Some cities of Belgium have even broken records for the lowest temperatures of the last decade. The cold wave did not only bring negative aspects though as it dramatically changed for a brief moment our Brussels landscape blessing it with a beautiful coat of white snow.  Wanting to capture this special moment I took my camera out early in the morning after work to take these photos of Brussels under the snow.

A Winter Wonderland scene from Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on my street

I doubt the cyclocity bikes rentals will be very popular today

Cars covered in snow

Entering what seems to be a deserted Georges Henri Park

Not much more people here either

The monument dedicated to political prisoners seems even more eerie

A few Bruxellois were actually found braving the cold weather

In front of  Woluwe-Saint-Lambert public housing projects

Statues of girls in front of the Charlemagne European Union building

Avenue de la Toison d’Or

More Ville de Bruxelles bicycles

Commemorative WWI monument

Brussels court of Justice

Looking down on the Basse Ville of Brussels in the snow

Robert Shuman statue and the entrance to Jubilee Park

Lonely bench covered in snow at the Parc du Cinquantenaire

Southern entrance of the park

Street leading to the Sablon

Don Quichotte & Sancho Panza at Place d’Espagne

On the way back home

Winter on rue Crocq