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Tintin Mural at Stockel Metro Station

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The Adventures of Tintin Mural located inside the Stockel Metro Station is definitely one of most impressive of the city of Brussels. The sketches featuring all of the 140 characters of The Adventures of Tintin Comic Strip are displayed on both sides of the 135 meters long underground station’s wall. These were drawn by Hergé himself just before his death in 1983 and completed by the Studio Hergé and Bob de Moor for the opening of the Stockel station on August 31st, 1988.

Location of Tintin Mural at Stockel Metro Station: 
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Photos of Tintin Mural at Stockel Metro Station:

Arriving at the Stockel Undergroud Subway Station

Arriving at the Stockel Undergroud Subway Station

When the wagons leave the mural art is revealed in it’s entirety

When the wagons leave the mural art is revealed in it's entirety Tirtin

Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin

Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin

 

Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin
Here are some closeups of various characters from the adventures of Tintin

Full Set of all 140 characters of The Adventures of Tintin Comic Strip

tintin and Haddock
snowy barking at Gorilla
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin and the Cigars of the Pharaon
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Rascar Capac
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin-in-the-Congo
Tintin-cow-mask
Tintin-and-the-Picaros
Tintin au Tibet
Tibetan-Monks-Tintin-In-Tib
Ridgewell
The-Blue-Lotus
le sceptre d\'ottokar
The Broken Ear
Thompson and Thomson
Rastapopoulos
Professor Calculus
Professeur-Tournesol
Philippulus le Prophete
Peggy-and-General-Alcazar
Nestor
Omar-Ben-Salaad
Mohammed-Ben-Kalish-Ezab
Mitsuhirato
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King-Ottokars-Sceptre
Viva Tapioca
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Chang-Chong-Chen-and-Yeti
Captain Haddock
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Basil Bazarov
Angel and Devil Snowy
Tintin in America
Allan Thompson

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Notre Temps Mural at Hankar Metro station

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The wildly colorful “Notre Temps” fresco was painted on the ceilings and walls of the Hankar STIB Metro station by Roger Somville, leader of the Belgian Expressionists Movement. The mural uses a lot of bright and strident colors in shades of orange and red to represent the struggles of the working class to attain social and economic  justice. Somville completed this monumental mural in 1976 with the help of four of his assistants.

Location of Hankar Metro station:


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Photos of Notre Temps Mural:

Left side

Right side

Details of the left side

Right side detail

Front view

Details of the front

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the new subways wagons in Brussels

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The metro network of Brussels (STIB/MIVB) has recently added 15 brand new subway M6/Boa wagons to its fleet. This is one of their latest moves to increase by 40% the capacity of its underground network and add better video security for its passengers on board. These are built by the Spanish CAF company (Construcciónes y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). An additional 5 have already since been ordered.

The new M6/Boa series models

Inside the M6/Boa

The main seating arrangements portion of the M6/Boa

The old U series models

From inside