From the 1st of September until the 4th of October this imposing 9 meters tall Three Legged Buddha copper sculpture is displayed in front of the Théâtre royal de la monnaie. The impressive display was made by Zhang Huan, one of todays most famous artists of China.
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The 160 square meters Les Rêves de Nic (Little Nic) comics strip mural is found at 40 Rue des Fabriques, 1000 Brussels. Hermann Huppen said he had been heavily inspired by American Author Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland when creating the Little Nic comics. Less popular than some of his other work such as Bernard Prince or Comanche only three albums ever were published. The mural of Nic followed by a whole army of Safari animals is still popular with the passer-by’s nonetheless.
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Location of the Little Nic Mural:
Photos Les Rêves de Nic Mural
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La Maison Communale de Saint-Gilles or in English the Saint-Gilles Town hall was completed in 1904. It was built according to the plans of architect and urbanist Victor Besme and bears a lot of similarities with a French château with Venetian overtones seen in the tower. The interior can be visited during office working hours from 8h00 to 12h30 and 13h to 16h30 at Place Van Meenen 39, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgium.
Location of the Saint-Gilles Town hall:
The town hall with it’s tower in the back
Steps leading to the Main entrance
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Sculpture of La Déesse du Bock
The Town Hall and tower seen from the back
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Side entrance
Arriving from street in the back of the Saint-Gilles Town hall
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Details of the Tower
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The 48 square meters Cori le Moussaillon comics strip mural is found at 21 Rue des Fabriques, 1000 Brussels. Six albums were created by Bob de Moor (Robert Frans Marie De Moor) from 1951 to 1993. A true masters of the Belgian Clear Line style, he cooperated during his career with other famous Belgian Comic strip artists such as Hergé and Willy Vandersteen. Growing up in a port city he developed from an early age an interest for drawing sailing ships.
Location of Cori le Moussaillon mural:
Details of the top half of mural
Sailboat from bottom portion
Close-up of Cori le Moussaillon Waving from the Mast
Established in one of the two former city toll offices, built in neo-classical style in 1835 and 1836 and designed by A. Payen, the Sewers Museum of Brussels gives an overview of the city’s evolution in terms of public sanitation. These rather small buildings, formerly used to collect a toll on goods entering the city and to check people’s papers, were closed down after the toll was abolished in 1860. They now provide access to the main sewer and the one on the eastern side became the sewer museum in 1988, while the other building is used by the sewer workers.
Location of Sewers Museum of Brussels:
The entrance building to the Sewers Museum of Brussels
The city of Brussels has a gigantic subterranean sewers network of 320 km
Roaming around the underworld
Collecting sewage from the Chaussée de Mons
The sewage stream
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Back into the underground maze
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The neon lights gives an idea of the intense mosquito activity
Vintage hydraulic wagon
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Exiting from another former city toll offices
