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Les Rêves de Nic

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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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Maison Communale de Saint-Gilles

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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.

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Photos Maison Communale de Saint-Gilles:

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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Cori le Moussaillon mural

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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.

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Photos of Cori le Moussaillon mural:

Details of the top half of mural

cori le moussaillon top mural

Sailboat from bottom portion

Close-up of Cori le Moussaillon Waving from the Mast

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Museum

Musée des Égouts de Bruxelles

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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.

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Photos of Musée des Égouts de Bruxelles:

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

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Collecting sewage from the Chaussée de Mons

The sewage stream

Back into the underground maze

The neon lights gives an idea of the intense mosquito activity

Vintage hydraulic wagon

Exiting from another former city toll offices

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Défilé Militaire du 21 Juillet pour la Fête Nationale Belge

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Today on the 21st of July, being the Belgian National Day for those who might not know. I headed to the Parc de Bruxelles in the centre of Brussels for the military parade, that takes place every year in front of the Belgian King and the government. Here are some pictures from the Défilé Militaire du 21 Juillet.

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Photos Défilé Militaire du 21 Juillet:

Royal Mounted Escort

Young child in the crowd

Escorte Royale à cheval

Détachement stage de jeunes auprès des musiques royales de la Défense (Youth group following a musical training course by the army).

Détachement du Corps royal des Cadets de Marine (Air Cadets).

Un détachement de Cadets de l’Air de Belgique (Sea Cadets)

La Musique royale de la Force Aérienne (Belgian Royal Air Force Music).

Police doing crowd management

Policemen on bikes

Détachement Operation KFOR (Veterans of KFOR mission)

Détachement Operation ISAF (Veterans of ISAF mission)

Détachement École Royale des sous officiers ( Non-comissioned officers Students from Royal Military Academy).

Détachements d’élèves officiers de l’ERM.

Students officers from Royal Military Academy

Porte étendarts

Détachement États membres de l’Otan (Members of NATO Detachment)

Nato Members Detachment

Détachement de la composante marine (Navy Forces Detachment)

Détachement de la composante Terre (Land Forces Detachment)

Détachement de la composante Air (Air Forces Detachment)

Camouflage Pandur Recce vehicle

Heavy Duty gun

Camouflaged Iltis jeep

French troops

Troupes Française

Machine gunner

Light Multirole Vehicule (LMV)

Police Quick Reaction Force Team

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