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December Sabatical

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It had to come at a certain point ...

Cheers

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Wild Guess

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Abbaye Val Dieu

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Spa

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Brewery Car

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Church

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The Rochefort Abbey.

Fire

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Fire starter

House

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A typical Brussels street/ house.

Au delà de l'espoir

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An interesting sculpture was recently placed in Matonge: Au delà de l'espoir - on the other side of hope. The sculpture is by Congolese artist Freddy Tsimba and entirely made out of bullets. A very striking sculpture. A message against war and misery, as it was said when made public.

More Matonge photos:
- the mural by Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi
- the food
- Matonge en couleurs

Just Married

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How cute!

Touareg

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Dinner in a restaurant.

Weird

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Not entirely sure what it means, but it caught my eye. There used to be a graffiti Sunday right? :)

Door Detail

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Alien in Brussels

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Spa

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Spa

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Spa

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South Belgium

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South Belgium

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Abbaye Val Dieu

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Castle

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GO

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If you come across one of these, they are ticket wending machines. Quite cool. Although problem is you don't find them everywhere.

EFTA

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For info the EFTA (European Free Trade Association) is also located in Brussels.

Agorafolly - Vandalised

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One of the vandalised pieces of art. You might notice something is missing?

Agorafolly

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As I was mentioning, the Europalia includes several events. One of them is the Agorafolly, a public display of art. Very controversial discussions at the moment as many works of art have been destroyed by vandalism yet the city doesn't seem to do anything about it ... so the artists took matter into their own hands. A very much needed initiative.

Oh and btw, Belgium still doesn't have a government!

Vous Etes Ici

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By Slovenian artist Zornada.

Europalia

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Europalia started at the beginning of October. A cultural event meant to bring together different artists from the EU. A very interesting event, which is worth a visit if in Brussels. Here, the red curtain symbolises the division between the 'big' and the 'small' art. 'Curtain' is done by Polish artists Kaska and Went.

The Countryside

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Halloween

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You might have noticed a very long (painful!) silence around here. Well, real life, a lot of work, starting a post graduate etc took their toll. I will try to be more 'daily' but then again I can not promise anything. Sorry for that and I hope you'll bear with me :)

2007-10-31

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2007-10-30

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2007-10-29

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Beer Festival!

2007-10-28

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2007-10-27

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2007-10-21

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2007-10-15

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2007-10-14

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2007-10-13

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2007-10-12

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2007-10-11

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Belgium

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And ... we still don't have a government. Belgians started showing their silent protest (?) through flags everywhere around the city. I'll try to get a better photo soon.

The City

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Another view of Brussels.

L'art prend le metro - Mouvements

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Another tube station, another work of art: the Tomberg station and the work of Monica Droste and Guy Rombouts. Together they recreated the alphabet through curves and images in a work of art called 'mouvements' - movements.

Previously in the series of l'art prend le metro:
Eddy Merckx tube station.
Coovi tube station.
Heysel tube station.
Parvis de Saint Gilles tube station.
Horta tube station. More Horta.
Porte de Hall tube station.
Albert tube station.
Montgomery tube station. More Montgomery.
Louisa tube station. More Louisa.
Bourse tube station. More Bourse.
Malbeek tube stattion.
Merode tube station.
Parc tube station.
Gribaumont tube station.

Guess?

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Any guesses? Again, the coast.

The Belgian Coast

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A weekend at the coast.

Tomberg

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The maison communale of Woluwé-Saint-Lambert. An art deco example from 1939, by Joseph Diongre. (I did really wait for that white van to move ... but no such luck!)

Dancing

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On stilts?

Sunshine

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Rays of sunshine.

City Life

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City.

1 October 2007

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You have probably noticed there was a lack of 'daily' photos here. Work and general real life obligations took priority (plus I didn't get the chance to actually go out and take any photos due to the weather!) But I am trying my best to be back on a daily basis.

Nuit Blanche

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Every year Brussels organizes the Nuit Blanche (the white nights). The city comes to life at night. This year's theme was the 7 sins. A fun event, which kept us up till 5:00am. Probably a little too old for that :) but a lot of fun.

Here the Grand Place invaded by green light.

Galerie de la Reine

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The Queens gallery.

The Elevator

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The Brussels elevator: getting you from upper Brussels, to lower Brussels.

Droit

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a l'habitat pour tous. The right for living (having a home).

Power

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Only the back.

Quiet

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4 - 3 - 2

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National pride.

Bonom

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A graffiti artist which is currently making waves in Brussels: Bonom. I recently came across this 'baby' graffiti, easily missed if you don't look up. More Bonom.

L'art prend le metro - Le Tropolitain

2007-09-22T14:47:00.000+02:00

Another tube station, recently discovered. I doubt I have ever been to this one before. The Gribaumont station shows the art of Roger Nellens (b. 1937), an artist fascinated with futuristic machines. This 14m long art work shows three machines, which in reality would never work (the assembly doesn't make mechanical sense) but as an art work convince you of the beauty of the Tropolitain. The artist is known to have said 'the metro - adventure - creativity'. Le Tropolitain.

Music

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Palace of Justice

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The sunny side (?) of the Palace of Justice.

Belgian Lace

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In action so to speak. Traditioanl Belgian lace was (is) handmade, and here a small demonstration on how it is being produced. Specifically, how the lace is made in Brugge.

Rue Haute 207

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An antic/ boutique shop which caught my eye. A beautiful building I find.

La Santina

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Some music to start the week. The folkloric band of Asturias.

Les Geants

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As promised, the giants. Well, some of them. More, if you are interested in the story behind the Marolles festivities.

Fetes de Brueghel

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Last Friday, I promised you more photos from the Marolles area. It so happens that last weekend saw a double celebration: the Fete des Geants (the Giants Fair) and the Festival de la Praline (the Praline Festival).

What does this mean? That we saw a lot of giants and ate a lot of chocolate. No photos of the chocolate as such, but stay tuned for some giants.

Fountain Detail

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I found this very pretty and tranquil.

Pont Sainctelette

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Did you know Brussels has a canal? Well, it does. Not that it actually tries to make the most of it. Which I find a pity, as the area around the canal could really benefit from a little revival.

This particular statue is at the end of the Pont Sainctelette crossing the canal. Built by Ernest Wijnants (1878-1964), in a somewhat byzantine style.

Venus

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I promised you a walk in the park. Venus. Yes, the planet. And a very interesting Belgian project we discovered: Space for Muco. A tour of the solar system.

Belgian artists got together and recreated the solar system, on a scale of 1/40,000,000. 9 different Belgian cities have now one more more planets. We came across Venus, but I very much look forward discovering the others as well.

Who knew Brussels (Belgium) holds such interesting artistic secrets?

Etangs du Leybeek

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Another undiscovered part of Brussels: the lakes of Leybeek. Look out for tomorrow's post, a discovery inside the park.

Gymnase

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An old and out of use gymnse (school) in Watermael Boitsfort.

Down Town

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Down town restaurant.

Posh WC

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No comment.

Bruegel and the Marolles

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Coming soon ... more on the Marolles.

Blue Detail

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Man Walking

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Brussel - Paris

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Paris - Brussels; A lot of work! Oh and this is dinner on the Thalys.

Hot Chocolate

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The Whirling Ear

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A 6.50m high whirling ear executed by Alxander Calder in 1958. Why? Well initially it was built for the USA pavilion for the world exhibition. Then it stayed in Belgium. Then the USA gave it as a gift to Belgium. Then it was restored. And in 2000 it found its place in the Mont des Arts just on the hill towards Grand Place.

Tryphon Tournesal

2007-09-01T23:18:00.000+02:00

Having missed the theme day here a belated street sign: a whole new approach to down town Brussels. Original street names (like Rue Charles Buls) are given cartoon related names (like Tryphon Tournesol).

A street quest worth the detour.

L'art prend le metro - Happy Metro to You

2007-08-31T10:11:00.000+02:00

I rarely cross this tube station. Closely situated to the Royal Palace, the stop Metro Parc is a hub for fonctionnaires and other 'suits'.

Which is the exact opposite to the happy and colourful art by Mendelson Mark. He wanted to bring some sunshine and humour to the working crowd though these funny sculptures. An underground surprise.

Previously in the series of l'art prend le metro:
Eddy Merckx tube station.
Coovi tube station.
Heysel tube station.
Parvis de Saint Gilles tube station.
Horta tube station. More Horta.
Porte de Hall tube station.
Albert tube station.
Montgomery tube station. More Montgomery.
Louisa tube station. More Louisa.
Bourse tube station. More Bourse.
Malbeek tube stattion.
Merode tube station.

Purifies

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If anyone has any idea what this is all about?

Boterhammen in het Park

2007-08-29T10:09:00.000+02:00

Music, boterhammen (sandwiches) and beer. What more could you ask for your sunny lunch hour?

Cityscape

2007-08-28T17:03:00.000+02:00

The talk about town has been a modern day Robin du Bois : Arne Quinze. Why you ask? Well because he is bringing urban art to Brussels. Cityscape. (Oh, and he even set up a blog!)

Wood and buildings, an oasis of calm in the middle of one of the busiest streets in Brussels. I love the idea! Plus finally something exciting happening in Brussels which gets people stopping, wondering, talking.

Vlan.be

2007-08-27T16:56:00.000+02:00

For anyone living or moving to Brussels, the Vlan is a must. A free newspaper delivered to your door, it has become the reference point on real estate and used cars.

Chocolate ... Fountain?

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Do you think of chocolate when you think of Brussels?

Summer Festival

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Come party with me!

Bye, Bye

2007-08-24T11:43:00.000+02:00

Not from the blog, no worries (although lately it has been quite difficult to keep it going). But we are off to Paris for the weekend. Gare du Midi. Thalys. 1.20h. Paris.

Seems it is going to be a sunny weekend ahead, so fingers crossed. Have a good weekend everyone.

Autoworld

2007-08-23T21:02:00.000+02:00

For the Oldsmobile fans amongst you, then a visit to the Autoworld Brussels is in order. I find the museum to be very interesting, fun and a lovely alternative to rainy days.

What is your favourite museum?